New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-20
ORGANIZING CHARITIES.
A CENTRAL CLEARINGHOUSE PROPOSED
TIE SCHEME That l. BEING AGITATED By CHAiI-
r,p,,, ,,r,ptI, THIS CITY


TIE SCHEME HAT i BEING AGIGAGED BY CHAK-
TABLE PEOPLE ~ THIS CITY.
The Question Of uniting the vanons charitable
examinations of the city under one general man
agcmeut has for the last few years chgag'1 The a.
tDutinu Of the philanihrOpists ana Christi ~ work
crs of Ncw-YOGk. The old method Of administer
ing charities il is asserted has been very much 81
L1D-haZafd affair Every church has had its own or
paui2ation and its own peculiar methods of relief
These organizations and methods have recr
controlled more or less ny the az
O. and the special views Of tie members
E,ch religions society or sect was frs of all sup
posed TO help the deserving POOR of It's own fcld
whom its charitable committees WGuId hnd
out by hoUSc-tO-hOuSe visitation. Tbs system 1t
i said, in n country town, where every
r,o i. r1rniua}ly . member Of some church. miglt
work reasonably well hui in a great civ like New
York Slch system is utterly inadequate either to
prevent fraud Of to reach the deserving poor. me
vast numbers of persons who never enter a church
door have to bc considered, n, well q; the church
m"rlbcr5. OF these many are deserving at relief,
and great number is not. Il IS well known to
those convcrsant with the matter that many tani-
charitable societies, each supposHg that the appl-
cant was destitute and deserving. woman dl'I
not long ago who had for some years be- the re-
cpient Of aid from church of which She was q
member ana il was found That At her death she mad
81 100 in a bank, ,
the 81 al les Of the city into one body but II JAILED
uartlv trough the local jcalou>l7S o the churches
hut chiefly because it WAS felt ly many Tat such
an organization would nccdlCsS.L wound the self
respect of the decent poor; III" Roy. Df' Henry I.
Potter OF Grace thnirh VINO was FroHih'itl ~ ,!'I
uoNchrht' su" H'I' h'-h' ''', 4" 81 '''5 ~, "'
again making to have g,nerai 0igihiEjIoh
meeting Of the State Charities Aid As citation was
h-lI last night 10 listen % a statement from the
R"N.E. H. "",''I' "HQ HM'22. 10Y 'SaI''i III
Mr.. Gurtucn says that all Denominations cordially
united and the result has been that Wy io" undo
serving persons nave been "iir'' ... .;.. -,
hehN +; I'i'"' VINO I!I9 SP''s' N'l'. jan. III u,
London IN learning the j, V"l' on ID" "iGAHI"'I
charities OF that C4'$, Is, H.p|I'I 'N S'iIe NHch
plan uaJ eventually DE adopted hrle Inc plan is
the establishment of central bureau where the
names ana PAGES 81 i'h'''i'c "i ~ a'PH'd!I'N "
aid from any chal;apir 'lrly VIII br G4i'Ir dhd
at stated periods lists OF Ines names VIII nc sent 10
cyc.y charitable S GiriF ~ II, CIV ms bureau
would bee q general clearing house jon chant lca.
There re mauy adyant2g@~ claimed ioF tins pian
II would, a. Is ne H. take claiS oii "I we domain
o sentiment THifh grfS "HGn i1r"i$" G@'tST or
cc = ', ,,,;r i- ,ybic,, tnr ,dic AMI
OF AOu9' u i''' 80 T. I'' 49,, 49,
t',,,;., II wand insure a c.J.lu. iuy,s;ic3tl,u
OF e"on cdSo ~ i Wa nm. IL, tI
I'I Wv i.u' ',' .i.' ,.T., ,..r in ir,In5,nrs nf
d--I'E"ic ,... y. a. ,,.;+;,,to t.,,,,,,
various MINUS WI" nm 81 ~, - " -. IN
r'Iy ply, ana no AoH 'i'' y" -,
never ne lnNc>'4alta II j. Ic' ny many 'Hl' NtiS
al n th'll''> 81 IN ~ :" "ii i w i
bd~l>' may va ':I' ~ Wv ~ !, -, VI
administrators az '-i., -" d" INV 80 80 III
IT, stn q [,n;ia, d.. may t ,'d I,,I IL
u'Jt.' ~ ii u.s., Oh ,,r% names ,null Inc ,trir,Iv
J. ~ '''"' "'' '
Cohh'cil'iII' ~, .: al ,..:o.;.,, 10 o. ,.,,+ =,
me S'"ie CiI'i''H Anu -, 10 ''' ',", 10 ="
c>t"iii,H Ill tH' ely Ho'aT' ~, ls ~ ~,
,lIC.I4n W i,oP >" a., ".' ,i,,, Gfarn l a., -
tiN i,H i.t''I'i,li az" ~ 90, i.' ~ i,.,'.,i.,
HN> o. we NJ" E'JJI 4" i' 80 ,''' 'ti Ill., 80
NJ '' 'NT"I"I ,, 49, l,.,,''r - ,arri'J
'V-l' T., y , '''i g., c-r WOW ,,.5lr t ,i"r' &c
on i u, ~ InIn "f JsII,.,lcuI r.,ilai If
" 9"DtG;', ,, MAI y',,,. iu".',,i ~ .,,,
iI,,i,,'S l,'oI can.ras have ba.p formed q, T. ere
ed and certificates presented o hundreds 81 sue
ccs,!ul pupils. Since the formation of these
cla..,s In ENGLAND for and to the iuj red,
Lo,pit4I surgeons testify that Tia. persons brought
to ,r. Io.uiIals sutrrus from arrilct> hay, be-. n