The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-03-08

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Total -.--..-..--.......--..sssss4 475 s2si7s 81
1t will be seen from this that Catholic
charities dispense 1886, 944,75, and it costs
them S2S, 176 SO to do it j; that is, at rate
of about one dollar cost to every thirty
dispensed. If to this be added the $50, 00C
above, which costs nothing at all in the
distribution, the ratio will be sensibly
diminished. The reader will judge for
himself by comparing tho various items of
the average cost of dispensing Catholic
charities. They are not all included in the
above list, but are all of the same charac-
ter. A few receive a comparatively small
sum from the State, and even this it is
proposed to cut off, on the ostensible
ground that the Catholic charities are
:" sectarian," and that the State cannot aid
| in supporting sectarian institutions. Let
US look at the exhibit (refused in many in
| stances for very excellent reasonsl of those
! that are under the special care of the State.
Expended Cost of Dis
in bursting. Sal
The Childrens Aid Society. (es- WV
timated,. e,76s sI siess 80
The figures tell their own tale as to the
manner in which this Society is conducted.
1t costs three times more than all the Ca
tholic charities put together to expepd less
than one tenth Of the entire amount of the
Catholic charities. 1t will be understood
that the charities referred to are only those
given IN the present article. Here is an
other:
- 80 .. ,.,,,- Expends. Costs.
Island...... ......-..---. t6I. o3e 2s sa3 2as I2
Costs more than all the Catholic charities
put together to expend a smaller amount
still than the last.
Five Points House of Industry eIs ss6 90 s2i 90
Costs almost as much as all the Catholic
charities put together to expend an insig-
nifcant fraction of the amount expended
by them.
1t is disheartening to go over the figures
of most of the other institutions reported
from. The Jews show we'll in their few
charitable institutions 4; the colored people
excellently /; the French, most of whom, it
may be presumed, are Catholics, excellent
~; the Dispensaries, horribly; the Chaplin
Home for the Aged, excellently; the Mis-
sion for Missionaries, scandalouely the
Episcopalans, almost as badly; societies
for poor women, manned, halt, and blind,
shockingly; public hospitals and asylums,
very poorl "; in fact, with the exceptions
mentioned, the great mass of our charities
are an abomin 1., a scandal, and an eye
sore to civilized people. Taking only
the three public institutions whose exhibits
have been given-the Children's Aid So
ciety, whose Secretary is Mr.. Brace ; the
Five Points House of Industry, whose
Superintendent is Mr.. Barnard and the
Superintendent, Mr.. Jones-we find that
out of a sum total of 1906, s42 81, devoted
to charity, the scandalous amount of S146
Isl AZ, almost one half, goes for salaries
and such like, the salaried officials, being,
as far as number goes, out of all pro-
portion to the amount that is supposed
to go to their pockets. Of the work
accomplished by them we haze had sad
evidence quite recently. The Herald SAYS
of the Children's Aid Society that many
of the children taken up have been sent
out West and dropped as paupers in the
streets of st. Louis, and other cities, to
tramp their way back here to New York.
This Is not case for angry words, but for
speedy action on the part of those at whose
door chiefly lie the sin and the shame of
this frightful misrepresentation of money
abundant!y given by Il generous aad con-
tidlng public, to fatten rogues and comfort
the bodies Of canting hypocrites. We
would respectfully suggest that the Herald, !
which has done this work SO thoroughly
thus far, complete it by publishing as soon |
as possible all the statistics it has collected |
on this matter in pamphlet form, thai those |
who run may read and get of by heart this
new alphabet of charity. Then there will
be something moro to say about this whole
sale corruption, carried on so safely under
the GARD of the greatest of the Christian
virtues.