The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-02-20

1 WANT II sT. CLOUD.
Mr.. sED1ToR.-My attention bee
been called more q lsas foroibly 10 the
lat yer Or two % one thing which our
othslviss tArifty and attractive tsws
hstS-aad that \ Z Poor House, WITH
farm attached, il you please. The
circumstances that have led to the fol.
lowing Investigation have been these
-iu part. Having resided in other
parts Of Miasssssa and observed the
came matter ELSEWHERE, it has frequent.
y occurred U - that ths s1ASGAod IL
providing IT, ~ pses aae1>,a in
sssarnS ssustl = vastsftI, I'D w In.
complete II b,ss..' INV bSss ,sto,.
ishsd At the haGs s.nassanaolly sxpead.
ID for physieians' services, nussss, drugs,
etc., a compared With the very limited
benefit thus actually rendered the poor
for these great expenditures, even
thous h these services ars secured at
rates 20 reduced q 70 humiliate and
disgs.t every medical maa-so cite ,
single olass-iu tho eouoty. Were
there = oommodious, we'll conducted
Poor House . large proportion Of the
paapsr sick might be gathered in and
cared for under the eys Of the county,
sod At greatly diminialsd sxpsnss.-
Aslde from that, our phyaieisas oom.
plain often Of the great difficulty At.
ssndaat upon the care Of sick stran.
ssrs Temporarily at the several t.vsrns
in this town, On account Of the small
rooms, without fire in vintsr-food,
drink, aud medicines alike frozen At
times, beyond use foul, noisy and sti.
fling in sumner, and nearly always
With very deficient mining. Situated
- St. Cloud il. such, easss ~ very NJ.
msrous in the oourss Of the year, and
BY throwing opsn the hospital apart.
usute, Of the county Poor Houss~ss
these unfortunate visitoes, il even It
no ,les, price th.a their tavern board,
with . moderate addition for medical
attendance BY IL. county physician, and
medicines (or leaving the patient free
to choose and eompensats his medical
advisory the county would easily cover
al sxpsnsee twhils doing work Of
charity greatly demanded in this city
to-day. Thu vritsr knovs At prssen,
OF easss in this town whore, sick pr.
Sous, sustained BY private charity, an
lying in buildings and depending On
att.adeaes utterly inadequate to. thu,
several requirements, and the c.s,s .,
i'll strangers At our publio houses suffer.
Jog for the earefulnuning Of either home
or hospital may be seen almsst any time
This is said with al respect to the kind
wishes and sndeavors which cur tavern
keepers unqusssion.bly put forth in BE-
half Of their guests, and the above re.
marks apply to evils which are un.yoid.
able, aud beyond the power Of tn.
landlords to remedy. So large . pro
portion: Of The recipients Of public
charity are h.mpered BY disease thu,
any poor house become. naturally elos.
" allied to hospital il its functions
1t il my belief that % larg. .rs th,
reo'ipts from Wall managed poor farm,
that the poor expenses thus. localized
will, IN general, ). asasly il not quit.
.qu.lsd 81 10 receipts. Ths Statistic
1t hand on this psi1t ~ incomplete
but sufficient 70 sustain this belief.
Ramsey county, in . recent ysar,,
report, shows the poor farm expenss'
lacking but \ few hundred dollars o.
being covered by the receipts, though
the expenses we're large. In order K
make comparison If this With oths,
counties I have taken from the lat tx
annual reports Of the State Auditor
aud from the U. 8. census of 1870 cor.
tain statistics that I might, At least ap
pro1imately. ascertain the dsgrss q
economy eviuosd in the management Of
the poor Affairs Of stsarns county.
take it for granted that the poor t.xs,
10 tho Auditors report bear some ne.,
relation to the suppo'ed requirement.
of the county poor each year, though
they do not express tho, amount: actin.
ally expanded. stsarns county, h.v,nl
= population Of: 400, Of which, g..
217 are forsiga. born, averaged ia two
years. II and ~, g 900 peet tax, Il,
being lest year $5,6os, which i high.
or than any other county in th, Stat,
levied either, in. III OK s''72-sxeept
Ramsey, H.nneein and pssh.p. On. o.
TIVE otters). Goodhue and Fillmore BE-.
ing from so to 100 pr cent. ,lasesirz d s
population, levi.d rsspsst;ysty@ee $50 aad
g, 400 les lat ysx ms lIlii1l - -
Scott eo,sey. utt = tot.l =, popsl..io.
[t>5..Br than .sts.rn., thstss,is.sr,
chiefly Gern.a., being in .lightly l.r.
s.r. proportion, the personal property
v.ls.sioa il II being but /, ana real
estate ! that q steara., levied an ~.
srags in two years Of e1.s4o, on
" / that of Stearus. Rice eountv