The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-11

corner Of woodward and Warren.
ayes. Brown exclaimed;
"who owns the corners in De
troit, what right has any -nswspa.
per to dictate who shall or shall
not stand on part!clar corners'
why. come TO think Of II. my broth.
er.in.law, Albert Kahn. owns the
corner mentioned"
"That corner gag IL q monopoly, q
graft" replied English. Louis
Ludinston and his brother. who are
uuderstudies In the Free Press cir
culation department. want TO GUST
the real newsboys, and put . lot
OF high school kids that they can
run over In their places.
"The papers. all but The Times,
show W no consideration. The
Free Press herds 500 boys In q 1T
tie. narrow place. with no ventila-
ton. We call II the dungeon. and"
Its worser than that" yelled a
supporter.
"Yes. they treat rats better than
they do human beings" continued
English. when we come up for
air out Of that dungeon. they have
cops ready to grab US for standing
in front Of the building. Yes. and
two Of the boys were Knocked I'M
conscious by cops last night. They
never listen to the boys story. A
circulation man calls one OF them.
and asks him TO arrest a boy, and
he simply does as he Is requested
I'VE want better conditions. and
we want the police 10 play fair, too
Why. there's little profit In selling
papers NJ GO cents per 100. You
sell 100 papers and you make 20
cents, and. believe me. when a Eel.
low Jugs around bunch OF papers.
and hally-hos for ten or twelve
hours, he gets pretty hungry. Why.
l want TO eat four times a day. and
I eat up ell my profits"
One OF the boys said there was
rumor that the Free Press and the
were about to form a
conspiracy" TO raise the Wholesale
price Of their Sunday papers to
cents per copy. with no returns;
also that they were going to try to
keep boys over 13 or IA years Of
age out of the field.
There was also considerable dis
cussion about the Infants" that are
permitted to vend papers on the
streets at all hours OF the night.
Police Commissioner Gillespie bad
promised that he would -curfew"
these youngsters at 9 O'Clock y. IN.
but he hadn't started his curfew
ret, said the boys.
why should there be papers at
hat hour OF the night, anyway"
asked Brown.
Because sporting people demand
he bulldog edition." replied a
,ewsboy. Those are the kind Of
,eople that stay out all night and
leep all day. Even Cleveland has
he bulldog and that's the slowest
own In America"
Several of the larger boys declar-
d that these young night-hawks
ave degenerated into q species of |
'eggar. They are not real sales
men,
Max Gordon. friend OF the news
boys, and a former street salesman,
made a vigorous speech. In which
he counseled a peaceful crusade,
md Endorsed Chairman Browns
for arbitration.
What we want is an arbitration
board" shouted Pat Callahan. WAR
won't get us anything. I nominate
Mr.. Brown as a member to repre- |
sent us on that board"
Brown was selected. All evening |
he had been trying TO get repre-
sentatives OF the circulation depart |
ments OF the Free Press and the
News to attend the meeting and
confer on the suggestion OF arbitra-
ton, but was unsuccessful Once
A policemen appeared. He was
greeted Ike a melodrama villain.