New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-10
CARING FOR THE POOR.
STATE CHARITIES AID ASSOCIATION.

REPORTS FROM VARIOUS CITIES AND TOWNS
WHAT THE ASSOCIATION EXPECTS TO OBTAIN
FROM TIE LEGISLATURE.
At the forenoon session OF the conference
of members The state Charities AID Association yes
erday George Forster In opening, stated the SUBJECTS
for the discussion OF the session. and outlined the MS
tory the legislation urged by the association at re-
cent sessions OF the General Assembly. He recied the
yicsstudes OF the socalled Tramp bill " from the
| time II was introduced in the state Senate, about
| the middle Of last January, through the
| efforts of the State Charities AID AS
ISOLATION. until 10 became law. on May D.
Tue bill TO establish Reformatory for Women, to
| VIII ch magistrates to commit women who were
above Of age and not utterly depraved'
but mo came up complaints before them was ap-
proved, he said, AID Vged by petitions which came
with many signatures from nearly every county IN the
State II passed the Senate. out too late In The
session to enable proper consideration in tne Assembly
Deeg ties were invited to tell ~ the disposition made
of paupers it, he les they represented Isaac H..
Cocks OF Queens stated that MS cosy an island had
been D0ugnt, and the paupers who we're charge upon
the public employed IN ditctnR aud reclaim
ing land Farm crops were also raised In season III
winter the WORK VAS IN 10 n. mostly 1t was hoped TO
change the present system under which there are three
Suuerutendens Of the Poor, TO have one who shah
be a competent. SHARED. and responsible man. The
poor nucu better on he SAID. under the present
taan under The contract system. The Tramp bill mas
done much good formerly the tramps used to come at
the rate of day. there was scarcely one
s. H. Camp, OF KIngs, said they had recently added
twelve acres Fiatbush, and the land bad beea cul-
vatpd by ihe inmates the Almsh0Eso during the past
year. greatly to comfort OF the inmates ana The I'M
prOvemeni OF their diet
The Rev. J. s. Bush OF West New-Brighton, Rich
moud County, read q paper on Gu door Relief" few
years ago he said little town OF Castieou gave re-
lief to 800 persons. of whom. 1t was after~ard
| a nd OF her
induce reforms under the suparntendents MANAGEMENT
failing Association Committee offered to take care
of all the needy with their own funds The result was
that during the FIRST year after the beginning OF the
new undertaking not dollar OF The puoIc money was
expended on outdoor relief The committee makes IL
plainly understood that ldeness and drunkenness Will
not Dc eucourag d. and whenever fl is pfactcabe an
equivalent work secured from The person aided
Frauos are discovered AMI the deserving poor are
| visited in tleir homes and kindly cared Tor.
Charles H. Kiicael, of the New ork Prison Associa-
ton said had to look into the distribution
of public funds tor relief Ofte poor and was sur
prsed AT HE direction it took The funds seemed TO be
distributed the interest of political organizations
rather than with 10 reach reach real poverty
Miss souds Orange, read the dftn annual report Of
the Newburg Association for the Improvement OF tie
Poor-fr,m which 1t appeared that in the year end
| ing October 1. 1880. the Association mad 1873
| applications tor relief AIRED with ia
| ia tue preceding year James Gillatn, president OF
/
on how 10 elevate 6 poor IN tleir homes" He iook
the word DIRT "a showed hoy sfood for death,
Tor insanity, r for nun. aud for ielrs Roo ri T.
Pavnr r president OF the Associated Charities 81 BOs
ton spoke with admiration of report OF tue operations
days ago The Boston Association found when It rean
ized Two years that money enough was giyen IN
a ccarine-hou.e OF relief and The sy TEN
works Tas % the rGgalitv o. the United state Mint
Reports received daily, weekly and monthly from
VEN cnaItv association III Boston except two OF
.6pfn iE-u lP q It,all
is recorded card and arranged a phsbe ca III the
lies were t.us registered. aud careful estimate placed
iOuifhs OF the relief gwen 10 me poor IN
Boston. Persons beng applied 10 for Ielef seno a
note If INQUIRY TO the association and receive within
yfoIr hours report OF the exact amount OF as
sisance VIII Oh the applicant receives from The various
charity sOcecs in the city, The system costs the as
sociaIion So 600 per year.
The Rev. k Heller Newton, OF The Tenement House
Association. explained that this associations
work is aimed G,s,ufS TO relieve s home Tsla
III rev d. Kellogg WAC was the orGanizug sc Re
tary OF the Ch1ry Society Philadelphia said the best
sanitary conditions tnnt could possibly he heVis 81
wond not touch the matter He referred 10 the tact
bril- re ef the dreaCfuliy Overcrowded condition Of
then cottages by building more rooms, The tenants. in
new rooms }u>t "a few YEARS the IndiaOs. for
whom the Government built Stone cottages on rcScr
walton in Kansas put their horses III the cottages ana
| continued to I'VE IN their wigwans Mschinrry must
not be SnTsnied or P 3ha y ~, r ," 800
Brooklyn gut relief from the ruhlc funds at cost OF
| 81 so 600 The committeeman volunteerrd 10 aid he
Comm Inc work Of visiting and did the work
80 faithful that finally I'd Commissioners refused to
| perm; tneIn fur her To cooperate.
read a report on the Loan kelic1 AssOcla
ton and Mr GalIatn an account of the Improved
Owe lnCg Association, which H. engaged WIN 9pita
OF $500 600 in puiIg dp CLOCK OF slS-storY pnldngs
In the afternoon tne one ,noici was the Treatment OF
insane persons The Rev Dr. Henry e. Potter. OF Grace
G, urcu who presided opened the session by reading
copIous extracts from the pamphlet entitled Sugges
tions Use o. Visitors to the Insane, written by
MR. Florence Bayard Lockwood, ana published last
by tRe ASSOCIATION Following thls : H. lamp
OF Kings County read paper IN Whrn ne e dew con-
parisOn between tue CONDITION OF me atons Az
| now and five years when the az 'lum was III
yes, igaed and a dread nj state affairs was exposed
The coalition of the Queens County AsVum was re-
portrd on by the Rev. Mm. H. Moore Ii has III pa
tents which III sS each per week The report was
exceedingiy fivorab," Dr. william D. Morton, OF New"
York Guy a description OF the methods employed
In the treatment of insane In the remarkable colo
nies In Belgium and France.
Mrs. Hopkins of Greene County reported that there
were Only SIX eight insane persons III the county
who were employed. question asked Dy MIS-
Joseph HObson to the practcablIv OF establishing
training scnoo or nurses In reciOn wta the asylum
at Flstbr>h called remarks from Mr.. Camp ana
Mrs D. g. T. StraBahau. OF Brooklyn, favorable 10 sucn
an effort, but recognizing the great difficulties 1t pre-
sented. =. ,,..,,.
Chester, 10 apeak upon the circulation OF books
and papers among the insane. William f. Dodge,
jr spoke Of the indirect inhdences which re
suited from the plan started by the assocla-
ton. OF placiug ooIes IN the d.pots ana notes or
the reception OF newspapers intended Tor the hospitals
and asylums The touching OF the conscicnces when
resulted sight Of those filed boxes was great
object gained Dr. Potter spoke the closing words OF the
conference. The association proposed he SAID 10 go 10
the Legislature this winter 10 secure ON whch shTul
n In the community: ana ne called
everybody 10 AID in the Work OF inducing the
make laws for better or for worse To mako one
this time Tor The better ln lts drinands tne
the right visitation, the rh OF the taxpayers 10 see
whai OF their monej ana then after getting
INTO the institutions for rght 10 tell "nat they