, 1874-11-08

Raporter-Do you think that tho lesson {
last winter has had beneficial effect upon tt
poor Of the city?
County Agent-Yes; believe that there are
great many who have laid up 4 little money
anticipation OF hard times this winter, That
| will not appear here until every cent OF it
used up. Az general rule we may 1
proud Of our poor. They Hght hai
against poverty, and do not appeal for II
lief until hope OF finding work ia eone. Th
professional zeliefseeker Is getting much rare
every Day, the precautions We take to insure on
not being deceived making 1t very difficult f.
| them to aucceed in ove17eaching as.
Rcrorter-How has the summer been 70
Work7
County Acent-Qute du1l: bnt tha neon1
seem to haye prepared for it little hy lookin
| better after the dollars xnd cents,
| neporter-What s the prospect for tie winter
County Agent-1 think ths increase In appiics
tons will keep On. The general run OF nv busI
ness has' been steadily increasing Of late. and
soc no promise Of decrease. This time last yea
| Was employing seven assistants. This year
| much work as tho7 can accomplish. I do no
| anticipate any rumpus this winter. ~ there Va,
| 1aat however, People ara beginning to undar
s:aud that the hard times afo not tho lauI,
| Of anybody , or class in particular. anc
thev show disposition to ACCEPT tht
situation mora calmly. This feeling prevails tc
quite surprising exteut. Another good feature
il the fact that as soon az It became apparent in
| the spring that there vas promise Of dull sum
nncr, large number Ut heads OF faniiies went
abroad to look for work. / know OF $50 families
whose supporters havo gone elsewhere. OF
course this left tile families poorly OF at first.
but gladly helped them through until their sup
porter was able to send them mouey. All en-
deavor to do better like this should always be
pe encouraged.
THE EAPIoYaEEr puREAu.
Ihs next place at which tue reporter called
vas the office Of Tue Young Mems Chr1stian A.
sociation Employment Bureau on Fifth avenue.
managed By Mr. J. IL. Hitchcock. This gont1e-
much the samo thus year ~ usual In the aafly
part OF the seaaon the aplcatiops for labor we're
not SO plentiful Al now. Az comra ared with tLis
tine last ycar the demand for labor showed
Ete@t ea 1nsfeaSe. LUIS "as mainly Que 10 the ac-
~ ..o 49,. ~ 5,;.:, 1oalt ~ uecidsne 20
w1,ch 1ro,td sn-'n,v rror1s en 1ue laying ol
H.. ~ t"ds "Gu.u aappts WIZ LOT some ume 70
.aas.,s sy - ~ -. a4s Joo nou4o supp4y the
in,,ana " h 1te " ene oohe ana slnew ciaas OF
49,, .c,,, an, aeual'"e ol tue ne" nlo dfa-
-, H. "ousa nup1.s 'os eome aon.hs yet work
stiil ,n he cty ,l a,ea 9,tunatey ;ntay mere was
,.nrtora "t1to NV oSGnanlcs, o1o not wish to
~, - i.a 49,. lnese Pe9Pie "ere Always
h,,t - ss ;re,an,;1 aua Joos:
.,.a,a a' ~. LOT 1'en smal! poFt!on OF
rom tle ~ ,fa co,',- ;.,e. seos men
n,n, sn1 etty ~ Tug country 1ust ~ soon ~ he
,ouna ,oaa't WIZ mosA lGr tnen: Lass frlooy ne sent
s"eI'y aei, y men 20 inalana 70 Tolk on farms. Last
";th 1A ar,anooe no IN p.osonS h'nety-fonr men
t,ea 1sY ~ ~na sne s, meek oe'ote nor less
s ino az eeecse tnat gums nas the Sear lie
nar.pn. -" roA hna ~ o.ovv avg iVooo
;nn n'..aaa ,, 'nas .as WINTER tue laoor-
ls n;t. a. homoa moo .h.. nao moFA w tue
= srr 80 e ,;naa uopeu p],, L., sn.s tne *orx OF
c.ia xeatar s ,s p1 ~ nrnra .ntongh Tue
co',;,,rss,ca ..a.I ~ no' p1oss 90 Goetp, oas
81 seus.no1Hce 1 "o1a prove f!eas oleas4ng to
sh1 H.; tnsre "aa no ao4ot tnat tho hard
,na, ~ ,.hoGn "; '.1 .aa ,'os 1sen tnro"n away
.poa .1 t1o ~ taoosane c..sees OF Chicaso. Hs had
lnsen na1." notceu gleater tendency to save Iii
"a .n r11e9 ~, naa any p9tsous sdo aaa ie1t tue
,a},d ~ -. su "a to'o nln thas they
'e'n = a'' "1ei IL ~n1c2eo ae1in they could
'''p It. .
THE SAVINGS BASKs.
win ne" or ascersaln'ne Just how well the !
aoorlnE CLASSES we're oreparedto meet the pfiva-
lons OF tue winter. already At our doo,s, TR1s-
NE reporter was dispatched on tour Of investi-
.,'on: "n1en pas developed sone intel sstins
tanstics, and detnonssratel beyond \ peradven-