The morning call., 1893-10-17

men who have immIgrated tn the coast in
quest OF employment, aud consequently
allow US more time 10 attend 10 tho vast
aggregate Of destitute widows and families
who have been left without any visible
means of support"
In reply to question regarding the
possibility of imposiOrs securing assist
| ance from each of the benevolent societies
Mr.. Beechng replied:
81 have been told that such has been the
case with many of the present army Of un-
employed in this city; but if the proper
action be taken to avoid such double work
there need be no fear OF its repetition.
When an application is made to me for aid
at once communicate the case to the As
sociated Charities. which in turn makes a
thorough investigation OF the facts pre-
sented in order to ascertain the credlbility
of the applicant and to what extent aims
should be given. When the blank is re-
turned to us place it on file and act ac-
cordingly. So you see it is hardly probable
that any dupery can exist if such measures
he practiced by the other societies doing a
similar work to ours.
"Of course it would be difficult to keep
track of the large number of men on the
sandlot who come and go at will. For this
reason l believe the cooperative plan will
prove beneficial as we will be able to con-
fine our attention more exclusively to FAM
lilies, and refer all other needy and de-
serving applicants to Major Keppel at the
sandlot, at the same time contributing our
share in support Of the same"
G. ROmer, general agent of the German
Benevolent Society, Is of the opinion that
the trustees of that institution will scarcely
join hands under the cooperative system
as he then understood it.
\ on See," said Mr. Romer, when In
terrogated by CALL reporter yesterday.
"the Germans of San Francisco have or
ganzed a complete charitable system, so
that Eo applicant. whether German,
French, Italian or any other nationality.
who has been found worthy Of assistance
is turned away uncared for. This society
conducts the German Hospital on Noe
street, where all deserving cases of physi-
cal disability are cared for. We secure
employment for as many as desire il in
various manners and feed the hungry as
best we can
I'VE are entirely independent of all
other institutions doing a similar work
Our cases are investigated without the
assistance of the Associated Charities, and
we have special arrangements with such
societies to turn over all German appli-
cants. and so prevent impostors from this
source securing double assis tance."
Here Mr.. Romer produced a report Of
the work done by that society during the
fiscal year ended on June /, 1893 from
which it was seen that during the twelve
months SLAB 65 was expended in assisting
dependent men, while the amount ex-
pended on the female sex was S1625 so.
Destitute families received in cash and
supplies S5239 35. while twenty-five cases
were received gratuitously at the hospital.
1--WE give to the Associated Charities for
cases such as those of the unemployed" 4"
said Leo Eloesser. secretary Of the Eureka
Benevolent Society.
STILL" he continued, thoughtfully, II
am of the opinion that our society will un-
doubtedly assist Captain McFee and the
Salvation Army as far as finding food and
shelter for the poor are concerned. In re-
liglous matters of course we cannot take
any part, being a Hebrew society. As
soon as convenient | do not doubt that
something will be done financially. | am