New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-26
INDUSTRIAL CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE.

ficer in the English Navy But he had finally
drifted to the lowest lodging houses. We gave
him an opportunity. and to-day he has entire
charge of the broom factory the purchase OF
raw material. the manufacturing and selling OF
brooms and the collecting of the money Under
his management our broom business has de-
veloped to between $4,000 and $30OOO last
year He has charge Of collections OF between
$4,000 and 100000 in ALL and only " AZ has
been lost in that time. That occurred through
collector who trusted, but who preferred
81 40 to a chance for his life
"One miserable man. who was pitiable OBJ
ject. had tramped all the way from Texas when
he came to us He was a drunkard. But he
was a chemist and had had German university
education. We gave him a chance he reformed
and we secured him place as chemist in the
largest manufacturing laboratory In the United
States. On Thanksgiving Day. 1894 he called
to say that he could not stay for dinner since
he was going to eat his Thanksgiving dinner
with his family He had saved money enough
to bring to this country his family. whom he
had left in Germany thirteen years before lie
still holds his position as one or the most trusted
men of the corporation.
SOME DISApPO1NTMENTs
when a man comes here, it is to become
new man. This is not d reformatory. We SIM
ply bridge the man over Many men prove
treacherous and ungrateful. They are generally
the ones who have had the most aid. But in all
this human wreckage there are instances ike
those mentioned which repay all our labors All
tendent, are men who have been rescued They
had all filled positions of trust before
The big scrap-book kept by Mr.. Milbury and
the records Of the Alliance tell an interesting
story There are statistics in the latter. but as
interpreted by Mr.. Milbury. they are entertain
irg and instructive The scrap-book would sup
plv material for an interesting volume. a pro-
eramme in il of the Musurgias concert OF
March 10 1894 with Walter Damrosch as con-
ductor. shows how Mr. Milbury induced that
evin tha m
concert ever vouchsafed by 1t, when II carried
out that programme at Carnegie Music Hall FOR
the benefit of the Alliance.
The system Of records shows that a mans
"nederce'' and history are taken in full when
he is received. Entries are made as to whether
he drinks or uses tobacco. whether he mas peen
In a penal or reformatOry institution, ana
whether he has tried liquor cure. Then all his
mental or physical defects are noted There are
thirty six direct questions put TO the applicant
besides all the incidental ones The hrst entry
&c made on a big sheet of brown paper and in
this the mans name appears the record LOT
public use contains number instead OF the
mans name so that his constituencies may not
he offended When man Is recommended TOT
admission by some phanthropic person or a
contributor to the fund his record Is sought
from the one giving the recommendation. Inc
scrutiny is careful and thorough. -
The records show that up to December 81. last.
tho number of actual residents In the homes OF
the Alliance had been 1876. More than tne
same number had been helped outside THESE
I 1SG had the advantage of term or residence
,,1ar tho Influence of the Alliance. They re-
mained there an average of hfty-onc and one
haIT davs Twenty-six nationalities have been
renresented by the 4S6 men, OF THESE "a were
horn in the United States. but - OF these were
~ foreign parentage while w more nan each
~ foreipn parent Other nationalities We're
ranresented as follows: English. 2lj; irish; 100;
Srn,ch "a. German &C: Swedes. -. Canadians
~. pnrs,ans |: Russians. >; Armenians. /. one
aronlove came from India, although he is OF
English parentaGe. He is now "i"ei io'
periodicals. 100 , 1870 I o-c s,rg,e mon
Thnre we're 30 married men. and l3o "idowers.
,here we're twenty-five religious denominations
ranresented as follows: Protestant Epscopa,,'
oc1 Roman Catholic. 1886; Methodist episcopal
oi3. PRESBYTERIAN. 21O Baptist, " Dunka.us'
1 Primitive Methodist Episcopal l. ''''''' "'''
I, Ouakers 3: Orthodox j. - -,
az the aS6 40 were under twenty years o 20
rO5 we're from twenty to thirty years 0ln' IN
FROM, thirty -ore to forty years GA '",1 iioi''
s slUt, 20 ffty years old l3' from hfty.
go s,vtv wears old while - were over siNS
years old
rp1NK TO BLAME MOST OF ALI"
Amonp the causes of restitution ana neeu as
s,oned bv the i,4S6 there were nominahy OF
, attributed their condition to alcoholic
ar,nks II traced back. Mr. Milbury SAID IL
wouId probably be found that there were from
I ooO tn 300 of the cases where this was III"
r,roe cauae since cases OF sickness, poor heai'h'
misfortune etc. could generally be thus at,
counted for There were thirty-one diflereh'
causes assigned for need. Among these are mo- '
mime prison. old age, crime, shiftiesshese, 80,
fortune accident, shipwreck. running away Iio
home family trouble and drink, quicA 'e'"''''
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