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 report from Secretary Jack
son, of the Associated Charities vester-
day. Mr. Jackson gave a 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-
tons 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
as 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 2,046 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 suffi-
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
"; stonemasons, So; transfers, 25; brick
masOnS, q; engineers 20; railroad men 15
blacksmths 10; painters, 49, peddlers 49,
| forty-eight other occupations, 109. There
would be many more artisans except for the
unions to their members.
The average size of families for which tick
cts were issued 5. 04 people, whereas the
average of those investigated by Assoc. ated
Charities for various causes during several
years was 400
The principle to issue tickets TO but
one member Of a family; l. 406 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 4; Eighth
S76; Ninth; 126; Tenth, 6; Eleventh. 2; total,
], 406.
All the above. except four. commenced
work, and few failed to complete work If
a person did not come forward TO claim his
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
81 whose tickets were not claimed chiefly
because they had obtained other employment.
This enabled me to give second weeks work
to to 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.