New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-26
THE POOR OF NEW YORK.
Export OF vHE ASSOCIATION FOR IMPR0v-
ING THEIR CONDITION

h die sharT blasts of Winter which the last few days
have brought from the North 1t the east of the
,,ores Of this proud city that il s richly endowed with
tbose agencies through which individual charity can
,oos surely and effectively reach lie objects we nave
she seventeenth annual report Of one OF the most
thorough and hitherto most successful OF these org'-
sons-the New.YoIk Association for Improving the
Condition Of the Poor It's operations since is active
he hegan in 1914 have been extended until they now
h,oea IN area the whole of Manhattan Island and in
influence every class of want and suffering The eX-
..Ient system of the Association removes those obta
.les 10 pracca benevolence which the penurious spirit
,ometimes raises II has discrimination fo il corner
s..n. and moderation and even-handed justice its
n;lh,rs Il offers no premium for poverty. Its aims
are culy the announcement to labor and industry In
the concise expression of the report itself:
Ia prmsrv Sd action there hsseye been 70 discount
re o. ndomnate aims Nv 20 visit the poor at heT wo
s, 10 eive them counsel 70 cid them when practicable IN OBJ
.sripS supoymen to inspire with seTeisnoe aud self
,..pset to mculcae habits industry economy, cleanliness
ssd temperance for the instruction Of heii children
and wherever to provide such relief as may be suite
Embracing the whole of the city this scheme divides
fhe field into twenty-five districts, corresponding with
the wards An advisory committee Of five persons,
isspponted over each 70 whom the labOn Of the Sc
psrate spheres are ntrused. These districts sub
divided into three hundred and eghty-two sections,
with gratuitous Visitor for each TO whom all aPpi-
sants for aid may be sent through Directory and
Tickets.
TIE work done has been great aud various. The re-
port refers pOnedy 10 the remarkable decrease OF pau
PERISH IN NewYork during the past year ar compared
with the increase Of population The statistics show
dat for the ten years intervening between lSilo ana
1855 there was no material increase Of the number OF
persons aided though the population meanwhile had
Increased from 81 23 20 629,SO, or 69 per cent. The
SHANGHAI revulsious Of 1854, followed by Winter Of
yre nj severity rased henumber OF families relieved
by the Association nom 669 the average OF the pre-
eedng ten wears to 55i9; the outlay, from $27 600
year to s9j 600. Another storm the dreadful panic Of
81, swept over society and the amount Of deshution
which had been reduced by season Of comparative
prosperity from I5,549 families to 1854 and the ex-
penditure from s95 200 to $40 OSj again advanced to
1882 families, and the outlay to So ,09i.
A longer season of prosperity shows that the good
plan of the Association has been faithfully carried out
The number of the dependent reduced from 1882
families in 1857 TO 2Sl families in 1853 and to g. O3l
families in 1880. The population o he city in S45
wac 81 223 The unprecedented increase since that
period has raised it 70 100000 or than li2 per
cent. IL evident therefore, if the indulgence had IN
creased in the ratio Of the increase Of the inhabitants
instead OF relieving s 03l families the past year there
would have been more than nineteen thousand families
to be assisted and proportonate increase Of eXpend
ture In other words there has been absolute gain
the Indulgence of The city past seventeen years
oomlared with the population, OF not less Than one
ASndred and foyiy-',c0 pr cent
The Association holds it. heart the children Of
The poor. 1t tries TO give them mental and moral cul-
ture through secular and Sabbath-schoos Thousands
of children have been brought under means Of nsruc-
ton The report presents several veghty reasons,
based substantial experience, why the law for
idle, children" shond be enforced As Oh more
han hreeourths Of the children needing remedial and,
perhaps preventive agencies still unroached Their
number is not less than 700. Thus hightful bet Is
yearly increasing above the ratio of this pro orticn e.
1t is good thing the DECEASED, but infinitely
better 10 save them from debasement.
Of the prisoner committed IN 1858 A. 25 per cent
bali Of the whole eeI could not S1,e ihe aa1e, and pa,
District Prison ths sg the other prisons not being specific
3iso were under twenty year Of sr more than treble th
,yY Honi,si n, RicFip Island sre ring from, cl1s 5is
SoGteness 22 per under twenty Of ase While
comment add force to these revolving ic here
sopas the proportion Of ths anedn6stcd steadily in
crossing ,is also sHiIned reliable date that eoupsti ely
scSOo instruction are found in our reidten,i1ries."
g.. All testimony favor the operation OF the law in
ether places Philadelphia New-0resns and other
cities comparatively free from Migrants In Brook
Ign the law has been sgnAlly beneficial.
The report strongly urges she adoption Of the plan
proposed for the working Of the law in this city.
Immigrant paupers receive the special attention Of
the Association. ~ those relieved from 1884 10 1860
of which an aver@e is taken there were
kstives of the United 64z4 or "a 2lo per cent
NATIVES Of England and scotland 2oI5 $50 pr csat
Ss;iyss Of Y Fralce. Censd,, and ali
other countries ......:...... e4o 1910 per cent
ro,J 40. 100
The strkin. Is gTea disparity between /.
sumher OF the naive aud Immigrant poor This disps,y
though probably without parallel country End
tsnly with a. The Old ord admits o. ready cxplsis
OF what other great city is II that t6an hall
it, popuation have t,.u tsrsanteo beyond he
ocean, three Thousand uiiie- ID 2
Tie following are the police statistic, of arrests ioi
crime in tI,e city during the'yeur 1853:
Natives Of ihe nited states 90 o. q per cent
Natives Of England aId scotland 2Gi OF per cent
Motives Of tsI2 " uef cent
Nstis - o. other countries 26, or ez cent
Total. .,...................42,0V 100
These figures show what New-York would be with
out il foreign element OF ignorance paupeiism and
crime. It's prisons and pcorhouses would be compare
lively empty half Of the present police force might be
disbsnded, with a corresponding reduction IN the cost
of the criminal cour1s, and in the outlay for the
Jauper and criminal departments which now tax %
heavily our over-burdened citizens.
The frigbtful waste Of human life in New York,
through defective sanitary regulations il touched upon,
and the necessity Of competent head Of abe Health
Department IL urged. Make New-York D. healthy as
was fifty years ago, and more than eleven thousand
lives would be saved every year. These figures are
official and hence uneXaggerated. And yet this excss
of deaths exhibits but 1.-THE of the evil IL asceT-