The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-15

Large Sums Expended IN Tai. stnte-A Die
curston OF the Subject.

cussion OF the Subject.
The first OF ak sessions Of q Conference or
the Care OF Dependent and Delinquent Chill
dren in the State OF New York was held yea
terday afternoon in the Assembly Hall OF the
United Charities building. Prot c. +. Chand-
Ter. as Chairman, delivered the opening adj
dress. He said:
On Oct. !. 1892. there were In the State OF
New York 2a.571 dependent and delinquent
children In 143 Institutions The total ex-
pendture for them during the year endin c
with that date was $3.50, 432. q trine less
than one-fourth OF the total expenditure for
charitable. correctional. and reformntory pur-
poses by private corporations. municipalities.
counties. and the State together. 1t is thirty
times the net expenses OF maintaining the
prisons OF the State.
I'm New York city we find about 1900
children supported By the public. or nearly
ono to every hundred Of the population. For
the support OF those children the city paid last
year $l,S00,Oo0. This Ia about one half as
much as Is expended by the Board Of Educa-
tion. The expenditure for dependent children
is four times the expenditure for tho public
health. nearly twice the expenditure for pub
lie parks, tits slightly less than the EXPENSE OF
cleaning the streets or protection against fire.
and is one-third OF the expense OF the Police
Department In the care Of such children few
people realize the magnitude OF the interests
represented"
paper on the supervision OF children placed
out In families In this State was read by Sec
rotary Homer Folks Of tho State Charities Aid
It ia probable" he said. that large ma
iority Of the children so placed are unkindiy
treated. anu our aim Ia to insure their proper
ment upon which the child was placed has
been carried out Would the directors Of a
6an he with that the most
department be considered satisfactory If aim
ply majority OF the letters dropped in letter
community rest contented in the belief that a
majority OF its citizens were not unjustly
thrown into prison. Thus stated the question
Miss Shufeldt Treasurer OF the Kingston In
dustrial H9me then cited several child ,nnec-
Miss C. II. Spence, member Of tho State
spoke. and said In answer to Miss Shufeldt:
WY ~, lie Is child's only weapon. i only
e ess te truth when when fear for the
three kinds Of lies black white. and gray lies
Black lies are against ones neighbor. gray to
benefit q neighbor. 1 cured one little girl OF
fHlsehsood by taking her in my arms and crying
Parers were read by Miss ARIA Huntington
Of Syracusean G. J. Den Arrest. Superintendent
OF the New York Orphan Asylum.
last night at 9 o'clock with a paper on DE
pendent Children in New York County" read
by Mrs. Charles Russell Lowell Mrs. Lowell
advocated the appointment by the Mayor of n
Com missioner OF Charities. whose sole duty it
would be to inspect the various asylums where
children are cared for Alfred T. White made
a short address endorsing the plan. He also
tions put in bills fog the care OF children and
Der. as the county was by law exempt from
making such detailed reports. Myer Stern.
Secretary OF the Hebrew Benevolent and Or
phan Asylum Society. approved Mrs. Iowelrs
suggestion. ana said that the Commissioner
should be woman. as women are more dill
gent than men and less susceptibe to politi-
cal Influence.
El6ridge r. Gerry spoke on the commitment
Of dependent children In this county. He said:
The children are better cared for In private
IL sttutions than in public ones. where men
discharge their duties for a salary. For in
stance when one OF the Supervisors OF a
county was asked to explain his charging the
county with seventy-fve paupers when only
fifteen could be found. he raised a window aud
pointed to distant cemetery as witness of
his ability to discharge the duties OF his Office
lions is that they are as q rule in charge Of men
whose fortunes are such as to preclude their
political jobs. aud who. on leaving
Wall street give their time to the charities in
which they are deeply interested"
The exhibits OF the actual work done in the
chronological branches OF institutions ELECTED
much interest. Products, OF blacksmithinE. |
printing. and wood carving. aud numerous
,ther trades are arranged in the basement
looms. The Conference will adjourn NOR
-ow afternoon.