The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-09-14

Re The New York Times SAYS q philanthro
,rst DESIRING; "a gain some detailed ana
I sr.e-,tlc knowledge on the subject Of tbs
unsmplovei in New York City recently
/ urcnarrSd the following questions and
! submitted them 10 several persons sup
| po-.,i To b. qualified to give approximate
! | answers:
: l. !. there in New York city at any given
time - class Of ahlcbcatcd. Intelligent, indus
tr.ctus men unable sn obtain WORK.
. "a II -. ar, the members Of such class
skiilc,i or anshsilcdl .hl Can they sicak Eng
llshl ,cl iIow bong. on an RveFaee. have they
/ hsen ia this country
/ 4 Can you give Ra approximate answer as 10
tho average time an ableiodiei, intelligent, In
dusiriuas man. speaking English. would ~
! main out OF work In New York;
J l. In general. TO what do you ascrth-c tho tn
J ability 10 md work IL the men who apply TO
your society for rclicn
4 set Of these questions was sent TO
/ The Times, and n reporter was assigned
To the task Of interviewing certain prom
! inent citizens identified with the city's
organized charities The first man seen
by the reporter was James \. Scrymscr,
one Of the vice presidents of the New
York Association For Improving the
j L
of this official of the society with
clothesline name was rather in the
nature of 'backcap" upon the concern
Of which he is one of The heads. He
| said. There Is too much charity in
| New York. and the more / study the
subject the surer / am of what say"
Mr.. ScryInser's explanation of his re-
mark was that. owing TO the fact that
New York & fame has gone out far and
wide as a place where no man Will be
allowed to starve," the tramps and others
who are unemployed flock into the city
from the adjoining country within a
radius of 200 miles. Notwithstanding
the fame referred to, Mr.. Scrymser
admits that sometimes poor woman
with baby is found in the streets
actually starving TO death" OF these
thousands of unemployed who flock to
New York he says:
They como hero and crowd everybody else |
little closer and make living a little harder all |
around, and they lower the wages of men whose
wages are bow enough already hey are in |
truders and aliens ia New York and they de- |
serve much less sympathy than thoughtless |
and soft hearted persons are apt TO bestow
upon them
There is probably "too much charity
in New York. of the Scrymser kind. for
he thinks the poor wretches whose fear
OF starvation drives them to the shelter
OF New DIRK s''fame" receive more SYM
pathy than they should have. Thew
ought to stay where there is less "fame"
and more starvation. In conclusion the
vice president of the n. Y. A.IC.P
said:
A.
AS To the last question on the list the reason
why men are unable to find work here should
answer, first, incompetency: second. laziness.
thlrd, lntemperance, and last and least. old
age and sickness.
For the present let that pass while we
consider the utterances of another gen.
tleman interviewed by the reporter. .
rancls 5. Longworth, general agent of
the long named society mentioned above
said:
10 the first question, as TO the existenco IN
New ork at any given time OF a class of abIs-
oodied, Intelligent, industrious men unable IN
obtain work, l would say yes
TO the second question would saw that a
rule, they are unskilled that the ma ioritvo.
iot speak English, and that they have been in
he country about three months on an averaga
Nearly all of these foreigners of different M
ioiiaii'ies are unskilled, except the Germans
'hd some OK the Scandinavians.. There ora =
ONE English mill operatives who come 49,
ne, nd soon drlft away to Lowell, Lawrence. Fall
'iser Or Paterson, to the centers of the wnolen |
no, COTTON manufacture. The majority Of The
Niiieu iaoorers who come here are Germans
no are carpenters, plumbers iron WORKER. Y
'ood carvers and good artisans In go,anai
AS TO the third question, touching The ava
80 'inie an aDlebodied, intelligent fndustri
US man speaking English would be ont n,
ork IN New York, should say abont on
lonth, but if skilled he wouId ofto, b hoou. one -
Drt TO unskined labor first. Tbi. 7 $500 V
an speaking English, which is a very imnor
mt factor In the result Ni'"i-
ara fnr - IN Tue main reasons why men who apply
ere Tor help cannot obtain work y,onIa II1y .
ny thus: First, old age and sickness. aaa~s
Aihess; third, incompetency, and. foprth e.
importance. ' iour In' IA
'usC now Mr.. LOngworth makes b;s
iower 10 the hrst question fit in with
nat ne says In the final paragraph ia /
~ GEAR unless he means that all tho
'oieoouied, intelligent and industrious,
Ell are TOO old or too sick to work NJ
sagrees with the vice president Of bis
ciety by almost completely revers;nr
e order of his reasons" why men are
liable to find work. Evidently the sta
sues OF the society are open to differ
g interpretations. T.
Charles d. kellogg, general secretary
,.as 1 Charity organization society, was +
~ ~ give answers to the list of cues II
'hs ana referred the matter to Robert
Hepberd, superintendent of aoeots
'ne society, who spoke for himself and u
MIR. Kellogg. He said: Z
- 10 the hrst question, neither in INV oeeo,.,
h cla:s pefsona capacity do know of anv
- u e.aes as a class in New York at this t,,r. -
reason Tor saying and FEELING -, = Inc
lineage lair has been q great bIasa, L
poor people OF New York, for It has 6raisS 81!
;. pius Vi labor and made times hettor ~.
g. am quite prepared TO believe that &c. w M
nld erist b epa In business such class Butt
. aau EXIST mere, and large one. Rn, ss sT
o ,s1t neither meet men who claim IN bo1a
=, ueh a class nor do hear of them 'ohs
MS seems to be a great year for ron, Ia
% Ia expert testimony. Recent nm
'riais nave shown equally "reliabIa,
'eros taking directly opposite positions Sho
~ medical questions, and here nv fed
| 1he experts upon poverty and cbar, pIaj
each other. Mr. Hah ram
iurther disagrees with the oentio So,
4 OF the N. Y. A. I.C.P. in bis an OCH
I 70 Inc Last question In the nb;,on
: list. On this point he saws.
70 MAN reason why men cannot Ga q
whatever work orer because a1 they win not Com
: >. SA As 10 De got IL!
Na1r Tvs VI, mat the men who crawl wear
idious aho,,t avola starvation are can
y want the oooa employment. com
Anu are not willing to take cor, :
80, ~mcn, according to Mr.. Hen -
.Iuss Dc plentiful, until tbero a. -
.Iies tor them in the soft tb;nas ~
~ 10 70 become of the men who e.,
70 create the vacancies No "no seep
b.ro may be that they are the ones
Ia gone to Chicago. ~ Il