Daily British Whig (1850), 6 Dec 1897, p. 5

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vvu ----gr`-y--vs-- :-w . munuuu u. syau-m In emcwnl renal. But someone may sny. what will he- mmo of the immnpvlmlll In solving the problem for llm noxnpetnnt unem- ployml menins will be vlevulnpml for :1 system nnsnslin the lnvompetnnl imn better ways of iving. Ono onnuol but wonder thn.l. (luring the yo:11':; of (lu- pnst, when the problem of Hm um-mplo_y- I ml has attracted so mum-h u.Llonl:inn:Lnrl unxlety, llml, prnvtit-n.l moans similar to lhe twn just. r'Cerrml to lmvu nul: In-.011 tried, nnd if tried, why have they In-on iue[fvcl.u.1l in beloring llm condition of the poor. or hopelessly ulmntluned. Sonm mnsnns nnmrr-.ul. lIu\mm\lvn in . where the lion met w . for solution. , rrgement in the study of t only begun in 1894,. has already pl.-tce_tl "LOGS, Dg HUI" anu lull'[3IB. i It is t 13 business principles involved I in this scheme more than any other, ` feature of it which commands the con- fidence. of all; and for the some reason _ a "Bureau of Labor," when managed on ; stri .tly business lines, are looked upon ; as egitimate agencies of the business 1 world, believed in by the mechanic and manufacturers. It is natural for usto look to the largely populated centres, problems 0 charity and labor , th in such room e That we may x ph5"q1: indvencounu , bureaus art` ; labor we will take one of the latest; .-f- ; forts in this direction. which, although thousands of men in permanent [)0Sl- tions. 'l`he one referred to is the Coop~: ler Union labor bureau, of New York.) which, since last October, has been able . to place 2,000 men in permanent posi-: tions: This Itatement is copied fromia , letter received from the secretary, Dru l`olman. In the report for '95 we find that there were five thousand eight. hundred and twenty-five a plicants re-` presenting seventy-two tra es; ofths-so 2,447 were found to be unsatisfactory.` Applications were received from em-. ployers for l,677'workmcn, reprkescnt-} mg fifty trades. and during that year-I 1,018 positions were filled by men I'(`-' presenting fortyznine trades and six- teen nationalities; this number does not , include temporary work uggrcgrttin-,5 more than 5,000 days at 5.31.20 .r day. Prof. H. '1'. E1 in his study of t to labor bureau prob em, says: Another mo- lhod ot' giving at least, an assured in- come to lnrge numbers, in fact to all; who can work, is through provision for employment." The managers of thof Cooper Union lnbor bureau have so furl developed this work along the moat: trustworthy lines. that of comm-l,<-m-y, rm-onnnending to employers only t.lio.~:e who were qualified for the work re- quired nnd in this way have gained the confidence of the pllhlit`, and have thus` founded II. system of efficient relief. llut smneone muv nnv. what: will lm- l I l l it win he tone that man philnnthro- this he done with . no pistrwlll relu`Ia_to to 1233- by rogjlnllntllll st nothing oellnneous charities until thin phi! is beyondgivlng mn._to_:-u-I _oor_ntort.s for o. in operation. in their dint:-iet_; _ short tune, and giving at independent- In considering the banelitn which ly of the nC;0I3-5,"! U13 G0!_|mn`-L 01' Of such 3 gcheme will undoubted} tall. those who moh : it! The usuranoe of not 0111! f0! , 5 Who I 1.`! M831 V material comtoru. is never so certain themnelm of If M a means of support. I as when reached tlrough individual of- hut also for the xn_any,,who. it suciru ' fort. and it 111131 00 sdmibud `hit I0 scheme did not exist. would be called _ hum of emit `ogganizgticng give no upon to xgupply that an port. we caI_1not.| opportunity for In vidifnl o1fortriht- but wdi-nit that (aov. _ lnuren has In :i 9 1,. di,-ma, sumly, man, it, is time for most prmctiml wnyxnven the world -n f oihor schemes` to be tried. which will 30597110 `OP m"~_1t1'!"8 .5 01115 W `from the beginning recognize nothing ligtldrl, :Bul;v{.1i(i,e Inwnmir ?n`d 101) ! but tmwie best efforts Lot thttil pehr- 0 < . '11` 30 0l'llm9`so ' muatco-o mewi in turns. are almost c_ruahod_ by it. Let gmlylser, ` `W P6 u-{hope than Canadians _wIll prove the I It should be the aim of :11], therefore.` merit Of this scheme. which has already`; to work for the establishment of . been tried 0!! 3 511111" SW10 B011! ; hure.1us'ofln.bor not as isolated efforts. P111098. bf fair {Ind full_tea_ts. _ 9 but part: of one grand scheme. In ie business invoked I cnin; it i3 pogglble (U have mi; done 1. Chin -nluu-us inn-n O nun-1 _n.. A .. 1 __._A4,.,, nth`:-`J .