The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-17

duets il shown by the recent iish exhibit in I
Berlin. The value of steamer for such |
explorations US Professor Baird will soon DO
prepared TO make is demonstrated by Nor
way, country which has had vessel en-
grgod for years in the search for new fishing
grounds. The now steamer for tho fish
commission may furnish information which
will avert such losses as that caused by our
trouble with Canada, and for variety of
reasons its construction is desirable. The
soolor Professor Baird Is able TO begin his
tour among the fish OF the sea the better.
The United States government has about
as much authority TO expend money Ga fish
commissioners aud fish steamers as it has to
eIpend money for kites for little boys. L! is
ve'y appropriate, however, in such usurp.
alton OF authority, that one Of the chic l
fuglemen should come from Oberlin.
The New York Herald, in the following
briefly treats of an evil that is growing in
this country. Itseys:
Abou. eighty thousand persons have this
wlnter received assistance from the superin'
tendent OF the poor, and many thouss Dis
more have been assisted by charitable socie-
ties. 1t sppears, therefore, that at least one
in twelve Of tho inhabitants of this city are
paupers. This Is n startling and serious
exhibit, for the proportion almost reaches
that of England, which country holds tho
pauper championship of the world. Fort
nately the ratio indicated in New York does
not prevail throughout the countrj. There
arc many towns and counties in which every
family earns its own living; but the condition
OF New York ia none the less alarming on
that account. Some of the poverty that
makes families dependent. on tho public is
only temporary. a mechanic or laborer out
of work must become n pauror most at
onca unless he has saved some money
Ths greater number OF tie city's poor,
however, are the ne'er-do-wols that
instioctivoly flock 10 great cities
When Il tramp in tho country becomes too
lazy TO roam any longer he steals ride To
| New York; the immigrant who has no money
or handcrgn lounges in New York Instead
Of going into tho rural districts or going to
work. OF these psupers by preference every
one Is possible thiefand all in one way or an
other must be supp Tted'by tho public, 10 the
| p bic should devise some way of discourage
ing tho donolhing fraternity. A Vorkhouse
where Migrants would be really compelled to
earn their bread would do great deal
toward less-ning the supply of able bodied
paupers in lho city; so would \ steady break
ing up of the low dens where the viIest va
grants resort. A hundred thousand people
partly or wholly unable to help themselves
form not only II drag on society but threat.
Tho number would not be rs great were pri-
vate benevolence and official slertness to do
all they could to abate tho nuisance.
Tho trouble is tina. vagrant laws are not
stringent enough, nor vigorously enough
enforced. Make tho trsmps work. Further
more, too much is given away by the chart
table to imposters, and too many frauds
find their way into tho oloemosynary iustitu-
tcns. Make abe bodied mon and women
who are begging snd living on charity, go to
work, even if it is in prison.