New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-27
CHARITY AT HOME.
WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED POOR.
EFFORTS OF SOCIETIES TO MAKE MEN SELF
sUPpoRTING-THE INDUSTRIAL CHRISTIAN

sI,PpoRTING-THE INDUSTRIAL CHRISTIAN
ALLIANCE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
81 can starve to death easier and with more COM
fort in Colorado than in New-York Send me there'
and | won't bother you again.
There is a touch of grim pathos in THIS appear
made recently to the Board OF Charities anu vi
rection by alien pauper who wished 10 oe sen.
home to his native State Il have tried po.h p'aoe''
said the ironical product OF the Far West. ana
when T. comes To a showdown III take Colorado
Snowballs are more nourishing than cobblestohes'
and the climates better
The board sent the pauper alien nome anu !" -
doing 1t not only granted him the precious ooo" "
starving In the solitude OF the ROCKIES III pre-
erence to the roar OF the metropolis pu' II 'e
Neved the city OF a burden II is i'll able TO pear
New-York has enough resident paupers OF IT'S
own without calling in the poor OF other lands'
and the act OF returning the Impoverished west
erner was purely one OF economy. Each uaS vi '"e
week the Charities and Correction Bnlldhs' a' w.
GO Third-ave.. Is besieged by an army Vi Wv. wv
helpless people representing every hue ana s"auo "
poverty and distress This number gives only
faint idea OF the vast throng which Is apsoluteV
denendent upon the city's bounty. This winter mas
brought some 10000 or 10000 men, women ana cni'-
dren face to face with starvation Inc coiu i"o".'
always give renewed strength and vitality TO tns
ever-present spectre among the poor ana the prs
ent season IL no exception II has brought WIN "
and the endemic OF the grip has added a new mis-
erv and made the problem OF existence more difh-
cult 10 solve The disease hLds an easy prey among
the ranks of the poor. and the free dspeisarieS d"
Bellevue Hospital and other INSTITUTIONS are
tbronged each day with its poor and destitute VIC
Tins.
AN IMPROVED SITUATION.
As compared with year ago. the condition among
certain classes Of the poor In the city has obviously
4, ,ba hef,e Numerically
made upon charity have decreased since year ago.
The financial strngency came then with such SUI
den and overwhelming force that II crushed ana
stunned them. The churches and charitable orgah'-
cations were disorganized and unable 10 cope Win
the trouble so great the cry for RELIEF ana 80
universal the sympathy at that time that many VINO
really we're in need OF help took advantage OF
the popular clamor and imposed upon the generosity
and credulity OF the kindly disposed The resfic'eu
immigration during the last eighteen months ana
the unusually large emigration during the same pc
Rod have further tended TO decrease the numoer OF
appeals for help. The actual suffering. 100 II less
acute now The people. having borne with II 80
long have grown accustomed TO their poverty ana
hero lie the deep pa hos. the real misery and the
grave seriousness OF the question as 1t Is to-day
Those who year ago shrank from receiving 'l'
have grown hardened. and have lost their respect
and manhood and what twelve months ago they
would have WINGED at receiving they now demand
the Industrious and the sober workingman who has
nv the long Industrial depression been kept out OF
work the condition is Infinitely worse than last
winter The rainy day In anticipation OF which
he had put aside 4 comfortable sum has been oi 50
long and apparently endless duration that the little
store nut By has melted away. and the workingman
through no fault OF his own mas hiinH"h FACE 10
face with pauperism.
MANY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
ava ri
the suffering and distressed. is munincent In Its
charities and means OF relieving distress ana want
among poor. Almost every form OF poverty hnds
some charitable organization prepared 10 meet II.
to deal with u upon scientific principle AMI IN a
comprehensive and Intelligent manner 20 overcome
and conquer II. and In their efforts TO direct wise
and discriminating charity the churches and or
ganlzations have much with which to contend The
professional beggar. the Idle and vicious ouicasi
who lives upon the labors Of others. f. not only
constant menace TO society. but ever-pre-ni
stumbling block In the path OF those who seek to
administer charity to those really deserving H. The
officers OF the various benevolent societies are
unanimous in their expression that citizens cannot
be too earnestly cautioned against this indi.-
crminate almsgiving. 1t UNNECESSARILY retirds them
In their own efforts.
Conditions have arisen In the last year which have
been partially met by organizations. In these
DAYS OF scarcity OF work the New-York Employ
ment Society has been formed with the express
object Of bringing together the supply and demand
for labor II seeks TO TAX" the place Of the pro
fessonal" employment agencies. which have held
the destnies OF the unemployed 80 long In their
hands There fees demanded by the society
either from employers applicants at the Office
The societys desire Is employ ment FOR the
idle believing that 1t is better 10 help people to help
themselves than 10 dispense charity 10 them untl
they longer able or DESTROYS OF becoming SELF
supporting The office. at No. Is clinton Place Is
daily besieged by hundreds Of unemployed men from
every walk in life who are seeking through the In
strunentality OF the labor bureau. honest employ
ment. Since May Is last. when the society was or
ganized 100 men have applied for work or these
20 per came without references and were turned
away Permanent work has been obtained for 20
per cent and 10 per cent Of those who came recon-
rnended have been sent 10 the country.
FINDING WORK FOR PEOPLE.
Last summer an appropriation OF $50 utilized
in a broad and practical manner and for every
dollar expended the best possible results were OBJ
tanned. When applicant came TO the office In
search Of a place he Immediately sent out to
positions for others and received his pay
for this work from the society. In this way. not
only were permanent places obtained for others but
the canvassers. In many instances. found work for
themselves. 1t was practical and helpful manner
OF killing two birds with stone
The references OF the socety's applicants are thor
oughly investigated befose a name Is placed on the
list and no man IL ndorsed by the society whose
references are not found to be- thoroughly salts
factory Every effort IS made to prevent any i'm
position upon the soclety's customers. OF all the
men who have obtained employment only one has
proved unworthy. and he only carriage
washer. The society has the Endorsement and APP
prevail OF many well-known business men. and on
its roll OF officers the names OF many prominent
cergymen and laymen. In the board Of directors
are Protestant and Roman Catholic clergymen. a
Hebrew. a bank president and n number OF business
men. 1t Is not the purpose or the aim Of the So
cety TO administer aims to reach that class OF
INDECENT men who apply to charitable organizations
solely for the purpose Of obtaining money. To the
man who, through fault OF his own. has been
deprived Of his OF livelihood and who IL hon
estly and sincerely anxious to secure position II
holds out encouragement.
Five thousand Irish stews'-that Is the title
given them by their 5000 consumers-are daily eaten