The herald., 1895-01-01
THE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES,
The Annual Report of the
Work Accomplished.
The Financial Account Shows That
Money is Needed.
Though tho Association IL Young 1t Has
Accomplished n Large Amount
of Good.

The following is the frat annual re-
port of the Associated Charities to No
vsmber 10, 1894, prepared by Secretary
7. J. Stuart:
The donation OF commissions on meal
tickets Was from Parks & Warner on their
tickets given out from the Office, also in
oluding commission ON tickets sold.
The delay in publishing this report was
because OF = desire to give more de-
tailed account Of the work.
In regard to expenses We would say
that. as to printing, the bulk OF il was
for books and blanks that will not need
to be duplicated for many years. The
daily papers have been very kind al
ways, lending their columns to the or
ganization for everything OF interest,
both to the society and the public.
The amount of salaries was increased
during the disturbance caused BY the
presence OF the army Of unemployed last
spring, when the city turned that work
over to this organization, which made it
necessary to employ more help for that
period.
In reviewing the work of the years la
Dor of the central Office, aided by the
ward conferences and individual mem-
bera, am confident you appreciate the
fact, thst while not entirely satisfactory
as regards the results sought for, yet
some things have been accomplished for
the good of society in general, and the
worthy poor especially, which could not
have been done. at least go effectively,
without this organization.
The beginning made by the organizes
tion is enough to demonstrate that the
number who live by begging can be
greatly reduced, and the worthy ones
correspondingly assisted more freely.
Although the society was formed one
year since. yet its oganization was not
completed until five weeks later, and the
Office was not in readiness until the 1st
OF January.
Since then there have been 82O cases
reported to the central Office, each of
which has been investigated and record
ed in alphabetical order. In every case
q record is made OF the address, history,
agea and number OF applicants and ne
cessities, with the existing conditions,
all OF which are necessary to properly
understand the amount and kind of help
to render. When aid is given q system-
attic account is kept in each case, and
when not given the reason ia duly
noted.
In our experience much overlapping
was found in giving by the city, county,
individuals, societies. churches, etc.,
which, to large extent, has been cor
rected by the hearty cooperation OF the
workers in other organizations confer
ring with the central council and con-
sulting our records. In time, we expect
this error to be almost wholly corrected.
Our community ia now brought to face
the unsolved problem OF how to deal
justly with the large and ever increas-
Ing influx of INDECENT health seekers,
who are sent hero by other cities and
communities without any better reason,
seemingly, than to relieve themselves of
the care and cost of these unfortunate,
helpless ones, often too far gone with
inourable disease to even hope for tenn
porary relief in any place. We have
not eeen cur way clear to effect
remedy.
All investigation OF the worthy and
needy is done with a view to have the
applicants assured of friendly assist
ance to their call for aid, and with as
little publicity as practicable. When a
rigid scrutiny reveals fraud, it is not
concealed from an iuquiring public, and
this has b. en- effective in ridding the
community of some "chronics," who
have lived for years off the credulous
charitable people. We have assisted
many worthy ones, come Of whom have
become self-eustainipg.
The receipts of cash from date of
organization to November 10th arc as