Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07

proportion OF relief IN each was one
in 2S Of the population, This is as
founding, the specific proportion be-
ing as much SO in that one out Of
every 26 in Henry county was the re-
cipient Of charity; in Wayne, one Of
the richest and most advanced coun-
ties in the state, intellectually and
morally, the proportion was one in
81 IN Fayette one in 2S; in Rush the
same, and IN Union one in 26.
But there is group in southeast
ern Indiana that is no less interest
ing, as, with general conditions less
favorable than those OF Wayne, Rush
and Henry, il presents a lower aver
age proportion Of outdoor relief,
There is Ripley county, for in
stance, that shows q very good state
Of affairs, as its proportion is only
one in 208. Yet In Jefferson county,
an astonishing exhibit is made OF one
in 10 Madison City is in this, coun-
ty, and Madison township has the
proportion Of one in eight relieved.
These figures may arouse the peo-
pie down there, and il 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; Franklin one
in 81; Ohio one in 81; Dearborn
one in 81
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 average with others OF as high
class. They are intelligent, law
abiding and moral, yet their over
seers of the poor and county auditors
report to the state board Of charities
that one out Of every 80 Of their pop
ulation had to ask for assurance; IN
Vanderburg, with the city Of Evans
vile, the proportion was one in "a
in Posey one in %; in Gibson one IN
81; in Warnck one in "a, and in Pike
one in 81.
There is another group up in the
central and central west of the state
where the farmers have broad acres
and institutions Of learning abound,
and where churches and schools are
seen everywhere, 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 refinement,
proud Of its great wealth, showing
the proportion Of one in every 10 Of
its population being subject to char
ity. Another county in Montgomery,
with Charlottesville, known as the
Athens Of Indiana, reported by it's
overseer Of the poor to have had re-
lieved one in every 16 Of her people.
Clinton, adjoining, has one in ~, and
Brown, next to Clinton, has one in
3S. Carroll, north Of the two and up
against Tippecsnoe and touching
Montgomery, has one in 49,
In the north part Of the state the
reports from which these figures are
taken show that pauperism in wealthy
St. Joseph, with the beautiful city Of
South Bend as it's center, is GA per
cent greater with its one in rs than
Marshall county, that adjoins it, with
one in So. But in Elkhart which is
next to st. Joseph and Marshall, the
proportion OF poverty is CD per cent
greater, with one in % than in the
former aud 1853 per cent greater than
in the latter.
Yet Elkhorn, like ST. Joseph,
abounds in wealth and manufactures
and fertile lands Showing Of other
counties in this group isi Laporte
one in 35; Starke one in "a and Kos
ciusko one in rs.
This is not pretty picture, but it
is real, as far as official reports 60.
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