The evening times., 1895-10-23
QUESTION OF CHARITIES
Movements Looking to Better
Ways Of Helping the Poor.
SECRETARY EMERY's WORK
Board Of Managers Propose to Intro
duce More BuninessItke Methods.
Amend ments for the Charities So
ciety TO Vote Upon on November s.
Com mittee Studying the Problem.

For the past two weeks there have been
evidences that a reorganization Of char
liable work in this city is to be effected be-
fore the coming Of severe weather and the
suffering that accompanies it
This found expression in statements at
the Central Union Mission meetings on Sun
day last by Rev. E. d. Bailey and Ma jor
George A. Hilton.
Mr.. Bailey described scene when q
thousand persons gathered about him In
the mission assembly room and begged
for food.
The mission was unable TO supply them.
II did spend over $1,000, however, for the
poor. and IN doing 30 was obliged TO give
in many cases without proper inquiry as to
the need
Without censuring any one. he said the
means for distributing charity here were
entirely inadequate.
Early in the previous week there was a
meeting OF the charities committee of the
Board of Trade, and some discussion of the
need of more business like and more sat
isfactory methods OF atte ndipy to the
great demands that present themselves
with every winter.
Last night the board OF mana gers of the
Associated Charities took up the problem,
and on Tuesday, November 8. at the gen
eT1l meeting OF tne dSSGCidtlOn tnctf acton
will be presented for approval
THEY WILL CONSIDER IT.
The Board OF Trade committee viii meet
again at p. III. Tomorrow, and il is un-
derstood viii devote much time to con
sidering how TO relieve the situation.
Attn meeting OF the managers OF the AS
ISOLATED Charities. with W. E. Parsons In
the chair. Mr.. NJ. ID. Peck presented sew
erai amendments to the constitution. One
OF these provided for q new committee on
relief and another on officers and employees.
Two Others provided for the work OF these
committees. They read as follows:
The committee on relief shall have a
general supervision of all direct expend-
itures of money and distribution of supplies
to the worthy dependent poor, and, to-
g,ther with the secretary, adopt a sched-
ule of regulations for distribution. for his
direction when approved by the board.
THE committee on office and employees
shall have charge OF the latter Of seeIct-
ing and renting an office and make such
reconiinendat ations for approval of the board
as to location and rent of office. and as to
number and compensation OF employees as
in Judgment seems best; but the secre-
tary shall have power to appoint the eni-
ployes, with the approval OF the president
OUGHT TO BE PAID.
In the discussion, President Parsons said
he thought the secretary ought to be paid
a specified salary, and the association
ought to rent offices In its own name.
At present Secretary Emery is not paid
stipulated sum, but receives an amount
for offices and clerical work, from which
he makes an allowance to himself for his
services No objection has been raised az
TO the amount he takes but IL Is considered
unbusresSiike to deal with the matter in
that way.
He said last night there was difficulty
in renting offices in the name Of the asso-
citation, because OF the character of ap-
plicants for help. For that rea son he
rented in his own name. Such portions
as are not used are sub-leased by Mr..
Emery.
The resolutions, together with the whole
subject, will come up for consideration at
the meeting of the society November 6.
President Parsons last night resigned
his place, saying he would. however. con-
tinue in the society.