The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-12-04


Rev, Howard MaoQueary delivered a
most interesting sermon Ia 81, Paul'a hpis'
copal church last night, lilo took for hlh
subject Mn the hluma Of New York; lie
handled the subject Ia an able aud under
standing manner, which showed he was
we'll posted on the way thousands OF peo'
pie live, or rather exist, Ia the metropolis
OF the United States,
lie atarted out with the statement that
atheism was much wider spread than most
people supposed, aud prevailed among the
rich aa well as the poor, or course II has
the deepest hold on the poor aud unedu'
Gated, 40 they have not tho mind 10 reason
from the cradle 10 death their lives are a
struggle, and they come 10 the conclusion
II there IL God he ia the God Of tie rich
and not OF the poor,
lrecently visited the sluma OF New York
with u friend who was formerly u minis
tor, We went through Baxter and Null
berry slreeta, visiting Five Polnta and 9th.
or notorious resorts. Baxter street 10 lined
with clothing stores, man standing ~
each door ~ watch for customers, Jual an
we entered Baxter street three girls from
slxteen 10 nineteen years OF age, were
awaggering up and down, being embraced
by the different htOrekeepera. They we're
on the road 10 the lowest degradation
known 10 women, and were watched by
luhtful brutea,
la Mulberry street we saw old women
wrapped In ragged ahawla, middle aged
women with every ray OF intelligence
gone from their eyes, and one or two Wo'
men under the influence Of liquor There
we're half clothed and half starved chill
dren whom am told Ia summer went
on the street nude,
There were tenement houses with ten or
twelve persons living IN one room, la the
cellar was the rag picker In the mdht OF
his pile OF rags. lie was no dirty you could
not tell whether he was white or black,
AZ this season OF the year tho stencil IN
more endurable than In summer. Men,
women aud children die like dogs,
While IN Mott slreetyon almost fosgot
that you are In America, and Imagine you
are Visiting In Hong Kong on some oiher
Chinese city. There are pie tails old and
young, pig tails long and short, In all their
lrluuliy. hl one OF their JOha houses there
IN a god whose chief business IN 10 give
stcccaa " those who gamble Va the place.
We then visited the far famed Bowery,
which IN now a very decent place,
There Nv poverty, ignorance and alliier'
Ing rghtin Washington. ! heard veal
thy gentleman say lna public speech not
long ago, that iliteen persons resided la
one foom In Canton, What most Impress
ed me la Now York was not th0 poverty,
but the magnitude Of II, There ianot one
case as iu Canton but q thousand Of them,
There II not one tenement house but
niles and NILES Of them,
Coming outol New York ] houghta Trlb.
unc, and found a review OF a book on ton'
omont houses, 4 here are 10000 women
and plrla IN New York earning "a Lying.
They work about seventeen hours day
aud average sixty cents, Tho rents paid
by those living m tNuemont houses are
tic higheot In the city, some Of the own.
ora making forty per cent on tho money
invested,
The poverty h attributed 20 lmmlgra.
ton, This does not account FOR itHa Eng
land hua no immigration and iurnihhea
the most tuirlhlO CSauplua Of poverty
known, Some say II ~ attributed TO the
natural growth Of the population, The
United States is large enough and rich
enough TO support her N0uOO,uOO people.
They say ihu poor iu the city should go
to tue country and artllo on the land.
ThIa makes me tired, People talk nG II
tuo poor had but 10 step outside OF Canton
or Now York aud take possession oi "a nice
home, Ihp farmers in illH section are
burdrnod with murtpugrH aud have hard
work to keen broad he the house. Sup.
nose thc poor go 10 the country thCy can
got nothing to do. How can the pnupcra
of New York got west aud what would
they do without penny in thuir pockets,
The best l2nd han been given 20 railroad
corporations or sold 70 foreign oupltnl-
Sta for moro song, lt IA absurd 10 tall,
ol Immigration or gong 10 go farm0,
4 hO greatest curse of course 10 the saloon.
A -.
where, The poor will compare iayorhly
10 the ri l. for drunkenness ana chastity
and certainly are moro CNcuHablo
Can the poor be- removed Some say
they can by making land public property,
ibolishing the laws ahOliHhing private
ownership Of land, building better tOno-
mcnt houses, preaching the gospel.
iskcd ono preacher how hO worked among
.ho poor aud he said, "l Try to get thom 70
como TO the blessed saoramont.n Of
,0urso this would be "a grand ihinga and no
one would r jolcc more than /. These
people want to gospel ofmoat and bread, |
One OF the most remarkable schemes 10 |
'cmCdy the trouble 10 that OF Gen, Booth |
u the salvation army, He has issucd a |
iook setting forth what ho proposes 10 do. |
The bCatuy OF II 10 that IL seems 20 bo |
Il has three essential features. |
lolonios are TO ho established. Ono IN |
he alume OF London, one on the farms IN |
he provinces aud one In the British pos
SESSIONS beyond the seas.
Aarbora are 10 bo established in London |
% gather up the poor creatures. Tempo |
'ary employment and means OF support |
viii be furnished them. Some will bo |
lcnt 20 permanent homes and others 10 |
he farms, Thousands will bo sent over
he seas.
There arc several commendablc feat
Tres In the scheme. The noeds OF those
n the city are 10 bo supplied by food and
,lothlng collected regularly among the
'lch Tho city will be divided into dis-
riots, and the waste from the different
lamllioa will feed and clotne thousands.
An enormous amount Of Btuif could DO
gathered this way.
Second, Gen. Booth secs the necessity
u developing character by industrial,
moral and religious training.
Third, he propoacs TO provide the poor
with homes on the millions OF acres Of
waste land.
He only asks for g5,OOO,O0b, which ia less
than the cost OF one first class war ship.
WIN England do itP Lot us hopo. There
arc objections TO tho scheme OF course.