St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-04
AIMS MAKE PAUPERS
That Is the Principle Upon
Which Associated ChaPi-
ties Operate.
The Cooperative Work in
Which Over a Score
of Bodies
Work to Systematically Re-
lieve Want By Re moving
the Cause.
Some Interesting Matters
Presented at the Confer
ence Yesterday.

The regular Semi-annual meeting or
he associated charities was held yester-
day afternoon in Creten hall, President
Z. w. Peet presiding. Judge Willis,
secretary OF the executive board, made
his report, in which he said, among
other things:
The inception of our society was due
to the presentation by Rev. S. q. Smith.
at the annual meeting of the st. Paul
Society for tine Relief of the Poor. held
on the 18th day of January, n. ID. 1872
of motion. which was adopted by the
persons then present, That Gen. Z. Z.
Andrews and ii. Ii. Hart should be APP
pointed-a committee to convene con-
ference OF the official representatives OF
all the charities of the city, with power
to name time and place and to suggest
an order OF business for such meeting"
In accordance with the direction thus
given, the committee called meeting
of the representatives of the various
charitable organizations of the city to
be held on the 18th day of February, a.
ID. 1892. The meeting was held pur-
suant to that call. The place of meet
ing was the hall of assembly in the
Chamber of Commerce building. Rev.
5. q. Smith presided. A general inter
change OF opinion was had, and an adj
iournment for period of two weeks
WaS taken.
At the adjourned meeting two weeks
later it was resolved that the OBJECT OF
the association shall be:
/. To promote the cooperation of the
several public and private charitable
agencies of st. Paul.
2. To establish central registration
office. with a record Of the charitable
work of all said agencies, for their use
and benefit.
3. To- cooperate with these charit-
able agencies in such investigations as
they may desire or may be necessary to
make the socieIy'S records complete
and accurate.
1. To inform the public with regard
to the general work of the charitable
organizations of the city.
;. To exchange information with
other like organizations throughout the
country.
&. The associated charities shall not
| interfere with the management OF any
| existing charitable organization, and
shall not directly administer any relief.
In our opinion, these objects have
| been fairly well pursued and Satlsfact-
| Orily attained. Not until the aSSOcia-
ton has been in existence long enough
! to place it i'm full working order can its
utility be fully demonstrated.
At this meeting the following officers
were elected: Z. W. Peet. president;
Rev p. X. Hebron, ID. d., vice presi-
| dent; A. G. Anderson, treasurer; Hon.
! John w. Willis, recording secretary;
| James f. Jackson, general secretary;
executive committee, Rev. ). II. Smith,
| ID. D.: Mrs. George B. Young, Mrs.
Pascal Smith, Dr.. A. B. Ancker and L.
| A. Abbott.
Members of the League.
In furtherance of the objects pro-
| posed. the cooperation of all the char
liable societies in the city has been
| invited, and for the most part the in
| vitatIon has been cordially accepted.
| The associated charities have become a
friendly and aggressive league, COM
posed OF the St. Paul Society for the
| Relief of the Poor, the Ramsey County
| Board OF Control of Public Charity; the
Particular Council of the Society of St.
| Vincent de Paul; Cathedral Conference,
Society of st. Vincent de Paul; St.
Vincent's Conference. Society of St.
Vincent de Paul; st. Agnes Confer
ence, Society of st. Vincent de Paul :;
ST. Matthew's Conference. Society of
ST. Vincent de Paul; st. Mary2S Confer
ence, Society of st. Vincent de Paul;
Hebrew Relief society; Hebrew Ladies'
Benevolent society, WOman'S Auxiliary
of the st. Paul Relief society, Home
for the FriendleSS, the Babies home.
the Protestant Orphan asylum.
the NewSbOys' Home association, the
Women's Christian Temperance union,
the Day Nursery, st. Luke's hospital,
the German Catholic Orphan Asylum,
the Women'S Christian Home, the Chill
dren's Aid society, the Kings Daugh-
tiers.
The entire revenue Of this organiZa-
ton has been derived, with the eXcep-
ton of a few small donations, from the
various societies mentioned. the greater
| portion coming from the board of con
troll and the St. Paul Society for the Re
lief of the Poor. Our relations with ali
of the constituent organizations have
been harmonious and agreeable.
Plan of Work.
The report of the executive secretary
was approved by the association
James f. Jackson. general secretary
made vOluminOuS repert, showing the
method of work. The secretary wa:
directed to proceed with the inyeStiga-
ton of the applicants for relief, and the
registration OF all the relief given i'll St
Paul from and after Jan. l. 1892. He
was first to give attention to investiga.
ton and then to registration, as rapidly
as possible. Only incidental attention
was to be given to carefully seeking GU
the best possible action in individual
cases. They believe that in the end tht
most good would be done by having /;
fair knowledge of many cases, rather
than complete knowledge Of
few. We have $500 card:
on our files. [ have VISITED
$40 different cases. We have also OF
our files the reports of 2. $50 other tami-
lies and individuals which were copied
or reported from the Society for thu
Relief of the Poor, the board Of control
the soldiers relief fund, the st. Ae mes
Assumption and st. Mary's Conference:
| of the Society of st. Vincent de Paul
the Kings Daughters Aid society, thu
| Protestant orphan asylum, the HOME
for the Friendless, the Ladies and Gen
tlemen's Benevolent society, thu
Children's Home society, togethe
with a few reports from various
|
system or registration is consideret
the best, by most societies like our own
and the registration cards used in ST
Paul are OF the best form as regard
both size and matter. The fact that tn
board of control and the relief societ.
have adopted substantially the sam
form as this agency is valuable aid t
all concerned. Our Office methods hav
mad the informal approval of Ii. II
Hart, the secretary of the state board G
corrections and charities.
We are in sore need of, aud hope 500
to prepare, a street index of all peopl
properly coming within the scope of on
investigation: a sort of
4 Dark s'ISlue Books
showing Just where each one live
Among other things. this index will a
sist in reducing the comparatively sra
number of those who fraudulently us
two names. In addition to the pr,
gramme for the summer, outlined aboy
the Office should increase its informs
ton regarding many of the people,