BROOKLYN'S INTEREST IN CHILDREN 99 



$37,984.00 for its Park Commissioners to 

 ride around and see that the children in 

 the parks of the congested districts were 

 properly amused and cared for ; but, in that 

 time, they spent only $6,638.00 on amuse- 

 ment for these children. 



This year, under the Municipal Central 

 G-arage plan, the budget assigned $5,386 to 

 auto rides for these very busy guardians of 

 our children to see that these children are 

 properly amused ; and $939. for the amuse- 

 ment of the children. i 



In 1914, one commissioner got a car from 

 the city that cost $6,852.00. And, when an 

 autoist injures one of these little ones, who 

 is playing in the street, the Judicial Depart- 

 ment of that great city, and that band of 

 ambulance-chasing attorneys who infest 

 our City Courts, cry out against the care- 

 less rich auto owners who pay the taxes 

 that give $6 to a few commissioners to ride 

 around to every $1 given for the amusement 

 of these children with the result that the 

 children play in the streets. Let the think- 

 ing voters decide, at the next election, if it 