`A '.,:.,' will found that man philanthro- cent: ute to cellaneous chu-mu this: is digtrict." In nnnnidorlna the lmnnfim which nnelminn ` I I a l. I I 3 E ..l t I gmuon. - ' Isolated deeds, however meritorious they may be, are insignificant when ,' compared with united and concerted ac- 3 lion. 4 In view of this let us endeavor to have conferences of charity boards wherever such boards exist. and that the community `monthly, nod to complete this much these conferences may be of value to let them at least be needed reform, found bureaus of labor. - t Then, perhaps, it will be seen that men and women, however unfortunate. have onpabilittes and rights that we do not, ` now promote, nnd that the loss of these often comes through other than just uud honest means on the part of the more t'drtunn._te, nnd the nohlest. work -' is that \\'hiuh guides the creature into r v paths whom the butter self may live no as to bring glory to its (_Treu.l.or. MIN N I I-1 l')l{`l\'.~`.()\'_ inc iocni councus: \`\'il.h the main contention of this pa- per that it would be far better to re- tieve the nccds of the unemployed poor by means of work provided, than by aims giving, all thoughtful peraonsare, 1 think, ngn-ml. It is only a question as to how so desirable u. consumlnatinu .`1h()1il(l be reached. it is hardly nevus- .`_~`.'lI` . however. or even just, to censure our existing benevolent. organiatations, which. with much devotion, and very (`(H).Biti(`I`ilibi(5 coll-salt-rifii-t-, are doinrx the best they can to meet existing needs under existing ciri-unistunces, pending the solution of a very knotty problem. While there is no possibility of supply- ing work to tinge who cannot: get, it, we cannot allow whole families to perish from hunger or cold, from any fear. however well-founded, that our benevo- ; lent intervention may tend to form the habit of dependence and so paupcrize them! We often have to choose the low of two evils, or rauler, we have to follow a clear duty. and leave the mcsults in wiser hll-Y1(i.`-l than ours. All the political economy in the world can- nol. absolve us from'the plain christian duty, commanded in the wisest; of books, that of dealing out our bread to the hungry, and hearing the needy when they cry. Nor should there be any degradation in the dependence \\'iIit`il is the .l`\`8Uii, of misfortune, any more than in the dependence of ick- ncss. And, in a world where the child- ren of one [at her as made, as it. seems, purposely dependent. on each other, for so many things, the material help which is given and received in the right. spirit, the spirit, of l)l'(|ii1(`l"hOf)(i, should not he felt, or considered degrading. But. nlusu of tho unnu.-ll meeting. for the reutling and discusior1 of Mrs. l')'n'k- sun's paper, it was amgroetl t.hn.l the fol- lowing cnnnnonls by 1\liss~J1:u:lmr, who haul mml the paper and wus prvparozl lu ll, nnoulrl he n.pp0n(leul 1.0 ha m-n::llnn=,d, along` with the paper itself, by the local mum-.ils: \\'ilh Hm main r-rmtnnlinn nf lhi,-z nn- 3 As there \vM_:|-or time, before the 1 5 l 3 {mt `(Inna a. is poas P1111! 01 I`.'ln(l 501101116. in i lble this , with com|xu'a._tiye case. Our country is `young, our cities are not so densely. done J populated as to add to the perploxity of ; the problem. we could have a system } of bureaus of Labor from Halifax to ` Vicioriu, which would do more for de- \'ulopin,g our naaionnl resources and pos- sibiiitioa than any other schemw that _ has ever been tried. Many locinl pro- hlems, other than the labor question. I I P. I might find a. solution in the judicious management or bureaus of labor. not rtho least being the question of immi- gmtion. Isnlnlml dnan, hmvnvnr mm-itnrinnn 6 1891; Qf Vlnv-no any unvv luau. U nevus II who tabla om! uuablo In caution to nm." '1.` min. ` . Oilyfloto in. W. Oltocklt. ton -.....u. -4... nu J u. Ior'_v (.7;'eu.l.;x'. M[.\'.\`|I-1 .DlCl{s0.\'. | trving to aid. But such a policv cannot be pursued in isolated charitaiile organizations. It is quite hoyond their power to devise u,nd carry out relief works. Nor as a rule, will municipalities do it. for it menus extm taxation. an unpopular with the tnxpayers. who form their con- Mitiuencios. The society to which I be- long hns wasted much time and energy in efforts to induoo our city council to open mile!` works for tho unemployed men whom families in winter we: have to keep from starvation, attorta.which if they have done nothing else. have at least demonstrated tho futility of such attempts. Even the industrial ef- forts for supplying poor women with needlework. curried on by some of our chnritnhlo organimtions,"nre attended 3 guns tum mm mm; mus." M 5 , But blessed is he that considenth the _ ; poor we are told on 11' h n.uth0rity;n.nd , ; cox-.tu.inl (the problem. ow- but to hel , them. eaerven our most careful an V 1 sympathetic oonaldemtion. ln um calso 0| lnrg mmuua. totally un- tiluto, as muny are in winter. u.pplicn- lion has to he made to several nss0ciI\- tions in order to bring the amount. ro- cnivod up to unything like an adequate pr0vi.