The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-07
In 1.-THE SUMS" University.

That very exclusive and industrious
body Of citizens who have the time
and patience to read official reports
has been informed this week in the
a Of the world survey City Cham
berlain BRUTRE conferred on the COM
munity-perusal of which unques-
tionably induced the headache that
kept Mayor Mitchell away from the
Official Fourth OF July celebration
that Of 10000 evictions on the East
Side last winter only 1000 Were
made necessary by the hopeless pow
erty of the tenants" We congratulate
them OF having attained "A knowledge
Of the facts of dispossess proceedings
that was communicated to The Suns
readers last winter by correspondents
who wrote with authority on this
subject. and whose letters contributed.
w feel sure, to checking the hySteria
threatened at one time.
The plight of poor tenants aroused
much sympathy in November and De
cember Of 1914. Certain amiable but
Ill Informed persons proposed to i'm
prove their condition by creating Il
commission: by amending the laws;
by prosecuting landlords bold enough
to desire their rents: by numerous
other ingenious. impracticable and
consistently objectionable methods.
While the discussion was at its height
City Marshal HENRY F. TIERNkN.
whose official duties had compelled
him to observe thousands Of eyic-
lions. wrote to THE Sun reciting the
facts that not more than one out Of
100 dispossess proceedings originated
In poverty: that .unruly. destructive
and drunken tenants constituted the
majority Of those put out of their
homes. and that landlords and City
Marshals were not less humane than
their fellows.
This letter THE Sun printed on De
cember 3. and later other Marshals
confirmed it.. For all We know II
may have formed the la sis of Mr..
BRUERE's deductions; quite likely 1t
did. Mr.. BRrERE's percentage Of pow
erty evictiohs is higher than Marshal
TIERNAN's; we stand on the Tiernan
statistics, and when We have time.
with his cooperation, we shall enact
them into Al economic law, which,
stated in appropriately obscure and
ponderous phrases, will impose OF
him everlasting immortality. Tier.
mans law will surely find It's place In
the books.
The Incident interests us. because il
Illustrates once more the high value
OF the correspondence to which THE
SUN devotes SO much space. In the
columns our friends I'LL day after day
every subject that engages the atten-
ton Of man Is frankly. intelligently
and patiently discussed. by persons
entitled to respectful consideration
Some. seeking knowledge, obtain it
> others, blown with the wind Of error
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undeserved reputation, or bring to at.
tention praiseworthy men and com
menda BILE deeds that might otherwise
be overlooked. our alert friends con,
stitute a staff Of reporters of a5tOnish
Ing resourcefulness. They are free
with their opinions; occasionally we
are compelled reluctantly to repres,
some Of them whose knowledge of the
law Of libel is insufficient, or whose
ire has obtained temporary ascen
dency w their %philosophic DISPOSE
lions: but generally they are earnest
well Informed. capable, two listed oh
servers and rehectors, whose unitet
contribution 10 safety and sanity |.
Of distinct public benefit.
They comprise, in short. the teach
ing faculty of a great popular uni
versity, in which minds are broad
ened, wits s%harpened, and lntelligenc,
trained: and that we do no
acknowledge every day our own oh
legation to them, and the Obligatio,
Of Il readers. is not because we d.
not recognize II. hut because so to d,
you'd occupy space better used II
fhe publication of their interestinj
compositions.