St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-12

From the forthcoming report of the
board Of corrections and charities, pre-
pared by Secretary II. II. Hart and soon to
be putt to press. the following condensed
summary OF the result of the eighth semi
annual state pauper census, taken in
December. 1898. will be found of public
interest. As was to be expected, the
number Of persons receiving public re-
lief was greatly increased over the num-
Der in December. 1899. The total mum.
Der Of persons receiving public relief In
December, 1893. was 1889. as against
6,421 In December, 1892 and 7,450 in
December, 1890; an increase of 81 per
per ceOt over 1892. bnt an increase Ut
only 63 per cent over 1890.
The number of paupers in seventy.
seven counties. notincluding Hennepin.
Ramsey and st. Louis counties, was
4.9O5. as against 1865 In 1892, and 1881
in 1890; an increase Of IS per cent over
1892, but only 30 per cent over 1890.
The number OF paupers III the three
counties of Hennepin. Ramsey and ST.
Louis was 1907, as against 2,7e6 in 1892,
an increase OF 157 per cent. but an in
crease of only los per cent over the
number reported in 1890. The board OF
control of the city of st. Paul in making
its report for this census, calls attention
to the fact that very large proportion
Of those reported do not belong to the
palper class. They never received aid
before and probably never will again,
but have been driven to accept public
aid by the impossibility of obtaining
work at their usual employments. The
same thing is undoubtedly true in
other counties of the state also. Thir-
teen counties show no increase over the
number of paupers in 1892; Aitkin.
Clay, Cook, Crow Wing. Faribanlt. Fill
more, Freedom, Meeker. Norman, Ohm
sted. Sherburne. Sjbley and Watonwan.
Eight counties show an increase OF less
than 10 per cent: Becker, Brown, Da-
kota. Pope. Rice, Scott and Waseca.
Nine show an increase OF 10 to 25 per
cent; Anoka, Benton. Chisago, Dodge,
LIE Sueur, Stevens, Wabasha, Wadena
and Washington, making total of 80
counties out of so in which the number
of paupers increased less than Is per
cent over that of December, 1892.
1t is interesting to observe that this
list of thirty counties includes com.
pact group of twelve counties in the
eastern and southern part of the state
which seem to have been very little af-
fected by the hard times. namely:
Washington, Dakota, G0Odhue, Waba-
sha. Dodge. Freeborn, Faribault. Wa.
SEGA, Steele. Olmsted. Sibley, LIE Sueur.
10 these might also BIZ added the ada
cent counties of Chisag0. Anoka. Meek
er, Sherburne and Wat0nwan. They
include all of the southeastern counties
of the state except Winona. Houston,
Fillmore and Mower counties, and they
are all counties In which diversified
farming prevails.
On. the other hand. thlrty-five coun-
ties show an Increase of more than so
per cent: Big Stone. Carleton, Cotton
wood. Grant. Houston, Hubbard, Itasca.
Jackson, Kanabec, Kandiyohi. KittsOn,
Lincoln, Lyon, Mcleod. Marshall, Mar
tin, Mile Laos. Morrison, Mower,
Mobiles. Otter fail. Pine, Pipestone,
Polk, Renville, Rock, Stearns. Swift,
Traverse, Wilkin. Wright, Yellow Med
icine. Hennepln, Ramsey aud st. Louis,
but OF these thirty-five counties. four
teen have a still lower ratio that the
average of the rural counties.
LIE hummer OF pauperS Ooar0eQ IN
poorhouses, hospitals and private fami-
lies i'll II counties, excluding Hennepin,
Ramsey and st. Louis counties, was 500,
as against 397 in December, 1891. an in
crease of 81 per cent. The number In
the three counties of Hennepin. Ramsey
and st. Louis was 619, as against 462 in
1892, an increase Of "a per cent The
number in the entire state was 1,121, as
against 859 In 1892, an increase of 80
per cent. The increase has been chiefly
in temporary "outdOor" relief.