The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-30
BOON TO UNEMPLOYED
Pingree Plan Gives the Desti-
tute Work and Food.
NEARLY 1000 PERSONS AIDED.
The Endeavcrs Of Seattle Phtlanthro-
pists Rswarded-Moro Land TO
BE Used Next Year.

The Ptngree plan has worked as well In
Seattle as in other places. in fact. the re-
turns. compared With whachas been done
In New York, show a vast amount of
good accomplished fer a place of eooao
people. f. Toklas, secretary Of the or
ganizatfon- has prepared a report for sub
mission TO the members showing that
there were listed III applicants. OF this
number thirty allowed their Applications
TO lapse. leaving al, who represent ST
persons. Lands were procured for SO,
while 81 furnished their own lands Fiji
teen OF the applicants. who were furnish
ed with seeds and implements. abandoned
their iabors on account of sickness.
change Of residence or incony enience OF
location Three applicants consumed the
seed furnished them, but were Indifferent
about starting and declined TO give good
cause for their inaction-
The total receipts were Sal5o6. and the
expenditures SeoS-9o. leaving q balance on
hand OF siLS. The average cost OF fur
nishing seeds, implements. etc. was 81 a
per applicant. The total area OF land oc-
cupied by the IA tillers is about lS1a
acres, an average equal to lot <3xloo
feet.
Seeds were furnished each applicant as
follows: Onion. ! ounce; carrot. Ia
ounces; turnip. ounce; lettuce, n ounce.
radish, u ounce: peas. pound; beans.
pound; onion sets. / pound potatoes, !
sack.
The first meeting OF the advocates OF
the Pingree plan was held at the Cham
Der OF Commerce early in April, when IL
was resolved 10 refer the matter TO tho
associated charities. In due time a COM
mittee was appointed consisting of Rob
ert Bridges. Frank d. Black, Cyrus T.
Clapp. Griffith Davies. Rev. ID. c. Garrett.
James A. James, Rev. W. +. Taylor and
Mr.. Toklas. The committee organized by
the election of Mr.. Clapp as president.
Mr.. Toklas as secretary. DR.. Garrett as
treasurer and Mr.. Bridges as superintend-
ent. Working committees were appoint
ed, and permanent headquarters were Sc
cured free of charge from j. NJ Colman
at 314 Railroad avenue, and Thomas Pr
ret appointed station agent In his re-
port Mr.. Toklas says:
when the labors OF this COMMITTEES
commenced we estimated that we would
have about 800 applicants. and the figures
would have been correct IL the committee
had had the means to continue its labors.
Lack OF funds and the advanced stage
of the seeding season compelled us TO
close the station May L. In checking up
the names OF our applicants with the
books of the Bureau OF Associated Chart
ties find that IS per cent. of them had
been assisted by the bureau, leaving 72
per cent. composed of men and women
themselves when opportunities are Of
fered.
THE fact is patent that in order to
lessen the number of those who depend
on charitable institutions and I'm order 90
increase tho number OF those who are
willing to assist themselves no better OPP
portunities can be presented than by pr
petuating the work here begun. 1t seems
to me that the government OF this city
should be the proper one to provide the
means to carry on the work for the sea-
son next ensuing. The cost is so small
when compared with the good results OBJ
tanned here that If the city authorities
would name say ten or twelve good re-
liable workers from among It's citizens to
supervise the handling OF the funds. have
the labor bureau to superintend the seed
ing, and that with 500, fully 5000 souls
would be supplied with table vegetables
during the summer and have enough left
to carry them over the winter.
Evident il is TO my mind that such
work as practiced by the Pingree land
plan tends to decrease pattpeIisn. and
that with the judicious expenditure OF a
few paltry cents honest workers can be
assisted. That my views are nearly cor
rect a recent publication by the board of
associated charities fully demonstrates.
1t say: owing to the workings of the
Pingree Land plan, the number of appli-
cants has very materially decreased dur
ing the months of April and May What
additional proof for the permanent estab-
lishment OF the Pingreo land plan is re-
Quired?'
The workings OF the Pingree plan IN all
places where 1t has been tried indicate
that the deserving poor who are too
proud TO accept charity are the first to
take advantage OF the opportunities Of
fered. Seattle has been no exception to
the rule, and all the applicants, as shown
by Mr.. Tobias report. eagerly embraced
an offer whereby through their own eff