, 1874-12-24
What 1Ic Has D0re for the Relief Of
tho Poor.
An Enormous Amount Of |Aoncy Expend-
cd in This Direction.

10 tHt AuHA w 7A3>AuU. HuS uO pH4SibL
IL furnished. ThIa 10 rather largo aum for
clerical foreo ct that Office to absorb. II ia
porl.aps at moro importance to know whether
or not tlloro arc half~a-dozcn snoc1rists In that
onlco,--mcn wIo tlraw pay and do no worlt, or
individuals WHO rccoiyo three times as much
remuneration NJ tlloir work entities them to, or
M they could lloncotIy earn ut any othor occ,1-
patton; 1t is porllaps us t'osirnb1o to know that
as It is to know how many Mongol!ans received
ahoe.atrings, or to know tho cxact color Of that
1rlshuan's eye which 1t took a jury dc lunatico
inquisondo soyoral tnys to declare rms tho optic
Of a man temporarily suffering from too 1nuc!,
devotion ut tho Hhlino Of I}aoelus. Firo pages
Of tho report nre given up TO
conrLIMESTlNa THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
in ovory rossibfo wny in which II is possible to
turu d compliment. Would not tho tax-{,aycrs
rathor hayo GONE intcltigtb1e data as to tho inl-
monao ltosns OF grocery oxpenscs-$ loco for
coal SEC UU0 for bread S1O,1 ,1OD for nlnat and 10
OIL. It should be said TINT tho compliments uo
not hcaped OIL nll at onco, but aro scientifically
scattered throughout thB roport- interBporAa;i
among tho formidable Statistical tablea II alr.
Dioacn lad devoted his ontiro attention to tho
labtes and loft tho ilatsery as tlniahing touch,
Ills showing under tho lcnd Of
"oAuSE OF p1STNEss"
would perhaps llaYo boon arranged In a why to
ho understood by ordinary mortals. lIa stateA
tint tlore wero 14,sG1 applications tor rollei,
o,sG4 OF which received attontlon. Now, iu tho
table lcferrea 10 lie gives L. 8l4 tho nusn}nr Of
9.s0l rs tho number Of families aided, We layo,
on tho ayornGo Of persons to family, nearly
Ao,0ou people, Or nearly one-tonth Of tho whole
population, in stato OF poverty. II wo take
lo,sla aa tho number, wo have 17.2is persons, or
ouo-aoyonth of tho population represented a.
paupora--n poor showing for tho cnpital city Of
tho yrcat Northwest.
Alr. Dioden,
WHICH SuslnER Is CORRECT?
Besides youraef, taoro III probublv no man. be
ho neyor 10 clovo., aye, even Philadelphia
lawyer, could tell From the Burfoit Of cuttralle
tory figures With Which your table abonuds
Mr. Dieaona Recommendation as to providing
4 PLACE OF SHELTER
for PERSONS alleged to bo iisauo awaiting trial,
deserves tho fulleat attention Of Tho Doar,l OF
Commissioners. Humanity cally for 1t, aud m
carly decision by thu Commissioners will doBervo
to bo recorded prominently among lilo works Of
cllarity to tho credit Of Cook County. Tho r.
port aAyB:
The yoar Just closed has been tho acrcrctt Il, Tho
na!a Of cook countya public clarity history. No
~ SGs its y g e '
disease, whlvA deprived hundreds Of thn means Of
followed lilo extremely cold winter Of S7 Tia win
TER hardly gone, and business but scay commenced
r. ' ' bs s %uss s szt & s1s s qs s e9ss nv f09w ss
meetings. aid erscehess ,naao ~ certain parties
caused another addition to Tho numerous calls FOR
lief frau tho County Agcnta office. Although tAcse
n,ecttnRs were intcMted to cnp1o 10 naito d.
ands 1T thn Relief and Aid soolcty which Institution
arso n,tr, not gss.ter wsre % rerrea s to e" tha
County AgentH eico ~ county case', uni tho County
Agents elice, Of coarse being tbs lsks csoarcs WIS
then Obliged 10 Investigate, and then, according to
clrct,snstanccH either reject aprove guel. MD
was consiacnt with thu rifles ad regulations of tho
0lllee.
