Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-31
REL1EF ASSOCIATIONS.

That has been Accomplished During the |
Ye0y--4,lnttdI Report. |
In pursuance to announcement the board
of directors of the Citizens Employ
ment and Relief association held meeting
yesterday forenoon at their rooms in Center
block.
Immediately upon the meeting being
called to order the first business transacted
was to dispose of the
sECRETARY's REPORT,
which was as follows:
M1NNEAPoL1s MARCH 80, 1878.
To the Board of Directors of the Minneapolis
Employment and Relief Association
GENTLEMEN:-The closing up of this season
of relief presents no new feature in the shape
or statistics more than those which ordinarily
occur in the distribution of the benefactions
of generous public. If the admonition of
the great and good Benefactor, sit is more
blessed to give than to receive has been car
brance of doing good by granting the needed
s ant memepto HE pleasure Of doing
good and distributing blessings seldom
wears out. In n, 81 examining aiming the details tails
worked, as well as had to work, very economic
ally this season, our supplies having been linn
tied and consequently we had to be governed
accordingly. The mildness of the past winter
has been very favorable for the poor in our
midst and has enabled US to act more econOm-
ically in our distribution. Coupled with this,
the ready and hearty cooperation of the county
commissioners in our city, districts obviated
any difficulty that might arise in assisting the
needy applicants, but wherever these gentle
men had meted out to the amount of the old
| fifty dollar statute, our committee stood ready
to render assistance to any worthy applicant
but whenever in the city any new cases made
! application, the commissioners acted willingly
and promptly in taking charge Of them since
the first of the season in the early part of De-
| cember last.
We have used the term economically in re-
gard to -four and household provisions, as COM
pared with the distribution of former winters,
| but our distribution Of wood has been rela-
lively larger, as the bulk of the applications
! included frewood. We would also report that
a large portion Of the applications came from
! those homes where the head of the family went
ostensibly to the pineries, leaving their faml
! lies in a measure unprovided for, and conse
quently dependent on outdoor relief. These
/ had in a great measure to be provided for by
your association. Others of migratory char
acter coming to our city in the hope of gaining
employment, were assisted, but in no cas-
where the applicants were found worthy wer
they allowed to suffer, notwithstanding tina
some strange and peculiar statements had fount
their way or crept into the columns of tn
public press, after they had been attended t.
both by. the association we'll as the count
commissioners. We find also there is dispo
sition with many to feel repugnance toward
asking relief from the town, las it is styled
but will readily apply to your association a
though it were a private character and tn
bare name Of the "poor farm" to Others is as
ISOLATED with something horrible revolving
Yet, these parties know nothing of it exceI
from ''hearsay,.' and therefore scout the ide
Of going there with utter adherence. W
) think that the minds of this class Of appl
cants ought to be disasused of these erroneou
; ideas.
We know that many applying to us for relic
ought to be self-reliant. There are
goodly number who are chronic hangers on,
2 both on the country and city for years. It
''heyday'' with them when they do little worl
e and s'low day when they do not, and thereto,
must apply for relief; but it is also fact tn:
men, heads of families, have worked occasion
l ally during the winter for 50 and rs cents ada
e to keep their families We cannot enter flu
. Their into detailed report. Following is Iii
Q of articles distributed during the season up
e date in the West and East Divisions:
e Articles distributed by Relief association
It season of 1878.
q Amount in II