The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-31
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Help for the Poor.-what our Correspond
cnts Thinlx.
We have received number Of lstsers contain Ing
suggestions, good bad and indifferent, on the best
means OF relieving the present distress among the
working classes Without doubt the intent Of the
writer's IL very good, though it must be confessed
some Of the measures proposed are Of . very ques
tionable character. Some Of the plans, on inspe,.
ti0n, turn out to be cipes for making bad soup
such a. nobody would use-not even the inventor.
Others again, benevolently ivse the poor to live
on bran bread and unheardof vegetables, forgetting
that the difficulty is to get the money to buy then
with. Practical men propose all manner of imprac-
ticable schemes and poor Mems Frisnds' show
themselves to be very poor friends indeed. What
the poor want is not plan to make tae pot boil
but something to put in the pot to boil.
Itis, however gratifying to see the commend able
spirit shown on all sides remedy the existing dis
tress. The public are appealed to from every quar-
ter and respond most generously to the call. 1t
would be well, however, for our citizens to be on
their guard against imposters, who are taking ad
vantage OF the kindly feelings evoked by the ap-
peals Of the press to collect money in the name Of
some benevolent organization. The following no
tice should be Needed
BEWARE OF IMPOsTERs.
VIII you please CAL public attention to the fact,
that all the daily authorised collectors Of this asso-
citation have certificate IT their appointment With
the written sg-atGres of tie local 0nictrs. Learn.
ing that uaau;torised pstsona uiknowa 70 us, are
soliciting funds Tor this cnari.y, appears sssa-
ry to caution che be5evolen. against the jmp1sito "a
which may be p.actsed up,a them. to the Injury Of
tne suffering poor WON /. s tier design to relieve.
r. III. HARTLEY,
Secretary of the Association for I'm proving the Con-
diton Of tie Poor.
concert for The benef. of the Door OF the
Eighteenth WsId, was held q. the Dispensary
rooms, corner of Twenty tdrd street and Second
avenue, on Thursday evening. We understand
handsome sum realised.
ADDRESS OF TIE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN EMIdRANT
PROTECTIVE AND EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY.
Ths great number Of persons dependent on ls-
Dor for their daily bread, now out OF employment,
owing to the unusual depression In all the depart
ments Of business, and the large influx Of foreign
emigrants, is the occasion OF the present address.
We believe that you may render important assist
ance to us, in our efforts to mitigate this evil By
enabling us to ascertain what openings yet exist for
the moral and Industrious among this unfortunate
class OF our city population. both Of native aud
foreign birth. We are convinced, that there are
many localities within q reasonable distance Of
New York, where labor could be probably EN-.
pl0yed-that at the present moment, there are
thousands OF families in our own aud neighbc7ring
Sa,es, seriously inconyenieoced FOR want Of domes
TIC help, while servant girls in Ne York, Of unex.
ceptionable character out OF situations and redu
ced to the ecessy OF pawning their clothes to pay
their boarding bills and that agriculture and other
business interests, are suffering for want OF the
strong arms OF the sons OF toll, who are pining in
cellars in our city. and depending on public or phi
vate charity for scanty and precarious subsistence
and all this for want OF proper CORES 20 adence
between the employer and Employee through
tie medium Of suoh on institution as this Society
We believe also, that II win be wise policy on the
part OF the employers, TO anticipate the wants Of
the ensuing spriog, and engage their help now.
business reaction may confidently be anticipated,
and all avenues OF Industrious pursuits will be open
and occupied by busy enterprises labor will be pro-
poriionsby in dscaud, and the difficulties which
met the society last year in nng orders, will return
with increased ioice
There is rsason to believe that the supply of labor
furnished by foreign emigration will another year
be diminished. The eastern war, SO obstinate ami
ssngutDary, and which will doubtless rage with
increased violence Dext year, will not only enhance
the price Of agricultural poduce, but cali thousands
to the battle field. who might other wise seek our
quiet shores. and engage ia the &C upations OF
peaceful Industry.
We therefore, gentlemen, respectfully aud ear.
negtiy request yon to give pa ce in yourespective
journals 20 this communication. In so doing, you
viii impart taree.tod good-reiief to our caari.
table us'itnaons and city taxes-tne means OF
ployei and destitute rcor, end benefit to those who
need their ssFsicts.
Letters pest paid, addressed to the General
Agent, Rev. D. 4. Thomson, American EmigraLt
Society q Rooms, Is Astor placs, New York, will be
promptly answered. Appicsti,ns in p,rson or by
letter, may be made az either of the Society IS
z.
street. PETER COOPER, President.
SHOULD THE PRICE OF THE NEwsPAP ERs BE RAISED.
New YORK, Dec. 20, 1854.
II is with pleasure that l see portion Of the
valuable space in your paper Is devoted to the pub
LEGATION of the many slggestiops of correspondents
for the beae. OF the poor during these hard times
am astonshed, however, at the singular means some
OF them advocate TO raise morey for this charitable
object. ! refer more particularly to the letter Of
A Merchant in tue HERALD of 2sth. He advises
the pagers Of this city universally to advance the
price OF each c'py one cent. The extra sum thus
raised to be distributed to the poor He estimates
that the HERALD alone will realize from this trans
action $500 daily. AID all the papers of the city
have no doubt, but that the ten thousand dollars
week, would do gseat deal Of good, If properly
distributed; but am greatly opposed to the plan
Of raising the money. " Is true the Merchant"
was sanguine Of the success of such undertak.
ing, thst he predicted that not one Of the 40 900
readers OF the HERALD, would object to II; but, /
believe should such course be adopted by the
scribers faster than John Mitchell did, when he sd.
vertised his covetous desires for plantation and fat
negroes, for this very obvious reason we Americans
are opposed TO literary taxation in any FORM and
especially in this case where 1t would be so I'M
equal in its workings. Just lock at 1t. The "Aior
chant, for aught know, lives in prin ,ey mansion
on an income of from FIVE to twenty thousand
year. and OF his abundance offers to contribute the
sum Of six cents week to aid the suffering poor,
providing the remainder OF che readers Of the
HERALD do as much, when at lie asst oDeh OF them
are mechanics or men OF small means, but who take
"a much pleasure in reading your paper as the
wealthy, and 70 long as they can by the greatest
possible economy afford the little that is nov
requisite for It's daily purchase, they viii have it;
but should TIE price be augmented, although
fox worthy object, yet With such unequal oper.
alton they will not submit to it--rsther let al
Who are in situation TO give contribute ,cord-
ing TO THAR means None who are able, should
consider themselves exempt in this time OF general
Distress Even the ministers Of our churches, who
are usually considered objects Of charity could ma
terally assst the cssttute at this time, and still
have competency themselves And, since this
great depression in business has commenced which
has caused so much misery 10 our crowded city, I
have often thought thst were part Of the seven or
Al ~ rn{lio AZ hoo hoou 1~I r.