The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-30
A TERRIBLE SHOWING.


Dogs Better Treated Than Human Be-
We find in that valuable religious
journal, the Northwestern Chronicle. of
st. Paul, long article, from which we
extract the following:
Over two and a half million of persons re-
ceived public charity in New York state
last year. This includes only. those looked
after by associations organized under state
Saws 1t does not represent any Of the
charitable work done by the movements set
on foot by private benevolence or charity,
and does not includa,-So-far--a as known,
single beneficiary of the many benevolent
Undertakings carried on underline direction
of the church in New York, which are all
the time bringing succ n to the Empower
ished and suffering ones of society. Over
one million and a half of this number of
public paupers reside in New. York. city, half
of whom received outdoor relief
And at what tremendous cost all this is
done The incredible amount of $1O3. 1884, 554 q
Is invested in the relief of pauperism. OF
this over s27 100000 is invested in real estate.
while the amount of public endowments is
about SIG, 100000. An examination of the
distribution of this vast amount shows
number of remarkable facts. To homes, and
reformatories for women and children ex-
clusvely, there is devoted in all, not in
GLIDING hospital service something like $751;
100000. Homes for the aged represent about
$1S.00.000; hospitals a little less than $32.-
100000; homes for detectives. deaf, dumb,
blind, inebriates and incurables something
like $4,OOO.00O; state and county almshouses
and like institutions, about 49, 600; en-
ployment agencies, out door relief, fresh
air charities, nurseries, etc, about s, OOO
while diSpenSarieS represent over $l,WO,UOV
AS to the individual aspect of this awful
infiictOn of paupersm, calculations show
equally astonishing results. For instance
there are not less than 5000 permanent
pauper inmates in the state homes: the
state, city and county places for INDECENT
have over 25 600 inmates. Something like
1900 women and children are found in pub
lie refOrmatOries. There are over 5000 pupils
in the educational institutions. Over 26O,OOO
were supported in the state charitable in
situations. The cost of all this seems some
what disproportionate. For instance. the
cost of organized charities last year in
new York state was $23 100, $50, of which
$4,000, 900 was disbursed through purely Of
fetal sources and something like $l3,5OOOOO
through private agencies. '-t-.''
These figures are astounding, and are
a singular commentary on the efforts of
our daily papers to make it appear that
prosperity is universal, md that there
fore there is no necessity for reform.
Remembering the facts just presented,
we would call attention to the following
extract:
There is prosperity in this country for
some people and some dogs. Mrs. Walter
Stanton is president of the American Pet
Dog club" of New York, and the dogs under
her administration are having good time.
They are dressed in purple and fine linen
and fare sumptuously every day: These
dogs have a maid to attend on them, to
feed, to battle and rock them to sleep.
Their kennels are marvels of comfort and
elegance and they are gu. eted down to rest
with sweet lullabys. They live in luxury
and splendor, and when their useful lives
are ended they are laid to rest on sunny
hillsiGes where they sweetly sleep until the
morning of the resurrection. Mrs. Emily
, Berthett, of New York, was appointed to
select and adorn the beautiful cemetery
where the darlings are carefully laid away
to take their long and peaceful rest (Mrs.
Berthett is a woman and not dog. Some
dogs in New York are fortunate in that
they are the pets of the rich instead of
the children of the poor.
This shows how rapidly America is
approaching European conditions. And
| yet there are those who say there Is
| no necessity for the Peoples party, and
! that we should all unite with the party
| of Grover Cleveland and David B. Hill
l. D.