~ for such ll. family's needs.`0t (-ours!` such ii slate of things opens the way, more or less. for imposition in less needy cases, but this. unlmppily. can- not. in present circiimatnnoes, be help- ed. I as a community. we could only adopt a older and more nerous policy of meeting the needs of t a unom loyad by supplying work, we should fnd it fur more economical in the end. as well us fur better for the people was are Irving to aid. in! am-In n nnlinu onnnnf hm mu-nod Imur ..`lll`l'I1'l In one un(le!'In.Kll1, lllll it is a (`lmmvteristiu of our ago that people will work in their own way best, and perhaps in another way not at all! In l`orr)nlo, where "ovorlapping" has been so much complained of, it amounts. in the opinion of some competent oh- sorvom, in little more thx n this. that in the case of large famillo . totally da- tilntt-. as mnnv are in \\.'inltIr nnnlit-n.. p|:IL't\`i. \,uns(\quenu_v_ (`l)Iu`lI-!l.nl6 [WT- sons. seoin tho inndaqlnm-._v of existing moans, fee that they must start an- ul her .~snciel:y to meet some pnrticulnr plmsn of need. Of voume il. would st,-mn Iwtlor t.hn.t they should all combine their stn*n'glh in one undertaking, but BI` is :1 (`bums-tri.ut.iu nf nnr sum thnt pruviuou nu-. [But it is, of course. in our outdoor relief that we are most in danger of pauper-izln influences, and here there is danger n the multiplication of char- itnlhie Iuyeucies, however kindly meant. because in some degree fostering the evils of ``overlapping" and imposition. Yet. in vommon Justice to those con- mrned, I should like to an , from con- sidemhlc experience and o ervution of such work, that the originalaora of such organizations are not actuated by more perversity, but by the sincere desire to meet re.-1 needs. In our cities we hgve not lmd, as n. rule, any one central or- ganization strong enough in resources mlequntely to meet all the needs of the places. (7ons<\quenlly_ r'lmritn.ble per- sons` seoinc lhn innnnlmnv nf nvlntinu J I : stitute poor. for the weakl Hylllplll 101.11! OOIIBIGOIILLIOD. For the aged and helpleu class of de- anil` feeble- minded, so large an elemen . in our pau- i perined class, and for the orphans and [ some rather-lose `children. it goes with- that. an asylum must be provided snyin ` and t at there are not too many insti- tutions for the care of such destitute` ones in the city of Tomato, is shown by the fact that recently there were not. fewer than twenty-eight person: shut up with felons in the _common jail. {or no crime but that of destitute and help- less old . 'l`iil such a reproach i wigcd off he city. it cannot afford to re ueo its institutions though perhaps by working some of them more econo- mically, such unto:-tunatee might be provided for. [Ruiz it in n! nmnun in nnr nnf.1Innr . lllelll, (I6-!|l|l'VGI 0lll' XIICBE For the nxmrl and hnlnlnu "'uK;73t `---.4 a-..-De:--,-\$->,~r CI h: l~.- 5-,. M" 7-! line have been puumrizod in nature nltandy by the inuanoen at hvrodity b - the penlipnt, and foeli. whlchtmdn fnovihnbly to pauper-in and dependence, The pau- perism of this class at poor is too often taken for the effect of the reliot given. when It is only tho vault of 8 long train of oircumotancea stretching into the mlnote :. But mere aim: giving and pour aw systems have done so much in thin way than is 'now-n-days a. strong tendency to veer round totho oppouito extreme, and to forget that more is_, utter all. n. true charity. which. lake mercy. menu him that gives and him that tnkos." Rut hlnacpd Is Im Hun. nnnnidnmth H1 whnllwnhnvotoro-T --g--`. .7 _.,,-`- --IND - Calllhndl aclflc -Railway I seems, I20 EHO nenuu OK 0111' OWII C0\lIl' cry. There is no Manon to sup ethat than is not In Canada as Imc Intent falent in Inch dlmatiouu In In othen coumries, and nrwh uuoh -industry would on-auto other kinds of work In its turn. It in to ha I! , ` but the re- cent fm1nII.tlon ol`a and an C0l|fOI"4 once of cilurltlea. Ito" mny,help to find. if not this. than some nthct solution tn Iha qu .lon.