, 1877-04-16
Startling Facts for Taxpayers from
Pennsylvania, New York, and
Illinois.
Extravngant Expenditure In Building
Hospitals in MASSACHUSETTS,.
Abuses In Medical Charity in
New York and PENN
sylvania.
Nearly Fourteen Millions Of Dollars E1-
pended Last Year for Paupors
In Threa States.


RocKronp, H.. April 49, .--The theme OF pan.
pertsm and medical charity Ia this country IL a
subject that ntfaca far less attention from ]uriats
and politicians than Il merits. In some States Of
the Union paupcrism has hardly assumed the I'm.
po,tancc Of public quentfon, a. IN ltnatraton Of
which Nc quote tho following extract from letter
received tho other day from the Secretary Of tue
State OF Virginia, tho 1Ion. James Mcdonald:
ave ha~e no such hody asa atate board Of
Commissioners Of Charity, and consequently no
@ IT, 'nh hs gSa IT, =
70 deal with It Al public question:"
Vhgin'x ia happy exception. II tho above stats-.
mcnt be trne, and thcse arc other States wherein
the social psagno OF paupcssm Ia exhibited In most
Interesting md pressing Sorms. We should ait
feel some sort of personal Interest In the poof aud
eIer hayo ..---
opss A::s !: .s Fl IL ss' a'sas ID: sS.5t, s.ss5t
but, while making due allowance for hnmhn
veakuefs and rnitcalculatiuns NC must bear IN
mind tho Words Of the philosopher who naid,
'tThat charity is bad which takes from inde-
pendence It's proper pride. from, nendae,ty
ia .alutary sfamo. The 'ato exposures Of the
ab,acs in medical charity and panpesfsnt in En.
glsud arc rcpletc with instruction for Americans.
AnttsE OF aKDIcAL CHARITY IN ENGLAND,
In England tic workhouao Is looked upon ~
legal right, ~ much u tho Government Treasury
waa mutual insusance fundt while tho mehicA
charity, which annually furntehcs million and =
quarter Of the population Of London with ro1tef Is
no tnnret considered haon. In hook trcently
pub,tahed In London antlt1ed >. Medical Charity;
Methods OF Administering It." wo sre informed
that, In addition To tho nboye panptrtxfnx inf!u-
ence, aum eqnal to 8, pence per head Of tho
whole population Of London a, 900. oo0) 10 ek-
pended In supposttng Idiots aud fmbcc!las, and
shilling PCT head In supporting lunht1cs. The
total amount annually expended In London for
medical charity alone fonts up 10 nearly IS. 0oo..
coo. In tho fsce Of this. how can tho posta talk Of
ftlendlcea man-
fsotsS % ss s ss st1ss s gt & S
The poor and the sick In Enalnnd are wall pro.
vided for, and NO shall prcacnt1y show that the
enormous suu,s Of money annually expended BY
several os CIR largest Statcs seems rather to tn.
courage tho pour
On penusy's bssren path to rosn.
than to guarantee them against want and yet pre-.
serve their self-sespcct.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tn DEALING wrru IT.
For tho convenience al the reader, shall d.
vide oue subject Into two pnsts. The frttIs Pat.
perIsm, OF TINT which deals With tho lndtgont poor
other than those suffering fron, bodtiy !nnrmity.
Thu 1ecnnd part u medical chaFlty. 10 which wa
shall add Insane Asy1uHs. oEphsn asy1uns, hospl.
tails, md dlaIensartes. In this country II In En-.
gland there pfu Two dtBtnct methods Of dealing ~.
iaata aImaeiylHg; tho SECOND is All orgaazel sys.
tam, the object Ut which u,
10th to employ sIal feed tha poor, =.
hnt which through Elt+nlanaselnent and ahLsra tho
frequently feeds tau axy al criminal clashes, mil
receives from them TO equivalent !n labor for the
Stale.
1NntscRtMMATn AtNsatsfNa.
No ind In the latest published tppnrta Of the
DosM nf Stase Charities Of New York, rennsyi.
vania. Illinois, Massachusetts, Indiana, and Mainc,
seeonnM Of the rupfl lncrcaso Of vsRrancy caused
By tndlecsiuIiuAte alm4gIylng In the report Just.
tssncd by the Stats Hoard o! Commissioners Of
Pullfc Charittca In Illinois. we tead Of 4 yagrant
milking speech but \ fow months s2o on tho
streets Of Springfield, In which ho culortscd ~.
gFancy, declared himself to DO king Of a1l tfAmps:
and avpwcd thAt secret organization exists among
them. with sfgns, grips, passwords, and seguts-
Aons. Ts have no reason TO BELIEVE the American
yaerants are bohnd thefr European brethren In
thls respect.
mo olvnRsn AND "soRr roNM1Es.
The story Of tho English Clergyman tno doubt
familiar to tho seader). who When vlsltlng tlck
tramp In common lodging honsc, found list Of
tho neighborNs gentry hung up In the waiting.
room, sou,s ot whuH, had black and soma a roA
eFossapptn1ct 10 thclF naHca Pointing to the black
marks. be asked tho keeper Of tbs housc whAs
thosc meant.
''oh," she replied, "them's no g..ers."
"And tho re4f'
''Why. in cousse the reds il the soft Tommies, !"
a. LII own name appeared In tho lattcr category,
10 IL sa!d to have altered tho color to bxck. and
hcncssosward pascd hIs pocket By tho sacrl.
NO OF hls local reputation for charity.
This story, ws bclievo, was tho nsrt
printed tn tho Hsstm'.nsttr RsrIsto. and ono
OF tho edltoss. In fuot-notc, alded his own
testimony 10 that OF tho clsrpymsa. lie declared
that on succeeding 1'ensso,ent but weak old lady
frt,.. nf