, 1864-11-22
OUR SICK poDR.
The Race Of Life-Falling Behind
Inevitable Consequences Of Civil
- lied Competition .-Benevo.
lence-Duty Of Society
to its Unfortunate
Members,

| Members
Puerile Provision for Sickness Among ID,
Poor In Chleags-Our Danger-Seme.
thing Should be Done.
What do with the poor is one Of the two al
Why's greatest and most pcrple1ing problems oi
SOCIAL NE Civilization develops inequalities,
which In the esvaRe state would never have ex.
listed, not on account Of the natural equality a,
msn In the rnde condition, but because that the
elements Of difference are wanting. The mora
advanced the ciEflizative process, the greater be.
come the differences between the individuals who
compose the aggregate Of the social mass. This
fs necessarily 20. because the result called socie-
afy civilization ia the result OF activity: the
greater the cause. the greater the effect, and the
more apparent the inequalities Of individual ca.
Of bree es ~ henr oy dong At
tance each keeping even step In his proper place
quicken the pace to run, and they soon scatter,
two The weakest will be the hlndmosi; turn the
to the utmost-the result need not be stated.
of eoe1 q is sPrfssa5 Pnay sssses s soo oi
| development, there were OF course grades Of
weakness among individuals, but they were not
|
not called i0r-this is the slow march. BIZ and bye
as the stimulus Of desire to rise the scale Of be-
ing, l. applied and operates, the hitherto dor.
| inequalities become apparent Then comes the
ambition 70 excel Individually; the old Roman
idea Of making the welfare ofthe individual subor-
dtnate to TINT OF the state Is partially ignored and
each one looks ont for himself Now comes the
RACE OF LIFE In which each OF the contestants
T. literally the enemy Of sSy,ery o,heE regarding
business compac!s are formed, they seldom re-
gardcd as to he observed longer than the time re-
quifed 70 gain some temporary advantage. The
pride, and many other evil passions, all ming(ing
IN one seething bubbling foam, out Of which rises
the tmposing structure q society as We DOW sec 1t
nthccnt srray IL built up from the ruined frames OF
those who have labored to rear it.
Amid this incessant whirl of business, the feel
ingy Of ndisidnai are Ignored, there Is no nor
the law which 1nntnal necessity has imposed as
iehness 1he money lender thiaEs not Of etn the
hartshipe inflicted when be forecloses mortgage,
scadng 1, aeaes IL Eoaas h,s as
In work gets the best price he can and gives the
least possible thinking not Of the possible injns
nll yoa can. honesty In business l. determined
not by conscience hut by law" Hence blighted
hearts; rni9ed prospects, suffering. disease and
grinding, biting, soul and body crushing PROCESS.
The greater the advancement Of the one class, the
isggn l. lex M asthest 5ehind e Ii s " sss
in society the ever present pair OF scales; the nor
mal condition Of man is the center OF the beam,
maj height exactly 50 far does he other sink Be-
low 1t.
Outside Of the business world the kinder feel
Of rbich IS ps1s ef &c great eas xsa9ie dss9i
are instrumental In causing, through blind de-
ference to sccietaEy dictates, We would gladly al
when We deliberately break mans nose during
the day, md meet at night TO invent healing
plaster, but when the first is done, tbs better
dicnce to this natural prompting Of humanity, We
everywhere sce, where large aggregations Of be-
ing hare developed great amount of misery, the
The elites Of the old world are famous for these
provisions, the more Eastern cities Of the new
following In TIE great humanitarian traek, but
here In the West though the Will is equally good,
and the effort has been made, 1t is very crude
one. Chicago, 90 magniacentay Advanced In most
other respects, is child Of the wilderness with
regard to the perfection Of the measures adopted
70 alleviate the suffering of the class who have
fallen down exhausted, and been trodden under
Poverty il . terrible thing; 1t is the natural
punishment which the individual has to suffer for
the breach Of the divine law, committed by theaso-
sin, but We are treading the same road which
leads TO human destruction, and hundreds yca1ly
Juggernant. Poverty abounds in our midst not
which is met With in the TRANSATLANTIC city, but
Pity il not fof vengeance n We have here % homes
made desolate BY the war-childrcn made father
less, and mothers widows; these are with us the
dence it is not yet here possible 10 say tha stout
viii With 70 @ cam bTesd: Ne have made many n efafts
requirements perhaps as we'll as could be expected
under the difacules Of the situation and the rapid
ity Of growth Of Tie evil to be met more e1-
however, imperatively called for, and must be nn.
dertaken without much longer delay.
q ss a IL ts
acme--sick poverty. The poor, whose daily life is
fearful struggle with starvation, inevitably snc-
die II aid be not rendered. But outside OF this
c1ass there is much largcr one, much more i'm.
Eortant even 70 the comtnuntty-that class whose
lRl0E aGai a6sBees "a inoet g eF}BBPdsEy rsnts Of
existence, hut whose compensation for labor docs
not enable them to provide fund to meet sickness
sink rapidly into The condition Of the class nrst
hey cannot provide, and tie very medical aid
necessary TO make them once more active and nsc-
ful members Of the community, Is unattainable.
They sink and sink and sink, deeper and deeper,
friendly hand is ontsretesed to save, and IN very W
many cases they are lost forever to themselves and
to society.
don as 81 It ISL Is Ills Whieh i he ain Whence s:
flows the streams of fallen humanity, *tmodetate
drinkers into drnnkatds grow" prevention Is
better than cure, md had We no better motive, |
The natural eclnshncss Of our natures should be
sufficient spurn to action. Human nature Is
not 20 bad except In spots that 1t radically leans to
theoogic OF morai sense. The great mass Of work
ers are willing to strive hard to preserve their In
IN e1istencc-bui when sickness opens the door.t
Eaunt poverty and the suffering one be rnaided,
despair quickly stn1ks in; who ean then wonder
ted habits Be- ioTmed' Il Is IN Ibis way that In
mense ngCEegatons are annually made to the vast
Go 9. impulse wse
are theneeforh curse 70 the world instead ola
Even With those Who are not thus swallowed up
the loes to society is great. Often the mechanic,
lnbofer, scamstess OF Tasherssoman, arc laid up
Viz e y sa p4Seate asesa msc e.
rapidly develops into disease difficult to cure;
the family sntcrs, perhaps becomes a subject Of
would have been required to set the sufferer Right
Ind his case been attended TO in time. Society
loses big o. her services and Foms members Of go
OF the suffering Incident thereto. 1tis the cheap
est, AZ well as the bcHt-it IL duty which corpo-
ration to Itself as well as to The sufferer list
sansple provision be made for their remedy. II to
this VIC odd the danger Of injection to Others from
neglected disease, We have m overwhelming argu-
Janhropic regards the individual, pecuniary and
sanitary with regard to society in TIC mass:
in nce : It ii 0s sdese d Paos eSs
respect may be thus summed: One pest house,
house, and one physician. shared With The Whole
county, and one hospital, {the Mercy which |
seIyes az dfrnttr resort for both, but over
llas been disgrace 70 Chieaso-a placs where | not
more than dozen patients could be stored with |