Evening star., 1896-11-11

rents, 1913; amount of discount in hank,
500, and interest on account in bank, sS15,
the total receipts for the year being 3d.
1854. Disbursements: Salary of general
secretary, eleven months, Sl.375: salaries
of clerk and six field agents, 81, 80 u; rent,
$196s0: printing and stationery, S116.15:
telephone. $12; janitor, So; canvasser Sl0i !;
office furniture. $lU4.aO; car fare of agents,
$l3.s9; postage, $I979; miscellaneous ex-
penses, $222. 10; coal, groceries and other
supplies furnished as relief before the So
ciety adopted its non-relief-sivin policy,
$6O723. Total disbursements, $.62L ~. and
balance on hand October 81, 1896. s124.96.
Mr.. WoodyvartIs Statement.
In connection with the treasurer's report,
President Woodward explained that dis.
count In bank had caused present deficit
of about $3.50. MIR. Woodward then read
his report, which gives some fac.s about
the best method of giving relief
1.-TWO years ago." the report stated. 'it
was known that persons came to Wash
ington from Kansas. because it was an
nounced that Congress had appropriated
irgton-
zone of our leading coal merchants had
an order from the charities for coal for a
man whom he happened to know had had a
permsnent situation at SO per week for
some time previous. On being questioned,
he stated that: This was a thing gotten
up for poor people, and he wanted some of
1T This is not the only instance says this
merchant, which has come to my knowl-
edge. through my own business. of the alb
surd manner in which these orders have
been issued
THE names OF many householders are
recorded at the office, whose servants left
their situations, as soon as the raising of
a public fund was announced. The DISPOSE
ton to initiate another and abler class
OF citizens. to get something for nothing.
is here clearly shown only in a slightly diff
ferent method.
AT the annual meeting in November.
1888, the society voted to change it's con-
stitution and bylaws to conform with the
plans and methods adopted by the lead
ing charity organization societies in our
country, which is. in short, to become a
clearing house of charities, an organiza-
ton for investigation and registration, pri-
marily, yet providing relief when emer-
gency cases arise.
We ought to expend not less than e. ,O0
In effectively districting or subdividing the
CITY, and paying our agents a fair COM
pensation for their services Our aim is
TO bring about cooperation of public with
private charitable institutions and agencies
to the end that duplication of relief NAV
be checked and relief given to the worthy
Free Medical Treatment.
Col. Blount called attention to the fact
that large number of people are daily
treated gratuitously at the Emergency Hos
pltal dispensary, and many of them he
mad reason to believe. We're in a position to
pay for 1t. The hospital authorities can
not Well investigate the worthiness Of ap-
plicants, but they would. said Col. Blount
be glad to cooperate with the society in
the matter. and he hoped the society would
take the matter up.
President Woodward also thought the So
ciety should take action In the matter, re-
ferring to information received by him that
large number of people from adjoining
states are treated in the city hospitals,
these people being able to pay for treat
ment.
Before the meeting adjourned District
commissioner Truesdell took occasion to
congratulate the people of the District up-
on the intelligent and very thorough Snan-
ner In which the society is caring for the
distressed. The present plan of the So
ciety he heartily approved. The matter
appeared to be in the best of hands, and
It's enorts were not only very satisfactory
to the citizens Of the District, but also to
the poor. Mr.. S. w. Curriden expressed
himself in the same way.