The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-29

depended on outdoor relief. while in
Dekalb there was one in 65, in Wells
one in So and in Allen one in 3d. In the
latter is the city of FIT. Wayne. but even
with that population the average pro
portion of the relieved is one in IS in
the four counties.
Henry, Wayne, Fayette, Rush and
Union are five rich and progressive
counties, and yet the high average pro
portion of relief in each was one in -
of the population This is astounding,
the specific proportion being as much
so in that one out of every &c in Henry
county was the recipient of charity; in
Wayne, one of the richest and most ad-
vanced counties in the state. intellect
ually and morally, the proportion was
one in u; in Fayette one in %; in Rush
the same, and in Union one in %.
But there is a group in southeastern
Indiana that is no less interesting, as,
with general conditions less favorable
than those of Wayne. Rush and Henry,
it presents a lower average proportion
of outdoor relief.
There is Ripley county, for instance,
that shows very good state of affairs,
as its proportion is only one in 20S Yet
in Jefferson county, an astonishing ex-
MOTT IS made OF one In - Madison city
is in this county. and Madison township
has the proportion Of one in eight re
lieved.
These figures may arouse the people
down there, and if they ask for proof,
the secretary Of the state board Of
charities has it. All the figures herein
used are taken from his report that is
to be considered by the next legislature.
Between Ripley and jefferson counties,
of their group are: Switzerland, with
one in 20 of population relieved. Frank
lin one in 81; Ohio one in 81; Dearborn
over in the southwest corner of the
state are five counties that are just as
prosperous and fertile and productive
as any in the state. The people in riches
T- T~.s-t
They are intelligent law abiding and
moral, yet their Overseers of the poor
and county auditors report to the state
board of charities that one out of every
80 of their population had to ask for as
sistance; in Vanderburg, with the city
Of Evansville, the proportion was one
in "a; i'm Posey one in %; in Gibson one
in 81; in Warrick one in p, and in
Pike one in 81.
There is another group up in the cen
trail and central west of the state where
the farmers have broad acres and insti-
tuti0ns of learning abound, and where
churches and schools are seen every
where, and all about are the conditions
of prosperity. yet the figures with which
we are dealing give an apparent or real
condition of pauperism that is amazing.
OF this group is Tippecanoe with the
city of Lafayette, proud of its refine
ment, proud of its great wealth, show
ing the proportion of one in every IS of
its population being subject to charity.
Charlottesville, known as the Athens OF
Indiana, reported by its overseer of the
poOrto have had relieved one in every 16
Of her people. Clinton, adjoining, has
one in p, and Brown, next to Clinton,
has one in 80 Carroll, north of the two
and UP against TippecanOe and touch
ing Montgomery, has one in 81.
In the north part Of the state the re-
ports from which these figures are ta-
ken show that pauperism in wealthy
St Joseph. with the beautiful city of
South Bend as its center is Ga per cent
greater with its one in 26 than Marshall
county that adJoins it. with one in So
But i'm Ellkhart. which is next to St
Joseph and Marshall the proportion OF
poverty is SO per cent greater, with one
in y than in the former and 16S pei
cent greater than in the latter.
Yet Elkhorn. like st. Joseph, abounds
in wealth and manufactures and fer
4 tile lands. The showing of other
counties i'm this group is: Laporte one
in 35 Starke one in "a and Koscius kc
one in Is
This is not a pretty picture but it is
real. as far as official reports go