`lnow to fink] work for tha unomplo d. It our local councils gon- amlly would devote a large share of * their qtlorts during the oumlng you (Oontkmod on pnio v ('1' ill|(l \\'l]U 'UX', IIIICII IIIU \VUOI llllllll` loom weaving. in .ma inc. all kinda-o `iron and linwn . but on making. rib~ hon weaving, lu.oo making. embroidery nml artificial flower making. A: manual training in to become un in- legml port. of our public school teach. ing, it would (mm on oxcollent hull l'or the teaching in such iaechnioul schools. which would soon do much to relieve iho oo ation in both skilled. nnd unskillod in . and on those handi- cmfts can he rnctlaod a wall in tho counlr as in he town, and have done much n Europe to relieve uriculturnl depression. the mi ht also rovant,ta' some extent, t o in lux of d u Ml ngriculturnlists into our cities whlo at: present swell: the title of povort . The idea is at lonat commanded to t a at- tention of those who on uulltlad to i work it out in practice {flu mptablo, an it seems, to the need: of our own coun- lrv, Them In no mnnnn In nnnnnnn flint net-(-ssuy OI lll(`.ll IIIIOK. TIIBTQ IS TOD!- `son. In the `cxperlenoh of other voun-A tries. for believing -that few things could do as much towards the extol`-4 Ininntion of pguporism at a system of! government technical` pohooia, ton training -boys into holullorotta us yet: almost. unknown` In Ouu_d_ia.n urtizana. and along with such schools. n system of employment bumuus, whloh might: give to the present unemplo ad some elementary won-Ir in ~ connac ion with. the prosecution of those handicrafts. The onoourngement. of luch industries , has workod wonder: In Dome of tho countries of Euro . moat over-run by`. puuperism "la in` `be little kin dom of \\'ux-temberg, oongesmd distr ols of! Bohemia, etc. Among the Industrlu thus found oval sblo removing the: pmsaure'of.povo 1y,"u leather atnmpq ing und ombuanhig, We king for dc-.coru< live {nun-pesos in Iron, brass and othe 1 metal .9, wqodoorvl and turning. wlo -. er and within work. Inou and wool hand- mahlns. `iron nnd iimvn .hnt rm mnklmr. rih- me or III anon sun II s. V hIlc"'v'u:Iu- wau mm. Except ; ~e cutti and snow s lllnp. then ; is little 1. s.t un ordinary: laborer col; 9: :.:..:""`:.-=..:=:' .2: ".....`'rl In -no I on press: in Ontario st lent. to be of Illoh in solvitj this rohlem. The cultlvon, tlon-of cu-den non-or poteto patch-cg es," by needy working-men. during the summor bu workecf will I loll . piece! ; under exceptionally into n- elrcmni-lg stances. but this also involve: en` 1 amount of dlslnteruted troulilemn the; part of practical cltinena, which it in _A not by on means easy toiseenn. 7 Whn.t. t n. is to be done! This ll ; the main question. and till it in settled. it is no use to attack the cburltnblo or- mkea, such on are inseparable from all . human efforts. are doing the onl thing mt present possible to mil te a nut: . reri of the poor in our b ter Wintern. I bel eve that the state alone can deal - effectually with so large s queqtion as 1 this, and. by institutl a systematic ` plllnn of dmlief by {nouns ot York`. remove vonee mttnya. presen ee oruno-, iiomil system of public relief. a `system. which, many `altos! belieivle, produces the worst nn mos euro Dill] x-ism Pesidles crlemtifm 3; body tyulsr ed zeta: icins. w o, u` ram ' concern ` to uplift the r. wolllzmld their in! lei-mt oppoae in doi away with the necessity of such relio . There is run.- 'nnn, In tho `mrnnl-inlmh of nithnr rnllna Inna which. dapilnellome mis- f % {Jun the name" ~ `LC. t:4CA`!L .'.a. no v;9I`41-ad-9 mg:-v-Q-mg:-.... . _ _- 6.-L-` difficult` `Jun it oou at thnugh 4! lack of 00-15 oronton on the T otwonn I 1:. who owht to latouutu in me inc incl`: own aak.h-Nor iatadt nun use In nan men ford : syndicate t6_ mp ly to tho on purely plulnnl in llolpiloa. non. can work which has no u 5: 11:9,, ; nd any nnanenr plus` in nioaoru 1 society. , ouover the anti: of on 7 wxmns maid mic y mu: re wltlt the fruguu or out bar but such u `- Euhl -. works would involve. Exoopu . \4 nuabdinn _-ul ......... -l......IH_- IL... .n.a.an.u .n. - I TA x Bhunor tor CAP! VINCENT vo duly (Rnndn unnamed) wt lot at llpm.. nd n extra hip ovary llondng at 5n.!n..n in t1n&nI capo Vincent wit ammo 01 an 9100. I oxoopa Hulda. Train Lanna II 1l.uu noon. anlvu In Ottawa 51: 5.60 pm. sud train unw- ingot no mu. hon tluouil Blupor to Ot- tawa. arriving so 9.00 5.11:. lo: mum. Pnllnnn noonunodnuon md othu infatuation apply to - In -w;uar--qr A___A -ETA` VV lo 0 Alb N6 Y I MIMI: `.'n..hu....:? ..m`:......'.'.'....u.. 3 (\'f'Pl'I1" "me !e!e2@.&9mh"'v East and West. ? B!0.!%E1.!'.'>1NGl In Iunlvullod In 11... IfatrAo'lVonmos. zouonoa ny Mu nun Mont. lrou Ire-mun trlnocu m- Tllltlnd 68 hour: from new York. The on-oolonl Imlllldc, nnolnmng .-ea. 'l`hv.mou vunm Gnu. 85, Islam, lonluxqno. (-Ir. [main and Ilubndou. also aord honmul and h.v.orout.- lu.&oun. nu nuoiw by num~Inpu of the Quobcn steamship moan: nom {N w Ynrll. spacial ulnllu Io nu Truplcn 10 Jann- hi no new Mcbmnn. cum mu: .-'I"OI for donor] Mu pamphlet. and dates #0 A. EIILIU8 0U'I`El- I M I Bl1I'l3Gl?-`& `J3, Agents. 