The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-16

January ioN................ l,64f VIZ
1t will be seen by the above that pauperism is on
the increase. and from the present aspect OF affairs
the number OF persons assisted In February will ex
coed that OF last month The Temporary Home,
also under the supervision OF the Overseers OF the
Poor. is in a house adjoining the Charity Building,
and prOvIdes lodgings for destitute females BY
its rules no male, excepting the janitor, Is allowed
to nave lodgings within its walls. For men meals
provided, and If respectable in appearance and
character arrangements are made for their LODGING
1923 were admitted to the Home, and 12,644 meals
furnished.
THE DEMAND FOR MEALS
The demand for meals, however. has been nearly
quadrupled within the past two months, as may
be seen by the following statement:-
A Aysrsss meals meals II ss S9 m
Average meals January s7I SSss s7ss
1t will be seen by the above that the demand for
meals IN January Is over sixty per cent greater
are hardly able to feed all the hungry, and order
to make men exert themselves to obtain work.
will not feed the same person regularly, only Civ.
ing occasional meals.
TUE BOSTON pRovIDENr ASSOCIATION
has an once IN the III ana in
that the distress in Boston was nearly, II not
fully, as bad as that at present existing
after Ne the New York Association ss for the
Relief OF the Poor, and as happened to visit their
the figures furnished by both side by side and they
will speak for themselves. The New YORK society
has 81 vlsltors-all yountary-and the Boston Off
varying from $3.50 to $500 per annum for their
vices. The following table will show their monthly
expenses
New Nes,oY Yort.. sss S s's sSso sla slSS
The above figures show plainly that in New
York. where 81 visitors are watching over the
condition OF the poor, the expenses have been
a little more than doubled while in Boston the
II visitors have found sufficient deserving
cases to necesstate their nearly quadrupling their
THE GERMAN EMIGRANT AID SOCIETY
have also their office In the same building, and.
although hardly year old, have done great deal
cOuntrymen. They feel the disastrous condition
OF the times in q like manner as their expenditure
during the last two months has trebed that OF any
other charitable societies, such as the Children's
Mission to the Children of the Destitute, the Massa
chusetts Infant Asylum, the Home Tor Aged Men,
the Temporary Home for the Destitute, the Bald
win Place Home for Little Wanderers, the Chill
dren's Friends Society, the Washingtonian Home,
the Home Tor Aged Women, Industrial Aid Society,
Ladies' City Relief Agency, Boston and Ladies'
Sewing Circle, are also experiencing constant de-
mands for assistance, and make no secret OF the
number OF families requiring food and clothing.
THE DEMAND FOR LABOR.
In the face OF the above rather alarming facts in
reference to the condition Of the poor IN Boston
there does not appear TO be corresponding lack
have driven around the different sections and SUBJ
urbs Of the city, and from the statistics gwen be-
low. the demand for labor appears to be on the
increase rather than decline; that Is to say, the
demand for skilled labor, such as machlnlsts,
boiler makers iron casters, wheelwrights, JOiners
and other mechanics The common laborer APP
pears to be the sufferer and that impressiO on was
cOrrOborated when saw the class Of men VINO
were waiting for their meals at the Temporary
Home.
IN SOUTH AND EAST BOSTON
made some personal inquiries from policemen and
workingmen that | met, and they all agreed in
saying that there were more families out o! work
than they had known for some time before. One
man told me of a case in East Boston OF a man and
wife and seven children who had suffered severely
during the past two or three weeks. The man had
been employed in the Navy Yard, but was finally
discharged, and. not being able to obtain work. was
completely destitute. He had since obtained
few meals at the Temporary Home, and his wife
had received some groceries and coal from the
PrOvident Association. There were numbers in
the same district in q like condition, and
although the charitable institutions did
great deal to alleviate this suffering there
was still a field for much work for the benevo-
lent The recent discharges in the Navy
Yard have been the occasion OF considerable suffer-
ing, as several hundred families were suddenly
thrown out OF their means or support, and serve
now to swell the list OF those existing on the
charitable institutions.
The following Is a list OF some OF the machine
shops and manufactures visited, with the figures
showing the decrease and increase OF labOr:-