The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-11

opinion Is, We suppose, due almost
wholly to his clear, honest, ringing
editorials. Long live the Pioneer Press!
THE RELIEF nUsINEsx
We lave received several letters on
the relief saatter. one from Elk and one
from Seward, but the authors names
1ce Mt given, and our rule is not to
Pd6Gisa Communications unless accom-
panied by the names of the writer's.
These communications are intended
10 warn the public and those who dis
tmbube relief against imposition. Our
Elk correspondent says:
/ understand that the Journal blows
u loud trumpet this week about the
restitution in this county and makes
out that we are all starving. Nobody
In this neighborh0od takes the Journal
and did not see the piece, but was
told by one that read it. Maybe the
Journal is starved, but people who will
work and manage can get along and
have done 50, but when they know that
relief is coming in they will cease every
effort and exertion and expect the State
to carry them. \ 1t is Il part of the
plan of the Wortlington Ring to keep
lin Office by getting the sympathies of
rthe people. Watch them, A. p, and
see that what relief comes in don't
.stiek to their fingers. Just give
1.-THE Ring and Rowdy organ" some
center sh0ts on this relief business.
NhapeQple are with you.
'0urEsward correspondent says:
Duripg :the month of October last
saevenlAett6rS were written to sources
.from:wlichnelief was supposed to come
TO lnqaire,i ;kelp would be furnished
"4kis'Winter, hut as the answers were
mftfavolable, five or six families moved
!tO'tkeaWaoAs: Ito earn 4 living through
the >ViStecana were getting on finely,
until the Governors visit and a pros
rect of rati9ns here. Now they are out
sof work and out of everything and
& conlip1v0a because they can beg bet
I ter thantthey can work. An lrrepressi-
Able office seeker has done great deal
of blowing and begging for Il family.
Now sin this family are several sons
-:abOut ~ large us yourself, and two
daughters. Last winter one of the
ibOys worked for his board. This Will
ater he hired out for 80 cents Il day at
Sheldon, bat rs soon as there was Il
,prospecr of rations, he came home be-
.cauSe 50 cents was net enough. This
imam, while taking relief bought Il cloak
"fOr his daughter ut BarlOw's costing SIS
and stated that he had to do it for she
threatenod to work out, it he didn't,
and it Was a disgrace for girls to work
out. The man who has taken the re-
that there are three men III the town
that are rich enough to live without
relief. An investigation will reveal
the fact that the combined grocery bills
Of the three don't equal that of the one
family mentioned above. In 1874 some
got i part of a crop. One sold over 4
hundred bushels of wheat and drew
flour and seed. Another had lis wheat
ground and drew flour and seed. An
other kept his wheat for seed and drew
flour and seed. The quartermaster two
years ago opened things privately when
lie could and sent the best clothing to
his friends in another State.
Now, we give these extracts simply
to show the other side of the relief
business. It is the great evil OF all
general distribution of aid that the
most unworthy are the most clamorous
for aid and generally get the lion g
share, while the truly unfortunate and
NEEDY are modest about presenting
their claims. But the worthy cannot
be left to suffer because the unworthy
are clamorous and bold III asking for
supplies. We kno'o beyond any CUES.
ton that there are number of fami-
lies in Mobiles County who are needy
and not through any fault of their own,
and who must he helped through the
vinter or suffer. The sentiment of the
English law is that it is better that ten
guilty men should escape than that one
innocent man should suffer. So it is
better that ten unworthy persons
should get some relief than that one
worthy person should suffer for want
of it.
1t is eminently proper That this relief
business should he closely watched and
that the unworthy should he exposed
It 10 4 difficult matter to manage. and
who ever undertakes the distribution
Of relief assumes thankless task. Tit
hest plan of distribution, it seems tt
us. would he to organize Relief Com
mittee of both ladies and gentlemen
with headquarters at the county-seat
Let this Committee lie composed o.
those who are not seeking Office ant
who would do their duty without feal
or favor. Two years ago, we are us
surej, much of the relief was squan
dered here in Wortl,ington, sometime:
by young men who had access to til
canned fruits. etc., and who revelled il
the good things as the army officer!
used to do in the supplies sent by thu
Christian Commission.
We would not lay straw in the wa,
Of the obtaining of relief for any O
the worthy, but we feel it our duty tt
call attention to the danger Of nj in
discriminate distribution. Will til,
people speak out through the ADVANCE
let the wrong be exposed, but let tn.
god men in each town see to it thai
10 worthy family suffers.
We enclose the Governor s Message il
our edition this week, in the form Of:
supplement-. 1t costs something to dc
this. but the length of the message
would have excluded all other matter
from our outside, and We prefer to give
Otf usual variety.