The morning times., 1895-10-13
GREAT NEED FOR CHARITY
Demands Will Be Heavier Than
They Were Last Winter.
EARLY WORK NECESSARY
AT Central Union Mission Applica-
tions ut Present Are One Hundred
Per Cent in Excess Of Last Year.
Some Encoura ging Reports from the
Potato Farmers.

Information from the Associated Chart
lies and the Central Union Mission the two
great fountains of constant charities, is 10
the effect that the care of the poor and
nenjicant classes W III be- as usual, heavy
burden this winter.
The startling statement was made by an
officer of the Central Union Mission that
the increase of applications for assistance
is a hundred per cent. over those made at
this time last year. Anincreasc in the work
offered ut the mission has also been made
SO that they are able to meet the emergency,
but it is easy to see that If the cold go
far has caused stch an alarming mmlgra-
ton into the city, tie long. winter ahead
must be marked by strenuous and constant
eXertion.
MUCH DISTRESS IN PROSPECT.
Mr.. L. $. Emery, who. from his long and
valuable experience in charity work. has
become an authority and prophet, said Ia
The Times yesterday that all the signs
point to much distress and suffering. The
Associated Charities has the city weil dis
tricted and is so familiar with individual
cases that this statement of Mr.. Emery
is wen worth pondering by the thousands
whose purse strings VIII be pulled from now
ON to the return OF warm weather. Mr..
Emery gave two instances which have oc-
Cured within the past three days. One Is
OF an old gentleman who was not so long
ago very rich and has been in obscurity
aud poverty recently and whose friends
made applica ton for his relief
Mr.. Emery is iust now receiving writ
ten reports from the potato patch farmers
who went in last summer to keep away the
wolf on the Pingrec plan. Thirty-Scvcn
men and women received seed, ground, and
implements.
ONLY TWO CROP FAILURES.
Ten of these have made their reports,
from which il appears that there have
been only two failures of the crop"
The. others have made something. The
farmer at Mount Pleasant has harve ed
thirty bushels of ''murphies,'; 10 say
nothing of turnips, cabbaCeS and other
succulents. The full report on the plan
will be very interesting, and VIII prob
ably be ready for publication early next
week.
Mr.. F. L. Moore. the chairman OF the
committee on charity of the board or
trade. will make his report at the annual
II I5qm5AoN no pIgoQ 5ul 10 5uIl59m
The board entered the field on the ques-
tion OF plan of permanent relief early
this season. AT this meeting were discussed
the Pingrce plan and the Indianapolis plan
Oh IltlStHtS bui vi WIN ti d
credit system at the stores until such time
as they could reimburse the charity fund.
This latter plan will undoubtedly be
discussed again.
Col John Tracey, superintendent of pub
lie charities, was seen yesterday and he
said that the general work of relief would
soon be resumed
As is well known Mr.. Lawrence Gardner
is chairman of a special committee ap-
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permanent relief, which will be presented
to the Central Relief Committee, and by
it to the District Commissioners
WILL REPORT SOON.
Mr.. Gardner said yesterday that he would
be ready to report next week. The prepara-
ton of the report has involved good deal
of labor, the comparison and digestion of
plans and their application TO local con-
ditions. Mr.. Gardner said that he had
not yet been advised when the executive
committee would meet.
Mr.. Emery, the secretary of the commit
tee has received no notice to call that body
together, but he anticipates an ear rly meeting.
In the meanwhile the Associated Chari-
ties win hold a meeting on Tuesday night.
October %, at which the situation will be
discussed.
AT present it is not practicable to obtain
any such reliable data as to the distress.
10 he relieved as were published last season
in The Times IL is believed, however,
that the conditions have not changed ma
teriaily. and that while the relief given
many people last year enabled them to
tide over the sea son, and obtain work.
new cases have arisen 10 keep the army
of the poor at its full numerical standard.
This is. of course. exclusive of the expected
increased influx of what is known as the
tramp class.