The morning call., 1893-12-30
THE UNEMPLOYED.
The Hungry Men of San Francisco
T. %%;:.: Must Get Work j.. -: s: 80. 2

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!. The preliminary services st the Tesa Die
Emmanu-Ef last night were stmpl and
we'll rendered as usual on a Friday even.
ing. Rev. DF+ Neors anger had intended
10 leetuteon the binding ties between: the
Hebrew and the Christian faiths; bqs on
ascending thu platform. he stated. his In
:tention of: nostponing the lecture until
next aFriday highland Instead, he said,
would make a few remarks ION subject
which had been Occupying not only his
attention: but also the energies of the
entire community: " .* 2. Il: F LEX
s" The: subject when he Isferred; to, the
rabbi CONTINUED, was that :.of the uiiefn-
i:pleyed at presen in our city: He:calied
:attenl fon:to the fact that It. was. by no
means a.:new. Question. having .exis ted
since the beginning 0fthe :wotld&lhe cry
L*of the unified gafnst the fed, of anarchy
-agains T. possessions45i* :.
r.. He: diYfd ed the panpet element iItn.tw o
classes: :: Firstly, those wif6 had n offesfre
to Wofk. parasites: who. Hunger fter the
fes pots of Egypt. and yet. fk e the ues s.
ants of medieval Francs bad lost ali de-
sire totattaifl any positions 1p life and WIle
h ad. lost: naturalization. of the dignity :of
|: la Dor Drastic measures Would doubtless
he the best for such people. but the enlf2ht-
enment of QUIZ century demands that pity
be meted them. i; The second class. con :
slsts % w orthy citizens, men and women
who: have Formerly QegdpEed some little:
place in fhe world, and who, through conn
mercial depressious. have bee n thrown OUT:
of employ ment and forced upon the hand S:
of the comm unity. = :: -. - =
= The question crops up. What: are we to.
do with them ?'' Religion delnands that
something shall be done for them. :.
The community of san Francisco, is to be:
nn Tod e.. 70 XIII
with 5000 unemployed men in otrr M fdst,:
| homeless and starving we stfA enjoy
peace and freedom from blo6dshed.. II he.
bread W ant. was the cause of bread Tiotsin
Europe. Hunger is the great cause of art-
archy: Wien a nfan; is hungry he is liable
| to steal, murder or:comtnit any! crime: I'VE
could perhaps trace any a first crime to-
fit of hunger. This would all prove that
to the hungry charity must beglye1i.' But
we often And that men and women Will
sooner starve than ask for bread from
their more fortunate brethren. The only
way to overcome the trouble, the IA bbi
said. was to offer employiG ent with charity,
and thus make it non-degrading+ -. :
The rights OF the willing pour Goods
cbildren"-are that.the weIl-to>do. citizens
furnish them with work. Egypt. Rome,
Greece. all those countries kepttheir poor.
constantly employed. clothing and feeding
them and saving them from feeling burdens
some to the community : :: r. = -. ::
The solution to the W hole question. thent
appears to be public works. whereby the
poor can gain their bread and yet not lose
the dignity of manhood.
In conclusion. the rabbi remarked that
his Jewish: brethren had responded noblv
to the demands made npnn them, and only
hoped that the community of San Francisco
would look the matter In the face, and so
settle the question that the whole. world
might bear; witness TO the integrity aud
Justice of its citizens -: ::