Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-11-09
CRUELTY TO csIlOsss
What Becomes Of the uos,...
OF thu ha-x 10 Ia.

"' "''omes Of the Unssrt....
81 shs sletropoiis ~
For some time the h,.;,-
farming has been increas;ns q hA.
until az the present nome M Y !. w eig
from the most squalid Fast ~. ! sstssI
to the magnificent and ln,rss s oesdis
sions on the ultra fashinrsh,O ni>s
In this city every year - Any agepsi
about 800 unfortunate insss asenn {
up in ash barrels, in hall w Y ~ pssH
streets, and frequently n u
These are nearly all the chiiarss ne
and indiscreet young womar ~ nj
evil hour gave heed to the yo;c sno
tempter. 'oNe q is
Many Of these children Ana !.
into regular institutions which s s..s'i NJ; VI
porated for business Of that a' ~ NOV
such as the Founding asv,,,'s cFpda
number of religious concerns s aud
vision u made for the little wv; W. ~ n
oy FAR the great majority al ~, =. WI
cat" to women who for a cor.;l la'ae4
care for the children or helm i ~ "
miserable lives, as the erire = ena lilf
case or the pecuniary interest |p y Y
may require. 'uso'sei
The mother in most cases !. s
from the humber walks in ia u!asA
afford to pay but a small nm ~ Y esa
maintenance of her child. shs ~. - 'ls
lngiy seeks out one os the baby f,,r'O
who thrive in every part Of ths t AMEN
districts Of the city, and tbera s 81
fox the reception and care ~ t.. .' ,:le
one. A fixed sum per week i y, d.a a,|s
upon, ranging according to location s't s's
81 to IS, and the TRANSACTION MI / ' %
GUIDED. Perhaps the unfortunste Z .', ~ 4
is sometimes lucky enough to bsss s's'
partner in her guilt one who win 49, !. Y
weekly stipend. He furnishes III NV. Y
for three or five Or ten weeks h., s,'s
each succeeding payment he grove ,;, "
Of the job, and finally he drous "A g, j.,
gether. ''o
The baby farmer gets impatient 4.
Nratens the mother of tile child ~
Perhaps succeeds in having her mai. Il.
some personal sacrifice to helm a. n
maintenance, but the struggle prove. y :
much and the next chapter in the sto -
is the announcement to the e,rr s
mother some day that the baby il dssS
OF course, if the child has died wbIa !
during some of the thousand ls H.,
babyhood is heir to permit fm I,
burial is easily procurable, and hat /;
the last of the drama. But in nearly Il
cas-si it is very hard for even a AIM
| physician to properly account for the il
e. ones departure from this unfriend,
world, and no moro is heard Of the cass
| But there are other baby farms. man,
of them in the gi!ded neighborhood WHEN
Ward McAllister's 400" society or,
ments fiutter, and there the procedure
charges and arrangements differ, but i
the long run the result is invariabIv ii
same. The prices charged for tile receptio
Of infants in some Of these places run 4,
high as $40 week, but in the naiuit
of cases the bargain is made BY tile Dc,
ment of lump sum which will cov
tie cost of keeping the baby until It
old enough to he received in an orpha
asylum or disposed of in some other wa
Generally the children of such people a
offered for adoption and in this Wy
nearly 40 per cent. of the baby far
children of the better class are dspos
of, because the mothers do not wish
have them sent to asylums, where thu
"blue blood may be furnished by col
Ringing with waits of the common hei
As the matter is at present conduct
in this city all applications from perso
ito keep and maintain infants" are tul
ed over to the Society for the Prevent
of Cruelty to Children by the board
health. The society INVESTIGATES
moral surroundings of the applicant, Q
the board of health looks after the 50
tary arrangements. When everything
) found all right permit is issued.
3 establishment at that point is lost 81
3 of, and the board of health or the G
t dren's society may know no more ah
the place or the number OF babies |
e there or the way they are treated than
: emperor of Morocco. Safety for the J
of these unfortunate waits can only
8 relied upon in the regular insttuii'
S where the utmost care that tendernur
8 aided by the most approved scientific
n planes, can give, is administered
h The utmost efforts Of the police aul'
d ties or the Children's society to prey
t abuses in the system thus far have "a
}, because of the numerous obstacles thl'
J. in the way of reform. The vliali
g women who, for consideration, SOU
:, the young lives out of so many
!, waits year by year. adopt many
h clever ruses to escape detection IN
e foul work, and they generally Succ
+ These people give such an unenvI
reputation to places constructed anu
on a purely legitimate basis that tns
fortunate mothers are more irequt
- tempted to throw their helpless oiiSl
y into the depths of the North OF !.
!, rivers than consign them to iate u
;, worse than death itself. New