Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-05-24

than the animals go. This is due to the de
pravation of nature, to crowded conditions
to absence of decences and cleanliness. 1t is
an animal reversion, which can be paralleled
in lower animals The physical depravity
is followed by physical weakness. Out of
this comes the frequent deaths, the still
born children, and the general incapacity
to endure hard work or bad climate. They
cannot work hard, and break down early.
They then appear in the county asylum, the
city hospital and the township trustees
office
Third, note the force of heredity Each
child tends to the same life reverts when
taken out.
THE FACTOR OF PUBLIC RELIEF
"And lastly note the influence of the
great factor, public relief Since 1870 re
lief has been given to them. At that time
we find that old f. Higgins applied to
have his wife Barhenia sent to the poor
house. A premium was then paid for idle
ness and wandering, The amount then paid
by the township for public relief varies
rising high as 800, 600 in 1876, sinking in
1878 to $1,000, and ranging with different
trustees from $1,000 to $22 900 per year. Of
this amount, fully three fourlhs has gone to
s .ti9 ,"o.i, Unaise
tior - .i;s rh -" 'ho pc. le'ua-
.ion a.;.,I.. NO -" n'u'p u uslee -
% a'' 't - ms pn"oi', ne
office is a political one, about the time of
nomination and election the amounts in
crease largely. The political bosses favor
this and use it-now in the interests of the
republican, now of the democratic party
,,.ors+ l,iud wa ,t,a .|,,'1 -'l ~ ~.
sonf 'l'i'u lu' .iio o"H9nlP trustee
1rI,,, ~, ,,aIi,iI ,l.,i,.IIo
,al,,,i,,,r ,l,i,1na,, ,,I ,pl "h' 80 ~
bovo yast ci, 70 ans,,.or 90, =, :" s"'.
,ha,,, tbot +h;s ,o,,,,, a,o'. 80. ~ :; - - o'''
sa,,+ 20 ovist - ~ e0'' ''' WV
TIE PROBLEM OF THE UNEMPLOYED.
In every American city, as in Indanapo-
lis, there exists a large number of people
who. i'll the ordinary course of life can
never he made good citizens Our free in
stitutOns do not make them free our
schools do not train them: our churches do
not contain the means of their salvation. It
is well to face the fact that the existence of
the great body of paupers and criminals is
possible only by feeding them in one way or
another on the life blood of the community
1t is the presence of this class that adds
terror to poverty. 1t is they VINO make hard
the lot Of worthy poor. The problem
of poverty nd misfortune is difficult one
at best. 1t i, rendered many timS more
difficult by the presence among the poor of
NOSE Who'', no con lVlo'i couid orlhE to the
r,a,itu Tba dinil,,It 1i,a ,sPe. Us h''
employed becomes far more difiult when
associated with the hopeless problem of the
/
1t is not important to our present discus
sion to consider how these conditions arose.
1t may be an imperfection of human society
that the law of natural selection has not
had its perfect work.
The destruction Of the unfit has moi kern
pace with their power of production. We
may blame the kind influence of the helm of
our neighbors The indiscrminate charity
of the middle ages is responsible for much
Of the misery of ours. 1t is ONLY in very
modern times that charity has had any re
| lations with Justice. 1t is only lately that
/ science has shown that charity is to ina
| Judged not by its motive, but bv its results
/ CHARITY. falsely so-called. saws AIcCul-
! loch. covers a multitu lie of sins and sends
| the pauper out with the benediction .be
/ fruitful and multiply" Such charity has
made this element, has brought children to
! birth and insured them life of misery
cold. hunger. sickness Su-called charity
| Joins public relief in producing still-born
children. raising prostitutes. and educating
criminals.
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ana ''f' 'NO'o" VIZ
CIVILIZATIONS.
Whatever the cause of the existence of
hereditary inefficiency, it exists in our civil