New-York tribune., 1886-02-02
OLD AND NEW CHARITY.
AlMsGIvING REDUCED TO A SCIENCE.
ox. YAYLAND, DIR. CROSBY AND Mr.. DEPEw TALK
TO THE ORGANIZATION SOCIETY.


TO THE ORGANIZATION SOCIETY.
T., +b;s CITY 81 800 900 is annually expended in
h.,i,v according to the statement OF the Charity Or
sanitation Society which held its fifth annual meeting
IN Association Hall last evening. In the absence of
Presidept Francis H. Weeks, Peter b. Olney presided.
He SAID that the membership of the society x
eeeded 1000 and he explsined the objects of the
organizatiOn which were to prevent casIng between
the $50 societies. and 400 churches which dispense
charity in this city, to protect the benevolent from
fraud and the poverty stricken from becoming shame
loss hopeless paupers
Charles d. Kellogg the organizing secretary, then
rcad his report He said that the societies cooperating
with the organization now numbered 10 an increase
OF thmty-cne during the year the number of IN
diyidua giycrs who avail themselves of the oTgauiza
tious es'igatioDs daily increasing. Many news
papcrs have also adopted the practice of referring all
appeals for and sen; for publication to The society The
result of the aers researches in these cases have
shown that there mauy professional workers
of this channel for charity of any other There are
fifty similar societies in this country. Those societies
exchange information and experience. The eAect of
ali this is educate people into the idea that char
ity lis grave responsibility not n sweet emotion
The saving to society resulting the organizations
wOIK to amount TO hundreds of thousands OF
dollars Over 900 families have been reformed from
alone had in FIVE generations cost New FORK State
81 800 900 1t shown that heggng pro
fessiOn followed like any other just far as II was
profitable. The record of nearly 1000 professional
beegrs arrested by the sOcieys officers was the years
work in that line Evidences of the fact that charity
could he reduced to science were gwen Inc income
$50 2S5 "a the debt of the organization Is l,3uO
The need of more mOcey to meet the calls from Harlem
and from the plague spots sonth OF Houston-st, de
serted hy the churches was strongly set forth.
The Rev DR.. II. l. wayland, Of PhlaGelPhia, then
spoke on the old charity and the new. lie said IN
part They differ in their motives; That of the old
was an unconscious selfshness. When man IL the
Middle Ages wanted to make his peace with God he
provided for uneudng supply of IagotS Tor the sup
preston of religious eccenriCites or for the dlSrhu
iOn of that worst poison uucarHcd food. OF & ttwO
The fagots were much the less hurtful to humanity
The recent old charity seeks to relieve lis own
distress to remove the haunting memory OF some
squaid figure. The charity takes the address of
the squald wretch and in the morning sends an agent
10 investigate and relieve. reform or punish aS the case
may require 1he old charity put premium upon de
formed and diseased children; the new charity puts
the child in hospital and SENDS the mother To JAIL
The old charity followed by the vociierous bless
ings of those whose mouths were filled; the new: hy
the curses of those who are driven out of Tanperm m,
bat it Is content in the certainty of poerys
blessings. The new charity not only says don't 1t
also saws do II takes p the relation of employer
and employed and does not encourage the former III
cutting down the wages below living rates and then
distributing turkeys at Christmas. Ii sees that aims
giving creates mOe wants than II can supply. II YOU
annauuce that Loaf OF bread will be gwen away, ten
will leave their work to qualify for that loaf OF
bread
Dr. Howard Crosby told a number of interesting
Stories about begging frauds which he had seen eN
lostd He said in closing - The question comes what
Shall do dcscrmnate' ana this society answers
It, II runs counter To creed or sect Under lis
guidance our charity will be cultivated, not silned.
Let then heartily sustain IL Let them not 1eel the
lrany lacks from when they suffer. Let ne assist
them until they make their work co-extensWe WIN
island
The last speaker was Chaunc1v VI. Depew, wi o said
among other things " | surprised to learn II ON
Dr. CrOsbys stories that am not the only man 10
whom those people come. | Onc' gave a man pass
bnt al ways alter that they wanted to pace on
n railroad which my passes weren't good | aHl
never il a meeting like this that am not filed with
admiration OF great city. Not because II has
C,hedras and art gslleric- or any OF those things
that we 90 thousands OF miles TO not bee iuse II Is
the of all the interests snd Industries OF tins
broad land out because of the solution OF knotty
dangerous elements Of all the nations IN the world are
dumped tere Tor us to take care of. The men Sho
have been tramuled upon by Governments and ndl-
vidnals the men who owe grudge against humanity
to and they at once incorporated into our
Government. There Il enough human dynamite III
this metropolis to OvertuTn any Government III Europe
If the forces of disorder organized in this city
our police force aud citizen soldier, would be swept
frorn the face Of the earth. And vet live on this
volcano and live peacefully The only thing that
agencies developing manhood and womanhood
and awakening hope In every breast Labor
orpa lizes unions but they armv
without supplies hospitals II is heIe that
New-YOrk charity steps in with TIOOO,OOO year
some of it wasted it is true-ard supplies the need,
sees to it that the right motive is not deceived
aid the right rei-V ed. 1t inspires the wish to
work that divides the pauper from the man. There is
none OF her more deserving our support"