The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-03-21
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TIE AH6E.I@d NCEOe<.Es
lem OF Dealins With the UneH.p .pioyed--
For several years ! rflorelneat has beeo
Progressing IN Germany 10 solve logically
che problem Of dealing with the uhein-
riofs5 pe6ideIlly Of aims lLtilly llri1,l
charities. Though Little has taet rfe-
ported OF the-sociefies having the work
innclaTge there have been yerF satisc-
tory results attained IA tie past thret
years, and the success Of The Arbeites1
loisnieS of Berlin. lie most iIupoItants
colony, has been Of a eharacter 70 recon-,
mend the plan TO a D large cities Of Enrope
and of fhe United States as we'll. How
to deal witt men ont OF work without
making them, a CHARGE aIbon The county
Is n question for moSt serious considera-
hon; vet It has never Seen snuately met.
nor studiously invest nd. a nsa oi,el
who viii take the lreuele alld look into.
the labor and ala istics Of > if &c
even N bqun nteoas eriea, tom,
siSsled at the large percentage Of persons.
capabls OF doing work who are, neSei-
theless, oty5afs of comnloni csllIfI %
are ON The dependent rolls Of the count1
The condition Is rtionatels sssssse
in MANY Euro san countrils, but Ger
many ist the otib COUNTRY m winch has
been undertaken b practical plan.o deiil
ing with the die eiasses that arc. wiling
to work but are unable TO dnd employ
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The colonies referred to. Of which 'thet
of Berlin IS tlas-fittest example, were or
Eanizeds ITO employ industrious andlrn
employed men Of all professions and
classes, SO far as they are really capeble
until IL is possible TO procure them re-
rnuncratfye work elsewhere and to help
them TO quit the life of itinerants. ana
also remove the excuse of Lazy yaEa
bonds that they have no work. The
Berlin colony was founded in 1S83s Is
has q plot of land several acres IN c-s-
: tent on which fruits, flowers and vege-
tables are cultivated. and seyeral shops,
besides lodging and eating apartments.
where various trades and general work
may be engaged Ia. An. Investment 6f
lsmore than $4,000 marks is represented.
j Besides the garden and fruit culture the
occupations dTe straw pfiiting. car PEN
tering, shocmaking and copying, and. al
kinds and conditions of -workmen arc
! lrepresentcd, including tladesnncn. clerks
and writers, apothecaries engineers.
teachers. servants, etc. There are three
systems of employing colonists@-Tvorlr ON
fthe premises on behalf OF the institution,
work on the premises for outside parties,
who furnish their own tools and raw ma
teTial, and S7or.1 on the outside sttnder
special agreement.
The cost OF Keep is six sfnllings half
penny day, hut all earned in excess OF
this goes 10 flier crellit-of tho workman
WHO receives his surplus; earnings on
! quitting the institution. Some, of course.
do not earn their keep, and tho colony is
not reimbursed Tor excess of expenditure
onstheir behalf. The proportion of these
: is not large, The two objects of the
colony, to do away with bcegiiig and
1 Underestimate aims giving, md to give
! the honest Unemployed chance to work
! till better employment can be secured FOR
them, ara tloubIy encouraged by the
: public. That is to say. the householder
1 gives to tho -beggar al his door q ticket
emitting him to admission to the colony.
where work may be had, and general
! employers give preference to the apPtfca-
4 tions of tie colony. So well llaa the plan
] worked that, despite its comparative
Dewuess in the reforTnatory field, the
/ Berlin colony has received 5a5 eoIonists,
i all of whom N.fre relieved from messing
+ want and most of whom vere helped to
settled employment ut their own tfTtdes
Small as these figures aranin Them
selves, they are large when taken into
accolrnt lSith the fact thats tllereais lbss
mendicancy IN Berlin than in any other
great city of the world. Indeed, Ger
many is excertionaIIy free from begRArs.
Moreover, the colonies are only for those
who can and viii work, but 5 are unabls
to find employment We hardly need
tanralizeI on the good results p6ssii5le 10
be accomplished by an institution that
STEPS in between unemployed wofimen,
and Itess:lry o.. Starvation, OF tle crimes
OF zdesperations Nor need Il be uEged
that there are few better ways for tn
utility of practical philanthropy The
moral influences OF such movement nro-
incalctilable, and the mat eriaf good to bt,
accnnnplisiSedp not iIiconsidefahlef An in
1 stitution of the7 kind could quickly be
made self Supporting; OF II it were not
the indiscFfminate charities now 80 lib
lerally dispensed cNlld be turned Hiseiy
to It's maintenance. - Chicago Inter
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