The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-06
GOV. TILDEN ON CHARITY.
An ADDRESS OF WELCOME TO THE
sARAr0GA CONFERENCE.

| frusaitty should also be Wisely Applied
SARATOGA, Sept B.-The Conference o
| Charities met In the Town Hall al haf past tire,
o'clock this afternoon, and waa called to oide
BY Charles 2. Hoyt, Secretary Of the New Yurl
State Board, who introduced Gov. Tlldon, wbt
made the following address Of welcome:
GENTrEnEN OF THE CosFEREScE OF CHARt
! TIEs As Cbief Magistrate Of the state Of New
| YORK. ~ liz my pleasing OnIce to welcome you 10
this charming and fashionable resort, which /.
last becoming the shrine OF ooliuc !. socisl, and
scientific pilRrimages. Two great conventions
forming an essential sh ire OF tho volupt ~ ma
ohIner. by which competitions OF parties are
tinent ~ made possible, have recently held
their sessions In this place, and to-day YOUR con.
Ie.snc-, connected ~itb the Association for the
me On orminR retreat class Of men with very
dlnerent objects. not less i'm pOrtant, more com.
IN their cons, qences. IL brings mere gentle.
uen DISTINGUISHED for their Learning. fur their
a conference OF charities What noble tty,Iry
| " Implied In these words. You are here not Ia
iuI'ner ourown interests-not even to promote
the material well being of those communities
winch you represent; but to consider what can
oest De cone 70 cure the wounds and maladiss
| VI hociett. what has thus far been accom-
pushed toward removing the evil OF pauperism,
! crime, and in-antv will be disclosed to +, on
| when the regular REPORTS OF the com mitt ees
! chaigsd with these subjects shall come before
you: VIII not anticipate them nor trench upon
anet CONAN. Ny once Ia simply To express to
anu the spirit OF cooperation OF this great Jnl-
m9nweslth which reores-n, to-day.
IN the past three centuries the progress OF
tclehce mas been something marvellous. la
astronomy, geology, physics aud cheuistry, and
"a all OF those departments OF science whic n
In modern phrase are com prem ed under tho
nsms ui biology tue achievements have been 50
vas. ,hnt Tue earlier discoveries In SCIENCE
would have to 90 through q fresh uovitiate to
understand what are now asceftained facts
hepier aud Newton would sc rcely oOmpre-
| nehu the revelations OF the modern Instruments
! that have been employed tn discover the in
terror constitution Of heavenly oocies. While
they could merely watch and e0ne the general
movements OF these bodies aud ascertain their
suIIaces' IL Is gwen 10 us To discern the secret
internal constitution Of those bodies. Priestiy,
through new training to enutls them to be
caheu CHEMISTS. In all the departments Of
scleuce these achievements have been thus
great
by what means, by what methods have these
great results been accom- plishedf by patient
persistenuy carried into the secret worsins
places of uaIur,f You will answer IL was NOT
oy these alone. IL wa. m large degree by tho
Application OF scieptino analysis and scientific
methods TO these Inquiries. Now you propose,
method still further, To spply the same I'M ls'
mens ana modes Of ihQusition to tue problsms
OF human society. Congratulate you that, IN
uoinx ", y0n DO " under the auspices Of
the Society for the Promotion OF social Science
fee quite sure that you must derive instruc,
ton aud aid -h AZ least. that YOU ~ absorb much
that is Interesting and that Ia valuable from as
ISOLATION with the Intelligent. Guilty. ted gentle
iuou Wup pripuk W tndt association. You
sumo that the couiDleI phenomena Of society
It's grand tides OF movement. Its ccessions of
changes, growth, aud decay Of populations.
mortality. pauDeristn, crime, are capable Of be
lug reduced to formula. beng analN zed. studied,
spi stated In the results OF your discoveries.
NOW, gentlemen, II seems to me that
no more Interesting, no more impor-
tant OBJECT Of investigation could be pre-
scented ~ the human mind. am unite sute
that tue application OF the same phi, sophv
which mas 4cheved such grand results else
where: will astonisn YOU: viii sstonish .ysry
In yxtl
new depart nent to which 1t will be spplied
Even those most uncertain things, that depend
on tue human VIII, ar Capable Of being studied
OF oelhE snal'sou VI being CLASSIFIED and their
results stated.
