The Red Cloud chief., 1895-04-05
Some Whole,omc Advice.

some Wholesome Advice.
TO tide over a period Of ca'amilty"
seems TO be tho great question. The
usual remedies to meet such DISTRESS are
all directly calculated, not only to aggra'
yate IL when it exists, but to create 1T.
These remedies are charitable relief,
charitable work, aud when the evil be-
comes 80 great as to attract public at.
t%ention, relief by public works. One
cause Of the EVIL to be remedied being
improvidence, persons who are naturally
disinclined to provide for their future
wants are encouraged to continue that
course by the ass france that some one
else will provide for them, while those
who have struggled tn protect them
selves against want are discouraged by
finding Themselves no better oil than
their thriftless ueishbors. 1t is hard to
comprehend that those who, in good
times, were hard up and yet patronized
the saloon and the dealer in tobacco and
cigars, now that a natural calamity, and
one which was beyond their power to
avert, has come upon them, that they
should still persist in leading n life of
dissipation, while they send beggars to
proyide for them, furnishing them aid
in the form OF tobacco, whiskey and
canned fruit. We have heard, it is no
doubt true, that there are young men in
Garfield township who, having been
married but a few months or weeks. you
might say, are and have been on the aid
list for some time, and yet those same
young men are never able to be seen
without an old pipe in their mouth, mn
less it is on such occasions as when they
have their face filed with }. T.. Again,
tho young men Of Garfield are about on
IN average with other townships in this
county.
Relief work would seem the natural
remedy, but relief work is a very dan
gerous thing. Relief work, to be a ben
eiit and not an injury, should be contin
uous, hard and uu~dcrpaid. Industrious
persons would rather earn "A living than
10 accept charitable relief On the
other hand, however. habitual 'relieI
seekers" who are ready and anxious 10
live ON aims, turn with scorn from work
eagerly sought for by the self .supportlng
workingman, declaring it would degrade
them.
There are uniortunates, or loafers
These men. whether by their own faul,
or not, have become 30 unfit for resular
work or u decent living that they re-
4uire u course of severe discipline, even
before al attempt to reform them eau
be made. These are the recipients ol
free faod, free clothing, carelessly scat.
tered in times of exceptional distress
There is no doubt that mlscalled "char
ity"-in furnishing the means OF dissl
pated livings to these unhappy beings
who should be forced into a decent ant
honorable occupation or kept in clos
Continement-commits great siI
against the community. The regula
relief seekers may have many virtues
but it is a distress Of body or mind
which is encouraged in their weakness
by charity. They usually lack energ,
skill, courage and self.respect, as we'll a
other qualities which are necessary t
success, and they need far more tina
anything else, training, education an
encouragement. To offer them frs
meals, free clothing, etc, ia to tenn
them to degrade themselves and in tim
enter the rank Of tramps,
The youth OF today needs more tina
Ut any time in the worlds history
good education, and a training in thre
O four good occupations. Learn to
whatever comes in your path, or falls
your lot, in a skilled manner. After
school whenever you can. Do not was
your valuable time hunting iack.rabbit
ducks, or other sports. Spend yo,
spare time in keeping yourself occupie
Such men never become dependent
their neighbors: they are never amor
the unemployed, because they have Il
ability to employ themselves, 1t is |
cause there are 30 many in the commu
ity who are unable to employ themselv
that the public distress is 80 great.
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