New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-20
CHARITIES AND CORRECTION.


HOW MASSACHUSETTS TREATS HER PAUPERs-
THE STATE REFORM sCHooL-wHAr MAKES
CRIMINALS OF BoYS--THE APPRENTICESHIP
SYsTEM-THE WORKING OF THE TRUANr
LAW.
BosToN Nov. 15-The report of the Board
Of state Commissioners OF Public Charities of the State
of New-York which recently published, contains
some statements concerning the improper management
OF poor houses which call mind the excellent cassin
cation system which adopted In Massachusettsln
1885, Under workings the worthy poor are kept at the
State amsbOuse at Tewksbury, the boys and girls are at
another at Monson, and the criminal state paupers arc
quartered at the workhOuse at Bdgewaer. The system
has worked admirably and there has been meterial do
crease in the number OF paupers The workhouse at
Bfdgewater, which is per force the most difficult to
manage worthy Of inspection by officers OF poor houses
IN all parts Of the country and State amshouses
show the immense benefit Of classification. The Hon.
Levi L. GoOdspeed. formerly member OF the Executive
Council the manager Of the institution, and though 10
Is no holiday task to control such heterogeneous massOf
dispositions embraced In decript old men and women,
vicious young men and and unruly boys yet Mr.
Goodspeed the most popular person In the establish
ment has every order obeyed promptly, and does ne,
haze an aggravated OF disturbance twice year.
Paupers at Monson and Tewksbury who are unmauaSea-
BILE or who commit any oense, sentenced TO Bridge
water for term OF years. The boys and men who are
able work upon the farm which embraces go acres and
such OF the women strong enough work on sew
ing machines their labor yielding about 5000 per year.
Hardly OF them work every secular day until
they been there several months They are received
in shocking condition, with oatsome diseases, ana
many in the hospital for months after their arrival
Their properly ventilated, they have healthy
Hdoen and shiitless women reclaimed from pauper
dom the world with good organiIS
an honest livelihood and become blessings Instead OF
curses 10 themselves and their friends
xllia has
out prominently by Gov Cahin IS in the full tide Of sne
cessfu operation and Is daily improving the CONDITION OF
farmers boot and shoemakers and nave taken
boys from our state Reform School TO work for them In
stead OF serving their term at the institution In
many the lads were Htreated by their temporary
take them have wanted them simply for drudgcs and
have heaped mans work on slender stripping, beside
Beade and his rulers upon poor little oveTwist
and his gruelfed companions THIS reference suggests
school were given any meat than was little
oliver In sowerberrys kitchen. To remedy TINS great
and growing evil bill was passed by the Legislature 70
allow the appointment Of agent whose duty Is to
take boys who sentenced for misdemeanors by the
Probate Judges, find good homes for them, and by ire
quent visits TO establish the 1act that they are wen
treated and cheerful and contented as may be
under the circumstances Col. Gardiner Tufts, wen,
known as the State Agent for Massachusetts at Washing
toni look after our claims against the United
right place and has already attended about humid
red cases OF this kind In addition TO this he has made
list OF boys who already thus apprentced and has
complete data concerning each case Through his nstru
mentality all new cases viii De Pe3mpty Locked after
ated Will also be properly considered and ali
tho when sentenced not vicious are easily In
duced 10 form and keep good resolutions and this nos
remarkable when the astonishing fact that large major
ity of them are children stepathers stepmoth
wish TO get rid OF Them aud adopt this method rs II
tho easiest known to them Nearly all OF the cases are
directly or indirectly raeeabe to nhuman stepparcnts
family between the parents Another cause Of the
Children It NOT many Years since parents in this state
stopped truancy without much effort when eases were
reported them by the teachers but they have del
egated plain duty OF theirs policemen The result
is demorazng influence upon the boys A truant Is ~
manner looked on as criminal when he Is arrested
and when broughtino school by big burly policeman
he regarded very vicious youth whereas truancJ
who have taken boys from the Reform School have
planned that AS they had found out what bog
they thus became losers To remedy this, Col Tufts
authorized In such TO pay certain sum per wees
The following sections OF the statute give good idea
of the power and duty of the agent 600,
shall appoint assat 10 visit ~ children MAINTAINED sho Q, par
PLACED As charge Of any iS or Rs'on by the Authorities
state in,'aG1 o. uSSs say % WIN S ess Aforesaid q, cans.
them be visited least once three months to a1Tr aIo .s
whether Their legal sh A,'I been ,se sd rle5sl az S0.,fiSs
collect information respecting the Beard Of s,...
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by adoption other method hIsi law sha refrs
tes sloIssa sssa who saa inss ie' , A.,
PORT The result the Mge baVuE jars e'a over as
child child shall be Bdnurrd or otherwise dispose" hui
such report and 10 any clid shall be aesd 70 @
which the said unsuitable he shall fIhNl Ipo &
facts Charities for Their action thereon
Council tine aanu ans nasaue " 1""
child he held N -.
b % v the the magistrate
b whom Tie bearing he held shall duty noi the vsue aeeo,
OF the pAre ofthe hearing y Nleh hote wNru Que
before the hearing aud directed 10 said agent At The State
% td the said hearing by deputy
hbf Of lie and Il shall to tue ssd agstr4ts
5 The interests child will BE- promoted by placing him 10 snta
~ mily he NAV Of committing him reomao autber
IL, he Board Charities ndenure the child during the sb
port Of his minority TO place bin such family And The
Board Charities hereb! authorized TO Pro,de for the IAn'sn
child placed family Aforesaid Al expense not
child
And shall be the dGty Of said fani
lies willing suitable children and furnish the
and places residence the tie Beard Magistrates sh"
the iuden.ure Of child under this acts
provided that 1.-THE provisions Of this secon FAR they require Oee'
70 the visiting shall apply 10 the Superior Court M -
Under the operations Of this law hundreds Of boys viii
undoubtedly be reclaimed from paths OF vice and made
good citizens 10 has been suggested that the agent have
housen Boston where he keep the boys until good
homes found for thcu. and this he added 10 hs
facilities for usefulness during the eomiu0 YEAR.