The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-18
CONFERENCE OF CHARITIES
National Organization in Ses-
siOp st Cincinnati chic


by Hon. Robert Treat Paine OF p,.
ton. The argument of Governor bushnell
for non-partisan government. was Iondi,
applauded. The feature Of the evon-,
was the annual address by Or. Charlie,
Henderson. professor Of sociology in IN,
university OF Chicago. and presid~st o
the National association Of charities an,
| corrections
President Clarles r. Henderson OF Chi
cago, in his annual address said:
| we find a unifying and co-ordlnatinl
idea in the themes The relation OF phil
anthropy to social oroer and progress
| The test OF any measure OF charity OF
correction IS in It's social effect. its tend
ency to secure the conditions OF survIva
and advance. Reflection upon exper
ience yields a theory; and without guild
ing principles we are drifting. not navi.
| eating. lhe costs of civilization up q
this hour Involve much degradation Tho
causes OF inequality are not only indus.
trial ana political but biological Hence
while paupersm and other detects Will b,
reduced, the process OF ame,oration will
| be slow. Under any systems of socialism
| and granting all Its promises realized.
physiological defect would require some
method of charity. our problem "a To
4 reconcile the refined sentiments OF altru-
ism with economy In administration. and
with constant and progressive ellmina-
tion OF the unnt by humane means -..il-
ontrophy deals directly with the paupors
and criminals. but its effects are felt
throughout society. We are serving the
whole community and not merely the
submerged
Criminal law and prison management
are slowly but surely modified by evo-
lutionary science and the new Industrial
pedagogy. Instead Of Vengence and in
stinctve reaction against harmful acts
we are consciously bending measures TO
the aims OF education and selection. Man
uel training, parole and indeterminate
sentence Illustrate the educational pur-
pose; the progressive sentence indicates
the selective and eliminative idea
'rhe method OF dealing with the feeble
minded are coming more and more def
initely under tho control of clear vision
of social welfare. The children are
taught all they can learno. but I'm Gus
tody as gentle as they can l. they are
prevented from becoming the ancestors of
degenertes our insane asylums. with
vast immediate cost, will be found econ
omIcal and merciful In the end, because
they further social selection. and in
some degree hinder the increase of de-
feet.
In public and private relief we are
coming slowly to consider the remote so
cisl effect OF dealing with the dependent.
Following the mastery classification OF
Charles Booth, we are seeking a mode OF
mitigating the distress Of the unem-
ployable without dragging down tc their
level the genuine 'workingman The
administrator of out door relief. on the
basis of better statistics, will be sub
1ected 20 severe criticism I'm relation TO
It's economic consequences. The educa-
bic Will be restored to self-supporting
life. but the unoducable will be re-
moved from the backs Oh the competent
wage earners. The agricultural colonies
give us hints OF the way before US
Schemes Of old age pensions are rapid,
coming into the range OF practical poll
| tics.
| THE reconciliation and union OF cdu
cational and selectve aims must be con
| ndered in child saving work. The debat,
on placing out institutional method.
must finally turn about the medical yer
| dict OF physical ana mental capacity, ans
general adaptation To normal condi.
tons. The rough and ready methods oi
suiting dependent children to homes viii
yield TO more exact and reliable checks
IL must be confessed that many workers
Tor children have been more optimistic
| In relation 70 the power OF new environ
ment than the facts warrant. The shady
side Is not agreeable TO consider. but ul
| timately the real facts must come O.
| light.
In the same way we reach conclusion.
as to "A national policy IN relation 10 i'm
migration aud as 10 systems OF municlpa
charities, by applying to each problem
the standard OF social welfare.
EDUCATION AND SELECTION
There is no real conflict between ed
ucation ana selection. They are reconcile,
by their common purpose. the promotior
| OF community character, culture, health
| progress, happiness We have not ex
hausted ,ne resources Of the oducatiy,
method. We do not yat imagine the i'm
| provement that Will come, with civi
service reform, through IN Improve,
school system. hndergartens. perenta
schools free public baths. sanitary regu
atlons, factory inspection longer i.f
ans more vigorous health are the result
Of the APPLICATION OF science and art {
social relations. But one consequence an
pears 10 be the multiplication OF feebl
llYes and corresponding suffering Tn
public mind has only family o0mpre
hended the necessity og providing custo
dial Institutions Tor the degenerates A
untaught sontimentalism frequently
partner OF unregulatod appetite resist
the suggestion But az last tho dlspas
sionate verdict % the men of science wi
be seen 70 correspond to tie rough or
seryation OF practical life For those VIII
are manifesly unht for marriage an
parentho0d the State Will provide a CON
Portable place 10 live and "a de IN
teachings Of seGtlonslists viii more an
modify opinion and custom II cannot lon
be regarded as morally indinerent tina
consumptiyes and neurotics pass on the
legacy Qf broken constitutions 20 ours
the third and fourth generation.
In the laboratories OF universities an
men Of science are discovering the ninda
mental biological laws which must be r,
garded In legislation aud administration
In hospitals and asyluma. me..cal officer
. teachers and superntendents are accuml
iating and recording expe4 ence. Auaru
Compte said that IN dealing with a
2 fectiyes we are performins rerl exper
ments. whose results are revelations
b zocial laws applicable 70 am hurnanit
+ This expensive system OF charity ma
4 in future ages, be regarded as one ~ ii
! best instruments ever made by soclet
u since every science Is enric ID by the De-
e son OF these institutions The mystery
a evil may never be fully explg ned b. ma