The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-01

earn III the UniUed states The result is
that England has upon her hands an
enormous pauperized population, and the
government is seriously embarrassed by
continued demands for relief All sorts
of experiments have been tried-the es-
adjustment of farms where food and
lodging are supplied for work The ex-
tent to which these enterprises are car
ried on these appeals, also, from the
Standard will show:
DESPAIRING AND DESTITUTE
Hundreds of men and women might be
permanently benefited by the numerous
labor homes and emigration training
farms Of the church army, if funds per-
mitted. Nearly 1,000,000 meals served
yearly, With labour test and Christian
sympathy. a fresh start in life given
to every suitable case, irrespective of
creed. Donors of 5s. and upward sup
piled free with tickets for giving to beg
gars.
5o,OOol. urgently required for the win
ters work.
Remit Rev. w. CARLILE, Hon. Chief
Sec
Hd.-qrs, 13o Edgeware road, London. W.
GREAT POVERTY AMONG OUR LA
BOURING POOR-FUNDS URGENTLY
NEEDED to PROVIDE FOOD, GOALS.
BLANKETS, &C., for our distressed and
suffering poor in this large district. sur
rounded by the Victoria and Albert docks
Men out Of work; crying distress; wives
and children HUNGRY and COLD, in
BARE ROOMS. WITHOUT FOOD,
WITHOUT FIRE. ana CHILDREN
WITHOUT CLOTHING. Numbers of
our people on sick beds urgently requir
ing special noulshment; and, as far as
funds permit. everything is being done to
alleviate their sufferings BOOTS and
CLOTHING most GRATEFULLY AC-
Il
SMYTH, the Vicarage. ST. Marks, VIC
TORIA DOCKS, London--''over the bor-
der'-E. J. s.; E. E.; V. n. p; Tin
Trunk; Clothing, Eastbourne; f. S. H.:
For the Poor" and Twyford heartily
thanked
WEALTH AND POVERTY.
There is, of course, incalculable wealth
in London, and there is also great ap-
pearance of prosperity, which has no
substantial foundation. To be of any
consequence, to exert any influence, peo-
pie must live we'll, dress WELL and en-
tertain lavishly. The educated English
man and Englishwoman sacrifice more to
appearances than any American Of the
same degree of intelligence and refine
ment could ever be forced to do. Mis-
fortune, lack of money, are nowhere in
the United States, except among vulgar.
brainless snobs, whose opinion is not
worth caring FOR, ostracized as they are
ostrac,zel l.Ioa7o1.. \ 3 ID &c. esIt CT
the weil-to-do, who profess to keep up
appearances at all, live habitually beyond
their means, and, as a consequence, are
cringingly servile to the rich. An
American now in London went to visit an
actor not long ago, and was much i'm
pressed by the magnificence Of his sur
rOundings, the rich carpets. pictures and
1~-..os 1. H. L.
ments were furnished Il do not know
how he does it." he said to a compatriot
who had lived in London for many years
Il know what English stock actors are
paid-no more than American actors re-
ceive-certainly not enough to keep up
such an establishment as that"
"Oh, he doesn't pay for it, was the
reply. "Of course there is inevitable
bankruptcy in the end. but they seem to
think that their little brief enjoyment Of
luxury fully compensates them for the
reckoning that must come afterwards.
There was b mentioning a we'll
known author and playwright, who
went through the bankruptcy court last
year. He testified that his income was
Fl 500 year, and that he spent $4,000
OF course, he was a financial wreck, but
he drove down to the court in his
brougham with his lveried coachman
il the box.
English novels are full of gentlemen
and ladies in the soreSt financial straits
who borrow right and left, with the most
reckless irrepressibi!ity. in the vague
hope that 'somathing will turn up be-
fore settlement is demanded. The law
of primogeniture fosters this sort of
thing, the graceless heirs at law being
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rates of interest On the security of his
future inheritance.
Altogether. with the discouraging state
of affairs at home, and the many Ques-
tiOns she has undertaken to settle
abroad, the future Of Great Britain is not
very bright Compared to it, with the
mismanagement and reckless waste, the
social, economic. and political condition
in the United States is vastly superior
With the American citizen-natiye born
or naturalized-there is always the in
spiration of hope; for the working people
of Great Britain unless they get together
enough to emigrate. there is very little.
THE UNEMPLOYED.
AS evidence Of what the present gov
eminent has to anticipate, a hint was
given in q correspondence recently made
public between Lord Salisbury, Mr.
OuatUU UUGIlaiI tliu tUG secretary GL WlldC
is known as the Society for Promoting
Social Concord. This society is devoted
to looking after the interests of the un-
employed, and deputaton requested an
audience with Lord Salisbury to discuss
ways and means. The request was re-
fused on the ground that his lordship's
engagements were numerous, and the
time at his disposal limited. The sec
retary Of the society was then directed to
address the First Lord Of the Admiralty
as to q proposition to utilize war ships
to convey the unemployed to the British
colonies Mr. Chamberlain was even
more discoura ging. He had no opinion
TO offer, and said plainly that English
men-of-war were not for passengers, all
the accommodations being required for
the officers and crew The bishop of
Durham, who had been asked to preside
at meeting to have been held under the
auspices of the society in Trafalgar
Square. sent his regrets. He admitted
that cooperation promised the true solu-
tion of England's greatest social prob
lens, but he was not prepared to offer an
opinion upon the proposed scheme with
out more particular information. and he
frankly said that he did not think the
plan could be profitably discussed at
mass meeting.
The secretary, in his correspondence
with these great personages. did not
specify to which of the colonies the sur
plus of Great Britain is to be tran sferred.
Canada seems 20 be the favorite dumping
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