80 nrusdway. New York, -yr J. P. HANLEY. lug-ton. um. A314 H. AHEBN. Hnuntnry. Qucneo iI$ha"c"tn'iIiiI:"winds| mu mama and 100 mum or goon ma-.3, hndqmmon of LIIO Hmtaln army and navy. In nnuvullod In It. untrue-ivonnu. rOr\0hOd nu nunloont. lmlggr l'A!l..l|`ADIED BKRMUDAS. f wt 'on Io oumnuniuuon um oquahlo v at mnpontuc of nut: durum. bun- tl Ill and 10') mile: of good bndammon ofnho army S:-pun u nu-u-nu. !.`unt o|Mon. .. liov 4:1. 1 Il Inin......... .. ......... .`.. ..7...|Mu. MIA` .Lo- mtlw o.m..|;u.n......,. ....`.l)a<:.`. .end| fur 0|gu;pnd ovary lnlormanxon apply tr ` .1. D. IAILIY. Aueni. pggnmc. rcpt-nun - v---u--y Irw- n. suntan: I: oo.. emu: u-nu. non. E FOR` LIVERPOOL `nmecr. \JlVlI-inn us-I-sander: Wunn Ptluo Shaping Con between run: vnmnwm Ann um:-r vn: Z 1' also ' It 5 saloons. Mn Iiahu. mulonn J; 9. annoy. J. 9. ommnom. Agu|,:j.`l'.I. _IIo6lon II Olnnnoo 6%. n mnidinnunn n......I Anne. Nhn- Ivxvv u Inna: u --:---- OOIIII IAIT. IOIIU Will . '0. I Ixpuu. no 5.1:. lo. I . noun ~ " xprou 2 4ha.m ` Clapton. 18.1!) pm. " 1a xpnuo In tun (Brynn. 1.10 pm. " 7 It ' ran. 40:1 In ' ll Iliad. 6.46 p.tn. . v. tau. 1.10 p.In 19 Mind. 8.(5p.m n\...n-- 11-- 1 n. I -_.IA..n- 4|-lfuo Ha I unav- .... _ .- u..._.'.I I'.Z-J.-A-- l.....A.. `L ! ---v---_..-.. . -..., hh- to nk`; um dulrmunb [III jwlijll IVIII Iqlgtugpluult wyyu` . - IAILRY. Agent. ` (imuu Trunk :-H.ntl:;nf I l'.uI.Ll`Jl1!'-I';,!MH lc Agent. 49 Hlumnnm-t lm TRAVILLING-BY RAIL. wuuuijuj I131:-up-u Iunlnutolcu Ana: U-m..,.,, htuhnd -but laud xx--uvhl Dbvlnunbnuulhnu ...a L T -fikvk i.'l;ll`G-BY iaoATr.- Bblld I d Sun Fruu-i.~un ` I 3:3: cp.t..lkc.oon..a 2....`-* .1 :.`:.`::-..`.`..-***~........-"..`.'.*."..: Ipdho ling froouof winter can bo,IOpt.o'IIt.of tho house sud you an italics what it mum tobe "As slam as A But: in A Rue it _..A_. -_. " .I'.l HIIUUQ DIU|'.lll mu Ron. 1. I; I sndd run dnif . No. 5 roxoopt Monday. All ochor tn nu duly at sundu. Train having at moo noon. Iocupouwuxun N1 ran a-rprras. 1-- E-I;-- l-A-I-_ I`-_. KAAa-___ NEW TIMI TABLE. -on-n -A-an -Alan til!!! ifiixnumrx. v - , I... 1341....-.. |.........I r `.73. ? f'?_..`. _P[_D.f}.:.. 0 1.1.0. All) nu. n. uuu. imi>1.:acr` SHORT me -10- NIl'I Falls. '3.121.5_Iaa. 3:2" nth at Honda). All othor Imam any x :1. `rain lining noon. Ottawa 5.60 pm. sud thrown Bloom: nauuuur-. vv -nun; -uu u SOUTH- nn-I, Hnshnul Won: J. P. smcmswmsmrs nun, nu. uvuu A WEST- Allnnnu A: Von 3% T -I-H-' old. Hartford. Woroutu. Pro- nomlocton Audi! '3! A 1f?! EAST. I n Ilngmnu Inn (`.1 `:`;'`.S?."i l'I""E1Z From Purim nd. rl con n for 1 rm 8, Hanan. Totunm 1w.Rm`m Stu. Math" mpot. 'nnouuvor Sm "|`|nu|Mm. ' Ian I In lliillt. 42 qlnronae truaf. ..-_.___._.._ nah-an-mo :1` Hull nan: me-I Vryudly':`t.on.Iooh wall. unduotvltr . I E. CT. Li. S. M II HIM . `. .cnl >i;1t= tromf. DAS. uble bean- neon, NW1. ed 0 ante trout- ' fork. ann- letotl PEB- I there in at least, `on the part of many ' no-culled benefactor: a spasmodic reali- E nation 01 their personal responsibility, I but it is a connclouaneu which, in the A majorlt of cases, soon passes, leaving ; u it: (eat the depltion oi the pocket ` by, shall we say. 310. 85. or five or ten lcenta. together with the feeling that .~.thnt duty is done and it it is a $10, consciousness, well done. The story at` dutitution which the individual has ; oiled drtlts out oi. the mind before the much more engrossing thong to of how! grenterlvldends may he realized), or` = the report which the timid and wearied coilecmr has left an an earnest of how, the 810 will be spent, is dropped quickly; into the wute-paper basket without the pages being turned. Perhaps in all} I justice, it HJUSL be said that those ask-' . ing for help, and the collectors, are set numerous that the bus merce, or professional ite would find his mind much hampered and his well- enrned hours of rest much diiturlu-di if all the tales of want and misfortune, were remembered, and all the reports careful] pursued and annotated. llut even if orgetfulnesa will leave the mind freer for the evolving of methods by which returns will be realized of such ,, proportion: that the giving of sit), or! "loll, will be as a drop of water tak--n! rom the ocean, who can say that this: forgetfulness, even when coupled with the munilicent gift, is altt ether to he exypectcd, or without blame n uvlnil nvlnnlr in thin -I -`In nf niuinn man of com- ` 1 l I I I rnd It may win no when nectar sys toll for helping the" poor and unfor- mnato no avowed. and shut better sol! in All of tIcIn"in non dlnctly appeal- ed to. And ndiciously aldotl. that even thin. the ty 0! the rich. and ti: 0 of tho philnnthnpist will be to u dq:-no in on-in for nu). `nu chu-{labia institution he- ouuuontunnr7.ahallwouy.proteo- (ion. as by its ninwloo individuals urn and from the horde: ol nondk-ants. Iovro.I`Hho!Ithnwenna: n.th:: thy I Qua:-tad . s mind I t to. 41:00.1! ; altar. . rings :1 )3 ` all-'i`'lv|t Iuiivulu -F"`~'."""