New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-15

markets having two assistanta ,.,.h Il.
supervisors. The provision ras,'as ~ : !
sne burdef OF at least one hnss a,,a
1@o ~ three alaborera', from each ~
me ni ~ markets in the citv.
I'm this basis, the venfiers Mia az
ssNpsnse o. the conduct of the rnarkafs
mas been practically cut in half ~ sn -
s,aeis counsel, Solomon Suffrin. for The
saannattan pcddllergs and charlas Il
levy, tor the Brooklyn vendors. will
snsist ,nat the weekly fee Of S1 be
ts wv. ny bali. This point they will
msss ~ appeal directly to the Com
.assaaosasI OF Markets, who has been
81 'p nv g. under the act of April Is
aoliar. The peddlers have been ina;st1 :
ing right along that if the street mar.
Nets were economically conducted 8
cary zee OF $40 would be suffsc;cnt
TO meet all expenses sau'eiens
II an appreciabie reduction Il -
SION :, made IN the fee, say the neddlers
shey Viii appeal to the Legislature far
6 commission to determine the coaf Of
street market administrator ara
reasonabie tax determined tnara,,n,r
Ire decision of the board. however,
was not arrived at without much dis.
eusslon on the subjects of food profi-
seeflng, nigh cost of living, starving
ssho0i cfaldren and the interests, in
m ss the Mayor. Commissioner of
s ssl.hsts Y MalIey and Commissioner of
accounts OF Hirshfield participated.
commissioner Hirshfeld told har-
sLowlng tale OF starving, gaunt and
hungry and hollow-cheeked school mil
drenA If the street markets yvaro nat
maintained under the present admins.
tratlon. I'VE will go back to the col
lection OF money for penny lunches, &
ne continued. "The food trust is he.
hina TINS attack on the supervisors
ana the markets Commissioner and If
the city gives up it's supervisory svs-
tenn the markets will revert to tIe old
regime Of block DULLES and grafters. y
The markets will and must be kent
open" remarked the Mayor.
they enable the poor to buy food
az minimum COST" chirned in Commits
sioner O'Malley.
Commissioner sIirshfield then broke
IN with the remark that all the trouble
revolving about the injunction of jus
tice Cropsey prohibiting the sunarri-
sors from keeping their collections for
them elves was caused by Nathan Fin
kelstein, head of the United Citizen
Pedolers' Association of Brooklyn.
These markets and supervisors .
! added the Mayor, "were established ~
MY suggestion. 1t was done as an ews
pertinent. We wanted to see how
things could be worked out. and we
didn't want to place lot of people nm
the pay rolls so we could be accused n
padding them "
The Mayor then ordered CORPORATE,
| COUNSEL O'Brien to carry his anneai
from Justice Cropsey's injunction to
the highest courts. ~
Charles H. Levy, the Brooklyn ned.
diers' attorney, said that the fight he 4
only half been won;~ that by COMMITS. .
sioner O'Malley's own admission tbare
were $4,000 pushcart peddlers il the
city, of which only $500 had regular lar
permits. What arrangements have tie .
otfer $500 for the maintenance If
their stands they ask. "The pedd,er re-
are willing to pay what is co,oina -,
the, city, but they will not enrich tho
pockets OF supervisors with graft ra-
marked Mr. Levy. with fba ora =
overhead removed the peddIer will bs
able to sell his goods much chaane az
and be OF greater benefit to the com
munity that practically depends u po
him for it's cheap sustenance, "po''