New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-14
ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF TIE AS
soCATI0S FOR IMPROVING THE CON-
DITlON OF TIE POOR

DTIlON OF TIE POOR.
This meeting sss held lsst evening in the Ctapei
Of the University The attendance was M nerous.
Gao GRIswoID presided. The annual report wss
read BY the Secretary. L. NJ. HlRTLII. The repcst
dwelt en- the necessity OF better sanitary arrange
nent.. The mortality In The several Wards is no,
nroporicns,e 10 the poverty bu, 10 the crowded and
shhy cor diton snd bad sanitary arrangements Of
each Wsrd. Several Of the Wards which have sss
natural position are nevertheless very unhealthy.
owing 10 The above causes. The bad effects ascrb
able much more TO the neglect OF the pablo Authorities
and the rrope,ty holders to furnish the nfsrts pes
.sry for health which tenants willing to pay for.
hsn TO mere poverty Thequarter In the ne'gnoorhch
of ST. Patrcks Cathedral Is especially filthy and
Healthy. and has made a dspropertionstey large
drain on the resources for relief The economical,
social and moral bearing OF the subject in this CITY
was reviewed and the report concluded that pubic
economy social welfare and general moral improve
ment would be much sivsnced by the removal Of the
causes enumerated Dirt disease and crime g
hand INLAND and the interruptions TO labor caused
in this way augment tho misery Of families. The As
ISOLATION has endeavored far as possible, to rem
edy all those evils II has also attempted . useful
action upon stect vagrancy and begging. IL made
ccessfsl attempt to procure the action of the
Town Council on these habits The Association has
brought many yserant children into public and Sab
bath schools During the past year il has relieved
5,977 families and s6,s96 persons, aud made 49, 1
visits The increase OF relief upon the previous yeA.
is per cent the increase of receipts is 81 900.
II was resolved that the report shall be printed and
circulated.
The Tressurer's report showed bslance to tue
credit If the Association of 1855 So the amount re-
cevd during the yesr was $500 -, and the
amount expended, s34,65i IL.
The Rev. DIR. BELLOWS expressed his interest IN
the lahors Of the Association, which went g explain
the difficult science Of psuperism. He wished that
such important interests the Society looked after
couldlbe made substitute for the disgrseeful party
politics of this City. The Society was placed ON
purely Christian basis, and a sound democratic one.
hy the fact that the subscriber OF $500 not known
10 the public Us having given more than the sub
scriher OF one dollar, and had no more influence
10 the distribution Of its charities. This system DR.
b. thought i most desirable to msintsin. and yet to
bring the full utility and the claims for support Of the
Association before the community. Tie aims OF the
Association which not only included the relief Of the
poor but also the reduction OF that udrected stream
Of private benefcence to Migrants which did evil on
all hands-enabtd il to much larger pecuniary sup
port than il has received He thought the claims Of
the Society ought to be brought before every citizen
and that the pulpit Of the City was the best means q
doing So A larger number Of visitors was also
quired to increase the induction OF fccts on which
the reports were based; 900 families visited in tbs
year altogether too small a number
The Rev. THO. L. CUYLER addressed the meeting.
nes of the subject by such reports that just red
and the close connection between filth Of body and
fifth Of mind and soul also the necessity the rich lie
under, even selfish grounds TO care for the poor.
In order TO prevent the plaques which spare the rich
no more thsn the posr and to curta atom Dot ~
speak Of the Christian band which should ho! al
men together as IN a real " commonwealth Inc
lives sacrificed to fifth in this City real lcss 10
this country, where muscle and brain are so much
needed. There should be q legal restriction on the
number of persons crowded into tenement. houses-
The want Of the wholesome stimulant Of fresh air
drives the wreched to the stimulant of Rum ana that
is the prime of all poverty and suffering. In
New England cities, where rum cannot be had, pau.
perism has almost disappeared. In the coming winter
when all necessaries are dear, the claims Of the
poor have a peculiar weight. The Sayiors words.
7Consider the poor" the text for hard winter.
Jas. Brown was chosen President Robert ID. MIN
turn Treasurer, and A. III. Hartley, Secretary, for
the ensuing year Several other officers were chosen
also, Elective Members and Supervisory Council
bepediciion being given by Dr. BELLOWS, the meet
ing adjourned.