`l '7-_.' . . a he tnanluul ens: Lnepouionmes 01 so many have been so easily re:i.ched, and that the op rtunitles of others have been grin and made effective. That it must be the belief of man that this housing and feeding are al that are needed, is shown hy the charitable in- stitutions and so-called philanthropic schemes which s ring in with surpris- ing ra.pidity, an live In every city. The promoters often show much cour- age and independence, for the fact that there may be already established sch.1r- itahle institution doing the same work, or which with slight. extension of its constitution could do the some work as their! is intended for, does not. in the slightest degree influence or deterthem from developing their scheme. They have their own view of the case. and it becomes for them all shsorhln . it matters not whether in any way: ir scheme makes a part of the scheme of charity in their cit nor yet whether it overlaps. i rient thatpthe "scheme exists. their institution is huilt, their own way fnsl r`AnnIn Anlnhn `HI nhnrilv Mllfdl. or not. is suffi- l\e-s v . lrcnuu `I uuvv is Juan, vs. nun.- is it 7 If we must have charity organi- zations and charity homes, then let them be arts of one great system so com lete in aim and gradation that tho .whoe will be a unit. This need not he lhoped for until there is a mutual desire lto understand each other`s part in the. work, and frequent o portunity for con- ference. Then will the scattered forces of the present systems be gathered in- gether. and helping the cor will as- sume characteristics whic society will believe in and approve of. Of all the schemes devised by philan- thropists for improving the condition `of the poor, The cultivation of vacant. icity lots by the unemployed." snd. the establlshi of "Bureaus of Lahor." ,commend economics. i The scheme for the cultivat ion of va- wholelcant city lots By the unemployed ori- ifinated with Gov. Pingree. of Detroit, n the summer of '94, and so successful gym; t was it that various other cities follow- Mm that m:ed this splenuid example with most. gratifying results; results which have the inmates are cared] .iven to men and women food. mom-y.I nxemseives to all students of? Ill ll CD.l`Ily 1101118. Am the young man`; possibilities siirengtliened hy soup tickets? Are the possibilities of the young wu- Lqnn directed into purer and hellu- channels. when her sin has found her oul, and nine seeks with mimy ulhs-rs lll(\hl'l0m0 which charity has made for auc Ann lhn nnunilniliiinu nf Ihn nnn nr 01 mm. _ _ In one`; poaailinlllty, In one's oppm-t`ui nity ulmoal out no 5! rest. one`: mxnnrpn nnlv:'uion. if not muxn more of n. huher slut. 1 i Ann 1: o-lu:l:l'u nnnaihililinu :InIn`nlnnr-.I Are the possibilities of the rich rm- lizod to u perfectedneu. when through their generosity turkeys at Chriltmus make tit-bits for the poor, or when through still hnndaomer gifts charity institutions ren.r their cornices among our City buildings, where in ln.rp: num- her: the poor or their offspring may live together, without aims, without hopes. without responsibilities? Ifsim- nlw hoimr housed and fed um all that Sllb. ` 1 I Am It child's ossihilities developml along the best inea when aepurulwl from (ether and mother and sheltered in charity home. Am Hm vnumr mun`; nmsihilil.it~.s sucn I Are the pnsaibilitieu of the son or laughter mndo mom .-urn when the old father or mother is housed in the poor- house? Ann lhn no-...:I.:liHnu hf Ch` I';t`|| nul- uow are mesa poasimuuoa in vm ne- volopod, to be worked, to he felt? Will it be through the giving and receiving of nlmai In nun`. an-niluillhp in nun`: nnnrn-ln- ICII-Inn ult-.111 II n In III` In -For ()1'w`n. Mn HI. I` .3. Hufr\!.nn1t.o V0! u!row.`\'arllt If Winmpot. \'nn WK" ro ml` I=`I|l Prtllrimn. In I in Hhonbot [them.' `We cannot but believe that 1 In the no-cullocf ` untlnn nf Ghana nnrhnnnl nnnnnnnilxilifu 0X CH3, 01' WILHOUL lllllllll "o wlmt. extent is this plate of giving msponaible for our already nunn-mus and ever incl-using charitable institu- tions, and for the many who have no work, und in many cases who want no work? We cannot. say that this .'l.l()Il! ii. naihle, hut that. it does muvh town. it. no thou htful raon can deny. Beyond this one it 0889!`! that l sensitiveuess which is the motive pom-r ? of sympathy. does it. douden thn feeling {of rosponaibilit that can never be too stro that "V e are our brother : keep- or," 005 it draw the purple and film linen further away from the mantle-at coat. in n. word. does it make one for- get el.hu.t. the Almighty God ore-utetl ll-`I ull. mole and female. and with possibili- ties? Ah, yes. Possibilities. 