Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1893-10-24

That leaves III per cent. which is
perhaps accounted fos by the mutual
effects Of the contributory causes, old
age and pauper associations combined
with sickness, drink and heredity.
Relying upon those figures as accurate
or as even reasonably accurate, for no
such statistics can he accurate, what can
we dor
OF course VIC do not mean to argue
that we must do nothing since we can
not arrest old age, prevent sickness or
do more than restrain drink.
We must do something.
We can certainly regulate the pauper
associations. That will, at least, take
away one per cent. and greatly decrease
II per cent of poverty.
Then, as for old age and sickness the
two principal, original and separate
causes Of poverty. the state ought to
and does provide in a great measure for
them.
The question comes, then is there
anything to be DONE can anything be
safely done, by private socetiesg
There are those who, because of the
exigencies Of business may be tempo
rarily embarrassed; there are those who
come from the country to city, under the
vain hope of lettering their condition
without working or if with work with
out industry and economy. OF this
class, which Is probably the class requir-
ing the greatest delicacy and the great
est intelligence, those with whom this
city will have to deal James Mavor, of
the University Of Toronto, says:
IL all these hundreds Of thousands Of
voorhees, men were transported to
another planet, or to some neglected spot
upon this one, and il their labors were
organized spontaneously or otherwise
they might work for each other, and get
on quite merrily; but we may do more
harm than good by attempting TO force
the unemployed back into the Industrial
system. If we get them to make. things
for us which we do not want, we simply
waste our money while IL we get them
TO make things for us that we do want,
we simply transfer our demand from one
set of workmen, whom we are Just now
employing, to those newcomers who
I want employment. We do not make any
fresh demand for labor, we simply trans.
fer our demand from one group "a
another and in so far as we do so, We
tend to impoverish one set of men
while we enrich another set Ii we were
sure that we were distributing our de-
mand more uniformly ana with greater
benefit TO society than before, there
might be something TO be said for ouI
action; but osn we be sure that we are
+ doing so?
There is certainly this TO be done. Mr.
Taylor says he has list Of those who
need now, or will likely need hereafter
public assistance. There might be q
meeting Of the officials Of the different
: societies, the City Councils committee
y the chief Of police and others, where
, 10y concerted action, plan could be de
yised for raising Soma money for Inn
mediate use, more for future use. anI
for sscertalninR how and where it shout,
be expended 40 as 20 relieve aud no
= promote poverty. and encourage fraud.
n That or something akin TO that
e should be done Immediately. We oueh
?, not to allow it to be said that there ar
y zoo paupers in this city. If they are no
I sick OF old they ought to be assisted Z
i earn living. They. or their offspring
may DO great damage to this fair city
Re An idle man soon becomes a starvin
At man, a dangerous man. OF dead man.
b..
= Another Big Steamship Entered.
"a The British steamship Kasbez, q
4 / Moon. which has tonnage Of 2000 ton