The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-24
HOW 1T WAS DONE.
Secretary JacksOn's Report of Hand
ling the Unemployed

The council committee on unemployed
received a report from Secretary Jack
son, of the Associated Charities yeSter-
day. Mr.. Jackson gave long account
of the way in which he had selected the
men eligible under the rules laid down
to participate in, and an opportunity to
earn portion of the special amount
set aside by the city for relief pur-
poses. The committee on receipt of the
report voted an expression Of approval
at the satisfactory way In which the
work had been done by Mr.. Jackson.
Following are the more interesting por-
tions of the reports
The plan Of investigating by the Associated
Charities not only cut out more than one
in seven but the knowledge that applications
were scrutinized prevented the appearance
OF number, perhaps. equally as large as
those who were actually cut out. InaSmuch
the fund was limited. the effect of cutting
out disapproved applicants, by careful scru-
tiny of names, was to extend the benefits Of
the fund to those in need, who would have
been left out but for the sitting process.
There were 2046 applications taken out,
1,709 Of which were returned properly filled
and vouched. Two hundred and seventy
three Of these were rejected for reasons in
the order named: No dependent family, sufi-
Gent income, drunkards owners of property
other than homesteadS, other work for city
engineer, duplicates, insufficient address, etc.
etc. Few were refused tickets the first two
weeks on account of drink as the methods
of payment then proposed were calculated to
reach the families direct. According to your
own expectations those registered after the
change in method of payment from kind to
cash were on the average less deserving of
work than those who registered the first
week.
Various trades were represented by appli-
cants as follows:
Laborers, 233; no trade, 1923; carpenters,
81; stonemasons, 3S; transfers, 25 brick
masons, q; engineers 20; railroad men, Is;
blackSm.ths, 10; painters, 10; peddlers, II;
forty-eight other occupations, 100. There
would be many more artisans except for the
efficient aid given by the various trades
unions to their members.
The average size of families for which tick
cts were issued was 5.04 people, whereas the
average of those investigated by Associated
Charities for various causes during several
years was 4.60.
The principle was to issue tickets TO but
one member Of family; 400 tickets were is
sued each; for one weeks work. The workers
resided in the following wards respectively:
First, 225; Second, $50; Third "a; Fourth
"a; Fifth, 215; Sixth, 224; Seventh, A. Eighth
S76; Ninth; 126; Tenth, 6; Eleventh, 2; total
LAOS.
All the above, except four, commenced
work, and few failed to complete work If
person did not come forward to claim hts
ticket when his name was called it was
called again the same day, and at each sue
ceeding day Of ticket issue; but there were
because they had obtained other employment.
This enabled me to give a second weeks work
to Is men, for every approved applicant had
received one weeks work. The Go were Sc
lected from the first 200, especially because
OF sickness or large families