, 1876-03-02
TEE TRAMP NUISANCE.


to lock tllom UP over night, aud TO dea! with
tllom In much wsy a. possiblo to leHBen tho
nuisance thoy create. Tho rcaults arc by no
meana hs sautarY rs Tim promoters Of tho law
expected. In epito of DIT that cnn bo done, the
"tran'p" still koops trampng. aud how to H.
ducc, not 10 sny force, him to Hottle down to
my Btoa1y, l10ncst employment, is Htll tho
problem The Hon. SIDNEY AwDnEwB, Secretary
OF Tho Doasd Of Bsato Charities, has mado an
elaborate report In regard to the working Of tho
Law, from which so tAko tho following extracts:
Ti,eso ia nothing that thc resl tramp 70 he,rt'ly
bates a. work. Ite will loaf aud beg from door to
door week In AMI week ont, but labor 10 Avoids with
ingenuity must hutaolc aud when force into work ho
IL ess nuisance 4an before. On Ibis point pre-
Weret.hr-" we i,avs tried tho Inv wth the few
lodged ut almslouse but with indifferent SUCCESS,
toos . tsat i eo: ore troSo tsn e asor os
talnou to worth." Mstfoyd- Wc TO not wiah 70 pun
iah The town tn order 10 work tho tzamps; We should
cents, cent worth ". of work oat Of shem." Rostand-
work available that would not require sho tina Of
nan worth ~ much again TO re- that they da T."
owing 10 the dicultx Of finding suitable employment
for thcr, md int tma spent in showing thani how 10
10 tho @ Tof sotn sst s 10 es la
cos. more than tho laEur came o." sharon1"our
worked, and they ~cre 20 ds!ncllned to alor. Rnd
a,nagc! biz tool. 20 mich. DO came to the conclusion
offered their services FREQ to rcoplc living whero
No edgo our traps b.. thy preferred to hire thsr
onion gSsa e ia. II or hy e
profitable, for thoy Will not work unloss they arc
Under tho Of o,eraoor an Il costs 70 n.neh to
aWo Lave no general work to aet them 1t.
and to iook upa >ob and hoas them would cost good
have pot Tried to gct any work out IF them, beeauae
would cost more than It IN WORTH. Char'tr'ons-"we
III s xs wo s
then." Btcktt concludes with: at wou!l coat as
much for rnnn to ~asei. them as tho work th'y did
within tho past year or two, not fev towns that
formerly sent ther tramps toslnshouses, havs built
r1del for over night. Th!a change Of rollcy doca
not seam to meet tho approval Of traps ot nt alHt-
honsca they generally Get warm meals. while the ata-
cheese Or sa1t sh occasionally ndtled for 1ela, and
nothing but water by way Of drtax.
In answer to 4 request for suggestions, the
Chairman Of the Boston 0versoers says:
Tho only Recommendation ue cln offer on tbs gcne-
rsl sbes T. for % 9Eo rigid of tho "a
others tn authority. Our Judges, sekr acting I'M
der tcnor regard fot te personal nhorty Of thoso
brought hcforo them, hesitate to sentence to tho work.
eoss eosu eenss
Of the statutes OF tho Commonwealth respecting W.
grants an1 Yagabonds wod rtere Of much OF tho
Cy under which tue couatry vell a. tho city Ia sur
feEtng.
Gu which tho secyetnry remarks:
The Insertion in te closing sentences OF the forego.
ing Letter II undoubtedly true In towns where fhe
act Of thu present year Inns BEEN vigorously and per-
tistentIy enforced and particularly whsre cizena hase
cO-operotul by declining 10 all tEanpa calling at thtt
honaea, there laA been mArknd Abatement OF tho In
tolerable tramp nuisance.
On tho subject Of inliscriminato giving to all
who apply, Mr. Secretary ANpREwa has tho fol.
lowing excellent suggestions:
Sometimes It Is said Of 1nsn IN enatlon, thtt
he never turned person away from bis door hungry.
This indtscrtm1nate beue7oenrc IL thought by many
to be vtrue we shall not successfully deal with the
tramp question till vO scs II vioe. Il promoter
yagaboudage, snd increases the number OF tramps
Always nufsanco and an atiietion, the tramp haa
lately become danger snd q menace. Hard times
N advantage II moi delight to him. Thcy onsbls
poor whom husineas aaRnauon throws upon the char
he persnsdes many Of tic tenler.hearad that ho him
self IL entitled TO COMMUNICATION md sympathy. This
mRtcs II much the mora dubcnlt to deal with hin
IL he deserves, md supderr much the easier
him to commit the crimes to which he Ia avcrao
But to open with rcapcct to him. II b,
na must 1s asn
,nonWeals1, or shus up sonewhcfe and compelled K
! labor for tho public good.
Eo far ~ no can judge, the "trnmp nuisance
haa boon mucf, mora prevalent and more dill
cult TO manage 1t tho Eans than At tho Wcss
Our people, however, have had quito as much O.
| It az they care to encounter, aud 1t Is vol 10
thom and for our laW-makers to profit by tho OK
perianco Of Massachusetts, and to provide BIT
name but effective remedies against this latos
outbreak Of the vagabond elcment among ua.