'l'bvre is the rub. How these possibilities to be le- vnlnnml tn he wm-Irm|_ tn Inn fnlt? \\'ill ply Doing nousau (um um um Ill Iu.'u. is dad for human beln 3 than Int us he lmnkful that thopoaa illtiaa of an mnnv hnvn hum no mnilv rezmhed. V nopea. WIEDOIIC l$8p08lI)ll|llGSV llSlm- ply boiny housed and fed an is; nestled for humn.n heimm `Rho Vu-lou Pliallor The Amelie:-nlon of I lIlnhg-Alnu (living In nlulou nu- tor-rlngnoh Potato Plot Behemo- Ilu lulu Dluuuoo u Paper In Able Iuhupn. Giving `private charity". endwnain-.` tnIn|ng.charltI.ble institutions should be utter; of vital importsuwe to all wh give of their n1ea.ns`to support them. We believe `alum-n at Innur "nu Hun nnrl nf mnnv THE LABOR BUREAU PROPOSED RAT_|'_lER THAN CHARITY. lclvmv ans. 5. nlcxsun. Addrcgfattlc wean : Nitloa- `ai _Councll% at Halifax. ;wunr:suJgnnsan:n.a (Iii IIOIIO. IIIO CI -IIIIIIKI DOE-1| vnlun nttho crop woo 018,000 to OM.u00 at a root to the committee of about 03.600. Poor plo olmoot fought for 3 chance to o potch 0! (round to till. and thooo who won anoooootnl nood their lneot oorh to obtain a full crop. The aid of tho poor oanmlnion wu_oocured in docldi upon thooo toho uohtod. no that on y tho moot dtoarvjxg wen holpogl. Tho noult was that shout at thomontl funllla won enabled to pan` tluvqh tho winter without having me- con:-oo to tho poor oouuninlou. ond tr lo:-go sun was thu oovod to toxpoy-' on ' f I-`nun tho of tho New York: onociotion for in the condition of tho hunt. I aunt. tho fnllawinn: I xiiTtiTEFEMi31TuRr; -.-AMT):--u IZEQUOI III! Illlpiw IDS IKIBIIIIIOII4 oHlnpoor"I uotouaotollowing: 1 Thu eufu cl mun my lot: mn hnntcn alumina. hush. An mu IX CUIIIYIKZ C VCOUIIK Olly IDLI Inutbo tonnbuinenhuin. Alan. nddit charity it will fl the endi hoshllnn. Aauodncntorund :- mun m L It on do. nil Indur guldnoo `will 09. sauna: god. In (nun you-3; v | 3 : ' 'I`he.ldea was thnt of simply utilizing` `idle land for cultivation by the poor` in mining food for themselves. Dona.- tiona of land by the citinnn were lilu-ml, `1el\)-:r:lg:oumnd- acres belngi `(:63-reI. u acres were cw.-pt ;., I _ ll ?IIc3 t.iolt:|k\veI!'e`mnJl.o fflou. hut on npg.` o 0 In t omlnitteo v . able to provide only to: 946 !a.mill.o!:: The crop: wgro `plunked. cultivatedmnd bu-vutod b nennolvau under the su-| pervhlon o the committee. The com- mllloe eoti:;ttodnlt_hnt ghe hptlzcnlo crop` avenged 0. been us a per ot, which would in 14176 bushel: of ro- no utoo IIODO. ' he Iltlmutod total vn lth. again: 3:: IIQIIII In IIAIIII at n believe In and or. of eatabllshini Bureau: I.ahor."' L emaelvea of TL; nnhnn-an Inn tho nultivnflnn nf vn- I18 Inll` ln(1|Vl(lU(I,l svuemns: So confident: are they of their disrrn- tion that the comparison of ways and means is seldom thought of. and it there should be a charity conferem-e, perhaps once a year. of what real value organ part: until ouch Of all the smhc-.mc-.u dnvisml hv nhilnn- mnuon." _ It is apparent. then that nlrns giving in in serious matter; that (here is much more in it than dollars and vents can regulate and develop. The huppinr-.~;~i nml security of society are controllml by it, nnd even the dmnnntion of souls is; not beyond its touch. Who then can fail to wonder at the nonchnlant. indo- pendence of the various chnrity ho.-ird.q? With whul comnlncencv do tliev mun- penuence OI (no various (`nnruy Im.'u'u.-41 With what complacency they uga their individual sch:-mnsi Sn nnnfidani: nm thaw of (hair diurn- li lows: t I "A compulsory contribution for tho indigent from theafunds originally ar- cumulated from the labor and industry, of others could not fail in process of time to produce the unfortunate (.`ffPt'l of almting those exertions on the part ofthelahoring classes on wliich,n.ccor.l- ing to the nature of things, the happi- ll(`h' and welfare of mankind haveluu-n made to rest. {By diminishing this `na- lnral impulse by which men are insti- gated to industry and good conduct, liy superseding the necessity of providim: in the season of health and vigor fur the wants of sickness and old age, and by making poverty and misery the cou- ditionn on which relief is to be obtain- ed. Your committee cannot but fear from a reference to the ln(?I`(`lLS(`.(l num- her of the poor, and the increa:-mt and increasing amount. of the sums !`tliSt'tl. for their relief, that`. this system is.p9r- pelually encouraging and increasing the nwiavry it was designed to allevian-." And again: It may be assumed that,in the ad- ministration of relief. the public is war- ranted in imposing such conditions on the individual rrlievcd as are conducive to the benefit either of the individual himself, or to the country at; large at whose expense he in to he reliovml, and it will be seen that the process of di-- ` pauperizing the able-bodied is in its ulti- mate efl'e('t.I,a pmroas which .ll('Vl:l.tI`.'