New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-11
100000 Out Of Work.


There are 100000 men out Of work
in this city now" Mr.. Pinchot de
clared. "Thc figures arc exclusive OF
women. The condition is not new. and
il is getting worse. crisis 's com
ing soon"
Mr.. Piuchot looked panied when q
man who arose to ask question AZ
the close OF the address said that
Colonel Roosevelt was the greatest en-
cmy OF the working class IN the coun-
try. Ills frown dcepcned when WON
an stood up and declared the Colonel
20 be an undesirable citizen.
Most promising of all the remedies
Tor the unemployed situation. accord
ing TO Professor Henry r. Seager. Of
Columbia University. are the organiza-
ton of city. state and national employ
mont exchanges; provision by manu-
facturcrs Of work in slack seasons and
unemployment insurance. Addressing
the Fast Side Forum at Public School
50 az Hester and Essex sts., last night,
ne declared that not until those three
pract icable reforms were accomplished
would there be a means OF preventing
= problem such as the city now finds
on its hands.
CITY and state employment bureaus
we're a step in the right direction, he
declared, and If they did not procure
Jobs for a great many worsmen at the
outset their purpose was not to be held
lightly. The matter was of such Inn
portance as TO be handled by the ma
tional government as well, he added.
and when such exchanges were estab-
lished throughout the country work
men could be informed and shipped
where their presence was demanded.
In England. Professor Seager said,
system of unemployment insurance had
been worked out, the cost being borne
by the worker, his employer and the
government. It's effect, he said, was
tc distribute the unemployment and
make the period Of each year when a
man was out of a job vacation with
pay.
Howard Bradstreet, of the East Side
Neighborhood Association and a mem
Der of the Gary committee appointed
ny Mayor Mitchell, also spoke. Max
Heidelberger, an architect. arose from
the audience after the meeting.
THE United States Steel Corpora
ton is one Of the worst eXploiters I'm
the country" he declared. Judge Gary
has been a steady and persistent op-
ponent OF every decent labor movement
started in the United States Tho
audience liked the statement better
than Professor Seager's scholarly ad
dress
$4,000 Given in Twenty Minutes.
Twenty minutes was all the time
required 20 raise $4,000 as basis for
a loan fund for the unemployed at the
meeting yesterday morning OF the
Free Synagogue in Carnegie Hall.
Responding to the eloquence Of
Rabbi Stephen s. WISE. checks and
pledges poured in from the congre-
cation. The money will be loaned TO
one hundred or more families who.
Rabbi Wise said. he knew 20 be IN
distress because of inability to obtain
work. The money will be repaid by
the borrowers.
Adolph Lewisohn and Nathan Straus
each gave $500. I'm an address after
the contributions were received Mr..
Lewisohn said:
ct is noble to send money to the
Belgians and TO Palestine to keep the
people from starving, but it IS quite
as noble TO care for our own people
here in New York. We have raised
$4,000. although the Free Synagogue
is comparatively weak. Its congrcga-
tion does not include q great number
Of wealthy families; but If We can
raise that amount, surely others can
raise more. and many OF our churches
should be capable Of obtaining at
least five times that amount. To
gether we should get enough 70 care
for the needs of all until business
rights itself.
at is the duty of the churches to
settle this unemployed problem.
hope all will take hold"
Many others contributed large sums