0winR to tho nboyo facts l,3uy families f,ayo been
ni1cd tor os month or Two during tue first quarter Of
@ year who n;r sst9Es sn my nos eyer an
patio times vero aged aid iigeat wiawa aud ID wii-
witl!out any hnmc, storusnE with friends VITO
gGod enonya ~ to gtSe them shelter Nhsle they then:-
ferson institution not being eonlmodIous enough to
afford shclttr I: all applicants belonging to this latter
category, ann,ethita l!ad 70 10 dene for them
at the Cuunsy Agents office. nlso, In regartl
to boots aud Shoes O,r city has been oycrcrowdcd
with strangers who had co!ue here to work aud
Ill % ony sssso o s s tt aIs IL yery % H.
staEccs were unable to procure the former ut nny
price. When thn little they ltt BY tleln was czpcndcu,
there WAS alternative fr them but 10 look Tor aiI
10 tbs public charitable institutions, transportation
barx 10 'hcir former homes or friends la many in
tho COUNTY, thu number Of passes woru more nuncr
0as than ut ordinary ttmes.
nuMsso THE sEcoSp
quarter Of tho fiscal year tho prospect beter Dit
tleu tho teaBt rotls fire at Luly H. 1874. Al
though tue minority If lAe bnrnt-out destitute were
uu 10 mafnsu tlrr ow1. alaiss again al,er receiving
ono or two outls' iaions from tS institution, tlere
w. relnain grsat nIIler 10 10 .Skey care d.
AaItloal assistarts especially investigating agents,
arc found necessary, a1d # It wero not for Tho
e1trcactl Dy tics. men in their investigations tho
aolllt expended would hayo been oue-A!rd larger
Hero follow tablcB which arc eu.n,narizol:
THE TOTAL NUMnln OF FAMll.lEa
remaining On tho books ut tue closing Of nc
conntn ot tho last fiscal yoar. ending Soy. ~.
1871, wus 3,01G. During tho first qt,arter OF the
connty'B fiscal yoar Z, l30 fa.nll!ca nero alnti;
during the second 4lartor. 4, 1885, during tha
Third quarter, ending Sept. l. 1874, 2,301; anu
during tho fonrth quartcs. j, 3,193-which latter il
also tlie number on the boDAa at thu cnminelce-
lnont Of tho new tlscal year. During tho ycar
tho nn1nbor Of applications for relief was II, ,dG1
Of these !, 997 were roicctol ~ not being needy
md for other callscB. aud the number thon
which actually received MD during tho year waa
y.SUi tAtailiuH
Iu addition, $50 pairs Of ahocs wore issued to
persons from tue County Hospital, l'onr-IIothe,
aud porsons who lid not seek otiler aid. Num-
1er Of families which received aid for ona month
3,2!9; during anar1or e,aing juno l.. 1874,
,5J5 durluE quarter ending hopt. |, 1871, 4Gi.
Number Of fauliliea which .ocovcd aid for Two
lnoutl!n on1y, during quarter, ending alarrh I,
1874 1.il3; during qaarter ording juno I. 1a74,
810 during quarter ending Hopt. l. 1874, 30l.
TIE NAT1oSALlr1Es
TO whom relief was given numerically. as ap-
pears by tha returns on tho lst Of Dccunher,
is7i, tlis oud OF tho fiscal yaar American, 209;
Anstcrdan, 9; Belgium, 15; Dul,emian, !A9;
eolored American, Il; Cu''uaian, q !, Englisi,,
IS; French, 10; German. BG9; Holland, 80 !;
1rinll, 12sl; italIun, l9 !; Polish! 8s sca.idina-
vim, 25l Scotch. 3G; Spanish, Ii 6wiHs, 80 !;
Wslal 3. Tho total number Of passos iAs,tod
during the yoar wuu f5l, Ut an oxpslse OF s6.-
42l.(5. or an average Of ta8.55 81 per pass. AL
doubtful persons to wi,om VaBsoa wero granted
wcre put IN charge OF tho ruleo officer attached
to tho County Agentfa oflue, who conducted
thnn tn tho Hoyoral depota aud Aaw tlenl leayo
the city.
JtospITAA PERMITS.
Tho number of permits to ol,ter tho County
Hospital issuua during tho your was ] ,O31 unl
l,0s7 peraolls wUrs sont to tho County Farnl Mt
JVllerHon III pauporB. Five hundrcfl mud oight
burial or.lorn woro isa11ed, and 82l faaiieu re-
cosetl nlelcnl treatment at tloir l1omeB. Two
hundred mud thirty iusane uaHeH wern reported
ut tho County Agents otlico md tried ut tho
eus!nty o1polHS: VI tha number l9s wore found
chm M nut heing proper 10 10 sriotl; 20 talon
care Of by friont1s; 5cclarcsl not lnaane by tho
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