The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-23
DEEDS OF CHARITY.
Basis Upon Which the Associ-
ated Bureau Is Run.
AIMS TO REPREss MENplcANcY.
Center OF INSTRUMENTATION Between
various Charitable Agencies-All
Cases Investigated.

Att nesting Of the Bureau Of Associated
Charities held yesterday afternoon there were
present Jacob Furth, Thomas W. Prosch, Jerome
Catlin, Joseph Shipper, Rev. S. A. Bright, Rev.
u. I. Garrett, Mrs. G. II. Heilbron. Mrs +. w.
Hankey and Superintendent T. r. Fleming.
Inc board of directors presented the following
communication, addressed to the citizens of
seattle interested in public and private chari-
ties, In which the aims of the bureau are set
forth:
The Bureau of Associated Charities OF Seattle
Is organized on the following basis, with an
once opened February 10, 1892 in room 3l3 Seat
Tie National bank building.
II has nothing to do with any questions Of re-
hgious belief, politics or nationality.
IL Is q center OF intercommunication between
the various churches and charitable agencies in
the city; TO foster harmonious cooperation be-
tween them, and to check the evils of the over
tapping of relief.
1t investigates thoroughly and without charge
the cases OF all applicants for relief which are
referred to the society for inquiry, and to pro-
vide friendly visitors who shall personally at
tend cases needing counsel, advice or personal
aid or announcement.
1t aims TO obtain from the proper charities
and charitable individuals suitable and ade-
quate relief Tor deserving cases, and to procure
work for poor persons who are in need and who
are capable OF being wholly or partly self-sup-
porting.
means and by the public exposure and prosecu-
ton OF impostors.
1t aims to promote the general welfare OF the
poor and improvident by social and sanitary re-
forms and by the incubation of habits OF provi-
oence and self-dependence.
1t aims to cooperate with all similar societies
and the constituted authorities of city, county
and state IN all proper efforts to discover, sup
press and punish vagrancy and vagabondage
Its members shall be the chairman OF the
commissioners of King county, the mayor aud
the CHIEF OF police of Seattle; life members
paying $780, and annual members paying IS
yearly.
The bureau has been in active operation long
enough to be assured that charity organization
needs no argument to prove its usefulness in
Seattle 1t finds that 1t is not solely in the actual
relief given that good is accomplished, but the
education of the people in right charitable
methods is to be considered paramount Inds-
criminate charity is the chief cause Of profess
sioral merdicancy.
The city has many cases so fostered which can
be suppressed only by the cooperation ALL 1t is
therefore desirable to have the membership as
large and general as possible
Thomas W. Prosch, Jerome Catlin and W. V.
Rinehart were appointed committee to confer
with the county commissioners respecting CO.
operation in charity work.
The committee on districting tho city re-
ported that they had met similarly appointed
committee from the Ministerial Association,
and named Wednesday afternoon as the time at
which the work should be done.
Mayor Ronald, Thomas w. Prosch and ". V.
Rinehart were appointed an emergency COM
mittee