New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-17

PLAINS HOW THEY FOSTER CRIME
vo,-s,cv was the subject considered yesterday
morning at the regular monthly conference U 49,
tiles held IN the Assembly Han OF 'he ~,
building and the speakers were Mrs' mo- -,
sell Lowell the Rev Samuel Macauley JACKSON
.h.t--,a, ~ The Committee on the Waylarers
ro6ga ~ The Charity Organization Society D. W.
KieIcaard OF the Cooper Union laoor bureau an
commander Booth Tucker. OF the Salvation Army
Miss Kate Bond presided - 49,,
Mrs Lowell pointed out with much clea'"e'e an"
,,o- ,ba. me ordinary cheap lodging houses simply
<,s,a- vaSrancy They have the effect OF making
men satisfied with a vagrant He ana me" a'e III
tent 10 settle down in II for years mere "'e ~
,o5 ~ these cheap lodging houses IN the cI'9' 'e
st,+ed with beds accommodating lSN men, ana
Ns.,,o,, Rvrnes said while he was az the
49, ~ the Police Department, that they simply
fostered crime. .,.., Gee,
We ought 10 discriminate" she continued III
.rs ,-aarrent OF this question. and deal as nuch
as noss,bla with individuals There are Noiuii'"'S
r-o,.s and these should be arrested ana sent
.,aubs,a where they would be compeled 10
work There ignorant vagran.s t'o ~,
coma 70 the city fancyng they Will thereoS oe ao,e
=. l...,- ,b.,- condition and who become demorai-
I'D d., an Incredibly short time II left 10 themselves
-. sbo,ld hA sent back 10 their homes. Flnaiy
there is a class OF young men VINO e''ile' w NJ
know how or do not want TO "orK anu NJ" -, 49,
~ be sent where they would De tai"eu ~ ~ ~
n necessary forced 10 do so
For this purpose Mrs. Lowell recommended IaIth
.hoo,s and said that until such could be es'ao
ushed the Committee on Nagrancy OF the oI,..
.,ce OF Charities had recommended d farm 0''
OF Rikers Island .,.,-s %
va ,,coupetency II there are hungry people III l'ie
world IL is not because there Is no'hins lot 'Io ~
sa for in 1895 only onequarter OF the wheat c,op Va
- r-,,-ed States was sold but because they 40 not
know how do anything wen eI'0"e'' ~ ~
70 buy food with ,,,
oTo no, help them 10 live cheaply." she concluded
.but teach them to do their WORK so wen '''a' ~
vii be no necessity for their doing So
NJ Kielgaard argued with Mrs IToweIi IN 'hliiA
49,. 81. ,ba solution OF the difficulty lay in getting
baok 70 the soil He thought. however. that her
farm, colony savored somewhat OF a penaI ihs''tu-
80, though she had stated that 1t was not so IN
tended and he imagined that young man "io li
ls,- the country because he wanted to get away
go. .ha fam, and was then 10 Riker's Island
- do farm work. would be made 10 hate the farm
more than ever. -,
me colony ought 20 be run on a cooperative pian
he thought. and he knew II would pay. because II
had done so on the vacant LOT farms IN Long is1a'u
Guy Of which he was superintendent
The bes, way OF all. however, in MS opinion
woul1 be 10 deal directly with the source OF sup
nv There was use in trying TO put n stop
- varrancv so long its ranks were being con-
s-ar.ly recruited from the country Ieach 'he
4a-rnA-s how 10 make farming pay and 10 make
,ra,r home life pleasant and their sons and daugh
ters would not want 20 come TO the city
s,eak,ng ~ the vacant lot farms Mr. Kjelgaard
told o, one woman. the wife of minister VINO
had made .lS4 off her acre lot the hrst year. De-
sides raising vegetables enough for her own use
4. me end Of the second year she had a bank ac-
Gown, ~ 500 and she won thirteen prizes at the
American Institute fair.
NJ rackson said that he thought that the Way
tar4r's Lodge vas free from the disadvantages
urged by Mrs Lowell inasmucn as II gave Ious-
.ngs only 70 those who paid for them by saving
cord NJ a
be ACCOMPLISHED by an able-bodied man in three
hours He gave an interesting account OF the
Workings OF the lodge. and replied 10 some CRUZ
c.sms o, its methods which he considered unjust.
Commander Booth-Tucker came in JUST as the
conference had given up expecting HIM ana began
his address, with what he called "doube-oarreIied
excuse" II. apologized for his wife. VINO mad oeeh
expected IN his stead but had been detained ny
illness and then ne apologized FOR himself ne
had been Obliged 10 be present, he said at a con-
ference on the State Commissioners OF Charlty anu
had found II impossible TO be In TWO places a'
once
The Commander said that the recent action OF
the Army in sneltering about 1900 men every night
during the cold snap was not IN accordance Wien
It's usual methods II seemed 10 them. however
70 be necessitated by the emergency ana ne
hoped Mrs. Lowell would not De lmt,.
He thinks the problem is gradually DeinG " oIhSG
OUT and f0af /, is not that the public needs
to despair over .,. MA.
thrown open for discussion and the Rev Dr w -
sat- o; the American lean, ,ns work there most
peculiar incident had recently come 10 MS Know
EDGE he said one that he did not suppose wV1 n,
ever occur again and ne thought the pnnc nl.s s
IKE 70 know OF IL. II the bona noe SoHNersioa
0; q tramp he knew IL was bona noe Decaose ,
the gentleman mad brought forth fruits It's. meet ss
.or repentance In the shape OF book. whch ne
said only OF many similar IN horses
among tramps containing a list OF all the mousse
between New-York and Philadelphia WI, wner n me
people were kind TO weary wayfarers Inc DOCTOR
said unless the tramp mad repented o. MS ways
he would have exhibited the oooh s ,
Before the meeting adjourned MISS bonu an
nounced meeting Of the Consumers LestI 1s III III
Friday morning AT the Young Womens 'n idso
tan Association. The meeting Will open az w.
O'clock and Will be addressed by John Graham
BROOKS and the president Of the Board or ieai'h'
Charles G. Wilson.
Among those present al the conference W.. W.
Mrs. Frederick Nathan, Miss Forrest, one OF ,ne
oeaconesses Of ST. Georges Church; Charles LOT
Ing Brace of the Children's Aid Society; Natnanel
3 Roeenan Of the Hebrew Charities; mrs Eva
ConnsiI SnI,h ~ tia " Jttla Motheys": VIII