The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-07


of caring for suffering poor whom the au-
thorlnes provided with medical or other
attendance Its understood that il the
officers ot the city, in their daily rounds,
find persons ia helpless condition, they
are to have them conveycI TO the Infrln-
AIRY an I the city council will ply the bill
when presented That during every year
large number Of this class of cases,
mostly strangers, are thus cared for the
published proceedings of the city council
will show.
But the case to which "Looker.on" re-
refers above, which is probably the same
case The BULLETIN referred to Sunday IS
one which comes Of right under the care Of
Dr.. Wood as county oyerseer OF the poor,
aud ii WAS his duty under the law TO fur
nish necessary re.iet when such case was
brought to his notice, as we understand il
was The county board has always set
aside, for the care Of the County's poor, a
SUN which, 10 view cf the sounty's inan-
cial condition, was very liberal one,
In former years this poor fund Of the
county was two thousand dollars; this year
rear il has been increased to twenty FIVE
hundred. Of this amount one-half has al
ways been assigned to tue dive Cairo pre-
ciacts aud the other half to the remainder
Of the county Dr. Wood has had the
former half al his disposal, aud has
found II necesslr, always to oyerdraw the
amount allotted him and to encrosch upon
the next years allowance. THIS has been
due to the great number OF poor strangers
who come TO our gates from everywhere, 10
destitute circumstances greater number
probably, owing to CAiro's peculiar situa-
ton, than to any other city OF its size in the
country.
That the means provided by the county
have not been sufficient to meet all demands,
is not because this county is less liberal in
this respect than other counties are, but be-
cause it has considerably mere than its
share OF the poor to take care OF. The
truth is, that this county is much more
liberal 10 It's dealings with the poor gener'
ally, than most other counties are, for II
spends annually IN re than It can spare tor
charitable purposes, out OF total tax that
reaches the limit set by the law OF the
state. And the fact that under all these
circumstances there are cases OF extemt
suffering which deserve attention, only
proves what We have taken occasion Ia
state before that here, as 10 every Other
community--yes more than IN most other
communities there is constant and ur.
gent demand for private charity; and 10
order that the burdens Of such charity may
not rest too heavily upon afew, there ought
to be az ORGANIZED, private char ~, such
as there is in many Of the cities in the cen
tral and northern portions OF the state
where the demand for such an organization
is less urgent than it is here, But in ,h,
absence of such organization here, aud with
the assistance Of some Of Csiros nobl,
women, whose.sympathy for suffering
brother or sister, always manifests itself 10
promp, action aud substantial aid, it is
likely that the provisions to relieve the poor
made by the city aud county, will, 10 future
as 1t has IN the past suffice to prevent the
serious state Of things suggested by "Look
et.oo's" concluding queitio n.