writings. and ia all ayes, as the most uncertain
thing possible; ana yet. II you will take q Iafg,
number OF individual lives ana group them YOU
can compute within a faction their average
durauon. Ia the great metropolis in when nv
nome IL, and It's Immediate SUBURBS, there are
something like haif a million of families IL
would ne scarcely probable tnat any one of
those families should Know what fooo they will
have upon tneir table Tomorrow, and vet every
one goes to market without concern, without
pan, even without purpose They aud every
thluR tueN desire to supply tnelr wAuts or |
erdtty TIER tastes, and nothing OF any impur.
lance II lett at tue eud Of the day. All tver |
this continent, In every part Of IT, myr,ads Of |
busS hands are pfeparus supplies Tor this |
great mart OF tranic aud GENRE Of populA. |
ton. In the inwediAte vicinity the Art- |
clos OF heavy transport aud small value |
are Produced; lar OF In ths blue. grass |
region OF Kentucky md tennessee ami ON toe
peel which every uAS leeds this Immense popu- |
laiiuo, aud IA ali these teus Of thousands VI |
producers there - no CONCERT, no plan. No man
KNOWS what us neighbof lie To produce no MAJ
knows VINO VIII DuS the PRODUCES OF his own
indus ~, aud vet all the results OF their produc-
uun are sent FORWARD 20 tue market AL are IN
demand snd ali nnd every DAY an adequate sae.
lake even a broader HELD. Zach Que OF our
fnrty-nNe millions Ul peOpie IA choosing what he
desires u possess, 10 consume, 10 enjoy OF tue
products OF foreign clues. ch one Is pro-
posing what lie susli tske from his own lauor 10
y hb Tor bat he puTCuhHrR fran abroad
nave been those VINO have kept awake nights
Tor Tear that we should BUY everything from
ABROAD anu sell notuing, and therefore rapidly
become bankrupt. Undressing ID. A. Wells,
President of tue Social Science AssociauoL.l /
believe you have been able To save yOurnrll ana
rescue many Others IRON that apprehension.
Applause. You nave seen tuat IL Is mol necrz-
sary Tor l~osr three hundred wise men ia the
CITY VI " ashihgton " decide and specify what
We snail sell, AMI what We snall bay, III ord or u,
save us from Inc calamity when would other
wise fail upon
Gentemen, now IL 1t that this great multitude
u individual wills aud individual tastes. acting
s. paTat-ly aud independently, mud themselyes
averaged anu compensated unlil ever, tniuv
lttus To and everything results IN the eQuIliD-
mum OF forces. 1t is that toe Divine Being n.s
impressed upon everything order, ueLhod nu
aw. lApplause.l Even the most divergent
eVen tnc most uncertain, even those things Ia
calculate upon AT all, when We group them ia
rye masses reduce themselves to lnteiligiole
'urins NOW understand that VIVA yOu pro-
pose 10 90 Is 10 appiy this same method Of IN
yes igstipn to pauOerism, To crime, to INSANITY.
tIiu AL luNSc Cases where Governmental inter
erence or Governmental In diligence Is deemed
% he necessary. do not dOuOt II YOU VIII study
hcse subjects with attention, diligence and
lati nee. mat you Will cOLferg.c I benefactious
ipon tins community anu upon the whole cuun-
ry c.nnUt conclude, however, without one
word OF warning ana that Is tuls.
Tue emotional and sympathetic mind seeking
'ut reief Tor evil DISTINCTLY seen ana strongly |
elt, looking perhaps upon specific evil with |
view somewhat out VI proportion to its rela-
ION to all the iut erests II society and going 10 |
he public treasury Tor fund from when TO |
rally us human and charitable Instincts, aud
lot restrained by any consideration limiting ia |
or its power, no DOUBT leads some
lines to extravaganza IN the public charities,
had occasion Lass year aud the year before to |
bJect 60 tue magnitconce Of the public build
nas, being erected IN tins state for these par ,
oses, and the caution wish u suggest To you
o ddy Is thls-thAt, while all the Heayen born |
iod-glven sentiments OF humanity may fairy
ave their scope In operating upon Your minda
nd your hearts Ia tmpel You to relieve the evils
this character which exist among us, YOU want,
possible, to unite Ia your action. prudence eau
ION, ifugaiity, ana the economy of the thorough
lan OF business. lAppIause.l You want, for the
AXE Of the objects OF your charity. that IL Oh II
p as efficient Ms possible, ana that the funds
Or these Denefacuons shall not De exhausted
2 consumed without the greatest poss bile re-
ults being derived therefrom aud you want,
Ir the rest OF the commonly, that the burdens
Jr these Oh ects snail not become intOlerabIe,
Appl iuse.l While we exercise every sent
tent OF humanity whlle We do all III our power
, relieve misfortune and TO overcome evils aud !