A Novel Protest.
hr view of the filthy condition of ■New York streets, as compared even with London thoroughfares, the following protest has been handed In to the Aiderman of the Empire City Whereas, we, the people of New York, by the grace of God free and independent, and cleanly by instinct, object on principle to paying for work that is not performed ; and ' Whereas, our principal street crossings are iu a chronic pig-sty condition, and ‘ Whereas, we, the sovereign unaldermanic people are not pigs, and. * Whereas, we, the greatest nation on the footstool, object to take a back seat behind effete monarchical nations in public cleanliness, and / Whereas, twenty stalwart men wielding twenty stiff brooms at twenty Broadway crossings two half hours each day would insure fairly clean foot-passages for citizens who pay for street-cleaning; be it ‘ Resolved that the estimable and honorable Corporation of New York city be, and hereby are, authorised and requested to do their duty to their employers, the people, in the aforesaid manner in the interest of civic decency, moral duty, and the greater glory of our country.'
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 165, 5 July 1888, Page 1
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184A Novel Protest. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 165, 5 July 1888, Page 1
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