The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-13
NEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY, l874-TRIPLE

10 wise policy 20 Keep them In such connexions
ana TO aid them In such channels for many OBJ
ss Os s saa
this classification call your attention to the fac!
that there are IN this cty, according to published
ORGANIZED charitAbie and religious socisties' re-
ceivug and dsbursinR 81. 100000. An examina-
e e 81 snsss VII nisn niorma,on a. 70 as And
real useIulness II viii be apparent that 40 not
TAXI so GLOOMY VIEW n.
OF Things a. some DO. When ! rememoe! tnat tug
functions Of government are not to nnd employ'
ment ior the people and that the attemps mas a..
Ssea vSs to
dependent; that there are certain na.ura M1ves
TO THRIFT, economy and foretbought wmcn we
should not weaken that there is 80 large Plopor-
ton OF the countrys wealth as $loO OO0 900 10 saw
ings ban Ks belonging to the workilg people, Inas
the number employed in trade industries In New
YORK is under l5o o0O-I cannot realize that three
months' DIMINISHED employ ment should create
any aPpa ,s 1 woelS sui S'0ua
REslpUUM OF PERMANENT DEPENDENCE.
(Applause.) When you give, therefore. gentle
men lei il be as gener us, as you will. lot never
knew any one permanently injured by giving too
much; but let IL be gwen with q true idea OF the
facts OF the case, Tor have known many perma-
nentiy injured by too much receiving (Applause.)
REMARKS or MR. wIswALL- 4,
The Rev. Alvah wiswail, OF st. Johns Guild. then
addressed the meeting. It had been the eXpe rieuce
OF clerpymen generally that they were not often
sent for by gentlemen who were In good heath and
81.
since he mad been III this building to ascertain now
they made their money, but he gave IT up, and
YOU'D nov only Try 70 dnd out how TO get aoid Of
IL. He hoped that the committee suggested by
Once 9th Of the st. johns Gud In the Fiita and md
great distress and in the downtown districts
large population had grown up without q shadow
OF instruction rs to their duties toward rehgion
and society. He tad seen hundreds OF WOMEN and
children who had TO breathe the impure air OF
tenements ana could not 20 out because they had
no clothes TO put on their backs The st. johns
Guild had large number OF visitors, some ofwhom
were occupants Of tenemen's themselves, and with
every poor family In need and with every chari.
table merchant they left a card directing them TO
the ONCE OF the Guild They had rooms tree OF ex-
pense, every waiter gave his services gratuitousy,
aud all they wanted was oatmeal or some other
FEED THESE HUNGRY THOUSANDS.
We would ask tnom rather Tor the produce In
which they dealt than for money and II sut1icient
donations were to dow IN to extend the charity to
other districts the same plan could be carried out
in the FIJI eenIh ward, with the AID oil Or. Deems.
over $50 families had been visited this day by the
visitors OF st. johns Guild. A poor woman had
sake visit me, aud when visited 1t Was found that
her husband, although ne had offered TO work or
81 week, had found Y impossible TO obtain en-
poyment and that the family were actually suffer-
ing the terrible pangs OF hunger. such unprece-
dented distress called for prompt action on the
part Of the charitable citizens OF New YORK.
A MERCHANTS NOTION.
Mr.. A. e. ORR OF David bows Il Co., No. 20 South
street, moved that committee OF fifteen be ap.
beers OF the Exchange Tor the distribution among
such societies as the committee might select. Mr..
Would Si no, Ike 70 say wore IN opposition to the
views advanced by the gentlemen who had spoken
before hun. However he knew that there were
DESERVING POOR PEOPLE
in this vast city who could not be relieved by the
institutions mentioned by the Rev. John Hall He
knew tnat honest, deserving people could be
relieved better by private than by pubic charity,
as many OF them were too proud and too modest
IN ~ Mann IN.
WINGED that there was q vast amount OF suffering
among these classes OF poor people anu hoped that
some action In the matter. He trusted that the
ooJect the meeting would not be lost sight Of and
that they woull raise some money on the spot.
tApplause.l
Rev. L. N. PEAsR. OF the Five Points Mission.
said he was glad to be able to speak Tor the poor.
he said cheerluny that he would 20, but mad had
no opportunity to collect many facts on this SUD-
ne was w he n Se aas
very distinct In his memory. There were two
classes OF poor-the homeless poor. the floating
population OF New York, and the poor families,
WIDOWS WITHOUT SUPPORT,
but with many children. DC. The class for which
the least provision was made was composed OF
were Without snnclent means Oh support. Upon
the register of the Five Points Mission
were receiving assistance from the institution
regularly, and this number was increasing every
public demonstration informed the public oil the
mlseries which they necessarily undergo. He was
called to deserving poor amily TINS morning and
found them TO be in famishing condition. The
father declared that he must take his children to
soup house as they we're all suffering the sharp
pangs oil hunger. he knew OF his personal expert
ence that there were great many families IN this
city who for months past had only had one meal a
Day ana that probably CONSISTED Of but one piece
otce last year. who, alter they had sold every lit
tie thing they hal and paid their very last penny for
rent, came to the Mission and said "Will you give
US something ?" A little girl OF ten years came TO
the speaker the other day and
ASKED PIrEoUsLY FOR BREAD,
and her sunkep cheeks told sad tale OF starva-
ton. Another little girl met him on cold, bitter
morning this winter and said ~ sleep cold; can
you not give me quilt p" He said to the wretched
gone. Your only hope is in God: Go and
pray to the LoTd.n Tne little girl replied
for nights, but that as yet no quilt had
come. Well some one in Central New York heard
by express lie had TO pay about 81 rs express
charges, but the woman who mad sent the quit,
and who was herself poor, returned tue money by
mail. He would say to them that, Notwithstanding
mis- experience among the poor OF New York Tor
the past twenty-three years, ne could scarcely
remember time when the distress was more
general or more bitterly felt. And they had not
seen the worst 1t. Rev. John Hall had not seen
the worst o. IL. There were numbers OF families
VINO had to sell every article OF comfort or conven-
fence TO buy TODD. The best portion or the poor
had never yet told their miseries. He would not
OCCupy tNut vi TIE meeting any louBeI, kuOWluE
that his hearers were all business men; but II they
had had time he could have told them Of thrilling
incidents without number, showing the dreadful
desutution which prevailed this winter. He went
into the schooroom OF the MISSION one morning
and said TO the little children, "All OF you whose
parents are two months in arrears with their rent
raise their hands, They would have been sadly
astonished II they had counted the number OF chill
dren who raised Their hands. The better classes
Of laboring men must be relieved, aud ne hoped
the Produce Exchange would lend helping hand
In this great work.
MOTION FOR HASTE.
Mr.. STEERS moved an amendment TO Mr.. Orr'S
motion. Large bodies moved slowly, he said; this
vas well known TACT. While the Fifteen would
be trying 10 come together some people might
,tarve. He moved that Committee OF Five be
appointed 10 solicit subscriptions, yet expressed
The hope that some money would be gwen on the
spot.
UNTOLD DESTITUTION.
Rev. HEBER NEWTON was then introduced by
he Chair ana gave some interesting STATISTICS IN
'eRard TO the 'bread and beef house" In the
Fwenty.second ward showing the enormous guam:
ities OF meat rice, milk, coal, de-. which had
'een distributed. In the course OF his remarks ne
entirely different views from those OF
Rev. John Hall, stating that there was much more
than was generally known.