-I the condition or the great mass of so- ciety. But when we consider how strong are the motives to claim public assistance and how Nady are the mean for obtaining it independently of real necessity, we are surprised not at tho. number of paupers but at. the numlwr of those who have escaped the contam- inntion." H in nnmn-ant Hmn Hint nlrnu aivinn` its own purpose." In (ire-u.L Britain in 1817 the parlia- Imenlru-y committee u.ppuinl.ed to look ginlo the condition of the poor. present- {ed in report, from which I quote as ful- , lows: I `-A nnnnnnlanrv I-nnirihlllinn fnr Hun Jnue nuence OI mnnnoou uuu woman- h when living along lines and in conditions 'faevo1-able to maintaining . A them ns self-respecting citizens. When ` `we reflect upon what might be done to brim at-outa this much needed` reform in comparison with what is being done. , both by limo: and money in maintaining the numerous and varied charitable in- stitutions. a. ray of hope, like the feeble light of the rearlrmorning, sprin 5 into life and the realization of the hope . wili become the full noon oi self-respect and good` citizenship, for those whose ' feet have so often stumbled, have been so often pushed naide, and so often for- gotten, that life for them is everdreary, I und the purpose of it gone. Mnlthus. in NW in referring to the poor laws of ring and. said: `Fortunately for i-,ng- : lend a spirit of independence still rc- imains among the peaam1tr)'- The pool` l laws are strongly calculated to ero.di- ` They have succeeded in cute this spirit. succeeded as com- ipnrt; but had the EleLeleen.s mi ht ave been expected, ; live 11 so ongconcealed. Hnrdns in -mentery committee, appointed to look imoy appear in individual cases, depen- ! dent ` ful. uch a. stimulus seems to be ubso- llutely necessary to promote the hop` 'pineae of the great mass of mankind; and every general attempt to lessen, or weaken U118 stimulus, however benevo- lent. its intention, will always (iefeul, ` its own purpose." In lLrn.::.l llrilnin in IRI7 the l)I1!`ii:l- overty ought to be held dingrzu'e- 1 l I I l J I '* ;*.:tr.:.x~a.r.:-:.m%--*- `- _ u.`l. P. and 0. P H " ""r_.$`.Ifr.... m. " 0! HIGH` Inaepenaence and Bel;-swam. But when th point: are udmitcerl little is lnft 0 qundify the charitablns institution 1:; a. good and newaaary feu- tum of civilization, when compared. even super.{iciully,',with the advantages inde ndence bf manhood and woman- h urlmn Hvinu nlrmxr lines and in" over: at; II II. r.norewre.~reuu- ily seen the evil would well out n" `nil Vp;-opo;i.ions..aLnd the discontent than uuveufy exists between the well- to-do and the ne`ez~do-weal and vicious would become more pronounced and un- Iortunnte. But the c_huiuI._bie institu- tions establish the drenter protection to the person eeekingnims if not di- nechy at least indirectly. for through their existence a certain amount of in- vestigation and discrimination are maintained and with less ease do they. therefore, iose, qt least. the remnants of their independence and self-esteem. nut. when these noinu are u.dmit.t.ed Kw":IIWl(:Nl`lI`0t have the to. even it they glad thenuxn. tn: iintvgtt ate `the claiga ' pllnan ; re orerroa - 3 ..."`n|l mmnm-Hun: nuul Hm dinnnnfnnt. mm Dmi wine. Moxmm Dl Sll|llll' (ITKHHIZRYIOIIS. 3-'l`lnoy have not formed parts of an `effect ive system. -1-'I`hnv Imvn Iv-an Inf! lnv-nnlv inihn \\ II II (il-1.119!` Ullll l'l`I'S. 5--They have been treated as schemes of chu.r1t.y rather than as essential purls of philanthropy. `` ' If Hm nhim-r. nf nnu nmmniwnfinn in puns 01 pnuumnropy. - 11' lhe nh_jo(-c of uny organization is lo help others to help themselves then the principles involve-rl should be those that will (l9\'(`l()po llm imlnpenrlenm of those lmlped-nut the dependence. Czm l Some masons mgggest themselves in oxunulnon of fins: -'l`he schenlos have lacked in husi-` nos: qualities. * _'I`I\nv I-Invn `man :Inninn|~ in nun, um pour. or nupowssly u.nn.n(1unea. | I [ICE uuuuues. :. -'l`hoy have ht-`en deficient in me- lhmls of communication, and investiga- tion. hulh us to the needs and efficiency of the upplicznnis. and the work and aim of similar organizations. 3--'I`hm7 have run! fur-mml nnrfe. nf nn mxoctnvu system]. I | I -1-'l`hoy have been left lnrgely in the lmnds of people whose time and thoughts wem more deeply engrossed! with other muttors. ` , K_.'I`Im.. 1....-n Im..- 4.....c...1 .. -..1.......... V "wt K-1% EIZPIIII \Il" UUVIWUUII OLPI VINCE!` AND NEW YORK. inn 3.-..q ngtnn, than hnhlnn Alli` -allnlaln

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