Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-01-23

sion, concerning the soldiers relief fund.-
All former provisions for the relief of the
families of soldiers have been rescindcd, and
in its place we now have regulation for
such cases made and provided" the folly of
which is only equalled by the insulting and
humiliating provisions it contains. In the
first place, if the soldiers wife has a home
worth $500 or upwards, or household furn.
! ture of the same value, she cannot draw a
cent from the relief fund, even though it be
necessary to preserve life. A home is very
good thing TO have, but that of itself will not
buy food, clothing, lights, wood, &c. We
I presume the honorable members who voted
I for the measure thought that the women
could sell, even though at sacrifice, her
home, furniture or whatever real and per-
sonal property her husband might have &C
quired to the amount Of $500, and thus kee p
herself and family from present suffering
! We know of soldiers families in this place
! that have homes. bat still must have aid in
order to secure even a bare living. By the
action of the Board, they must appeal to
public charity. ...'@S.-
! Another beautiful provision is, that if a
soldiers wife viii 90. to a physician and get
L certificate representing that she is unable
10 labor, and Will then take it to the Town
Supervisor and g"t.it cogptersigRea by him,
She ran then draw jhe mHEuf;ic"nt >1n Of
oas dollar per week = II she is able to work.
20 matter how poor she may he, OF how
pressing her wants, she can have Ho aid
She must take III WASTING, cut cord wood, or
something Of that kind Of Light, easy labor,
preserve her health, providing she enjoyed
that inestimable blessing. And then, Messrs.
B. of s., suppose She was able to labor, and
yet had a family of small children to look
after, withal perhaps a nursing babe, and
could get no work that she might take home
to perform, what would she do in that case
Again, We are under the impression that for
woman sick, unable to labor, an income of
one dollar per week is altogether too much.
1t would be apt to ensender extravagance.-
Then after she has rohearsed all her ailments
and little weaknesses to the physician, and
has submitted to a cross-eXamination from
the Town Supervisor, and has gained her
certificate, how is She to get her money p
The bill does not provide. Does she draw
II weekly or monthly? and who disburses
the fund? There is only one redeeming (ea-
turc about the whole thing, and that is the
bounty of fifty cents that is offered ON babies,
just half the bounty that is offered on
wolves, Perhaps, considering the rapid
manner in which the country is being depict
ed, this may be set down AS pretty cute prac-
tice, and we shall expect rapid increase in
the population of Black Hawk County be.
cause OF the unparalleled Inducements of our
Board of Supervisors-though the Board
might in such an event, refuse the bounty
on the ground that the women are able to
tutor. This action Of the Board is disgrace
full disgrace to the men who enacted it,
to the County they represent, and insulting
| to our brave soldery; and if the latter cod
be allowed to come home and do little fight
, ing, they could afterwards pitch into rebels
with better grace than they now can. A fire
in the rear from those they had supposed to
DC their friends is rather aisheartening -
They entered the military service under the
impression that their families would receive
aid, wi,hou: being first made to affirm t,.at
they were paupers. and subjected to nunilia
ting and insulting conditions. We do not
believe that the people Of Cedar Falls viii
oblige the families Of volunteers in their midst
to accept tbs terms imposed by the Boa,d
bat will rather take the matter into their own
hands, and see that 'tIsosa needy receive tn
aid thew should have. withou hafn., f.l;q~d
to s,u,Dlieatc al ri,edasr Of the county er.f.
W 9 can assure tha volunteers. iyo.n Black
Hawk County jhai.ltg4 nrop7t !, t5y.,a "a not
aDorovamof the act;o, at r,,f Roar4 Pin.
allotment r,r.sur, ..re,,nsoI :, r. NJ t,,,,r,
We think IA excellent one. against which -
vii. founded Attainment codlsl he .grasd :. and