The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-02


porations to bind these burdens on our
shoulders, needs no demonstration, 1t
is our duty to protect ourselves and
those weaker and less intelligent,
Their pauperismis the penalty of our
neglect, and q heavy penalty, we shall
/ find it. d itzt
But, after admitting all this, a
thoughtful, practical student of these
matters has ndeclared his conviction,
that "the fault of The poverty of the
average poor man is in himself much
more than in his stars - He says " Of
course there are Funfortunates, who
from natural infrmity and various I'M
toward circumstances, have become
helplessly poor, through no real fault
Of ,heirown; still the things that a man
can GO, if he win, TO improve his con-
diti0n are ten times more, important
than the things that could be done for
d him by all the kings horses and all the
kings men.
At first glance, we may think DR..
GLADDEN. has forgotten that efficient
will poweriis theEery thing denied to
many in ltheirpiIrheritance Yet this
fact makes it n1oreevidenti that tits not
material help that theyneed, but moral,
i,stimulous, direction, encouragement to
combat unfortunate. habits and tenden-
cies in their own nature. Among the
/ personal causes for poverty are l0gineSs
and &ee1icse1cy. How often, when
seeking Workmen, do we find needy
people refusing work that would sup
! port them, if it doesn't happen. to be
just to their taste. Others are so mat
tentive and sioYenly in their methods
of work, that people are unwilling to
employ Them, and certainly. cannot af7
ford to pay them living wages. waste
comes next, and is a serious impede
ment. ~
:" Many of the small economies that
are constantly practiced in the homes
of'the well te-do, are wholly neglected
tbv many of the poor. This is one of
the reasons why the one Chassis Well-to-
do andlthe otllertpoor," says Dr. Glad
deny / suppose they have hardly had
ktime, to learn these things for them
selves. They do not realize the seri-
BUSINESS of small leaks. A poor girl in
Kenosha, after working in wealthy
families, began to see, as she once said,
thsst there vas enough wasted in her
home to feed another family. Says a
worher among the poor: :" have gen
orally found in, MY. efforts to supply
needy families with food, that they
would not use t1the inexpensive, but
wholesome giandse which constitute a
good part of the diet OF my own family:
am sure that half the persons 5who
apply forcharitable aid could be better
nourished than they are on half the
money they expendf for food, if they
would only set their wits to work to
solve this problem of economy. More
over, the habit Of living from hand to
mouth never keeping a cent ahead,
Imakesit impossible for them to buy
coalaor provisions or clothing when they
are cheapest; buying always in the
smallest quantities, they pay the dear
est prices'' s :
Ertravagance is. a fourth cause.
"nhe inability to resist the constant
Iitemptation to, small, expenditures -
candy and knick-knacks and feathers
and gew-gaWs and shows" aa II
And then Injurious I1adatlgenceS. 1t
Isl said this couatry spends as much for
tobacco as for bread and the public
schools together. And it takes the
sums spent for these two and for meat
also, to pay for the liquor consumed.
One third of this, at least, is estimated
as chargeable to the working people.
{. The waste Of money is comparatively
small matter; the waste Of health, of
vital energy, Of productive power, is
the great crime. What is more, the
expenditure of these vast. sums of mon
eY upon such vicious indulgences, en-
ploys an army of men and women in
furnishing them. These persons are
withdrawn from the productive. indus
tries, and they become the parasites of
industry. If they wereemployed about
some honest work, the sum total fuse
full commodities and services produced
would be enlarged, and the dividend
of each person would be increased"
1t has always seemed to me selfish and
short sighted for property owners to
rejoice in the establishment of a saloon
on the ground that it makes the special
lot more productive and holds the set
Element together. Better provide some
harmless place OF attraction to satisfy
the social instincts and the love OF
light and warmth and beauty o-
Another hindrance to the attainment
of independence and comfort is given
as the :. absence Of q definite and Teso-
ltte purpose to escape from pOUerty. ,
People allow themselves to drift along,
the victims OF circumstances, instead OF
fixing some visible goal ahead in the
direction of independence, and then