New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-23
CONFERENCE ON CHARITIES
STATE CARE REDUCES COST OF HOSPI-
TAILS FOR THE INSANE.
BANEFUL - OTHER SUBJECTS CONsID-
Erred BY THE MEETING AT ALBANY.


cided interest read to-day before the State
Conference Charities and Correction. held in
the Senate Chamber of the Capitol, and there was
i a large attendance of men and women who are
concerned about the work of the charitable in
stitutions of the State The day began with
port of the Committee the Mentally Defective.
The first paper read was by DR.. John F. Fitz-
Gerald superintendent of the State Custodial Asy-
lum at Rome. The Duty of the State Toward
Its Idiotc and Feeble Minded"
Judge Charles McLouth, of Palmyra, \. Y.
president of the Board of Managers of the State
Custodial Asylum for Feeble Minded Women com
mended Governor Roosevelts policy of breaking
said:
tb FOR almost the whole of the institutional life Of
Women Il mas oeen regarded that lew men , OF
anon was situated should be selected, who for one
ices or; as the phrase goes now, Managers This
ter s grows TO be an alarming evil II 13s-
costly to the State but free the inhabitants. 1t
and they in 1rn my pTt!ts ~ mass II farms
heco al the highest 1t grows and grows until 1t
Board of Charities as i it viewed the disturbance
an afentS remedy aa and IN recent years foTh 6
tS R 1ies IN the refusal 70 locaze majority OF
genuine appearance Of aIarm You Is are Increasing
expenses and making difficult the meeting of man.
you are saving all around the climbs. You are
are nPrg eaoS 6c aeH each b neE of the
whole State: You creating confidence that the
mates. rather than the outmates. And when you
extent that every institution of the State hnds
among JUS managers representative OF every Ju,
premium upon the care Of your ward. and dis
sgrn as Scandais and unlimited abuses ana les
biiity anu the sense OF pu0l' RESPONSE
State Commission in Lunacy, read paper
Five Years Cooperative Experience Of the State
Hospitals for the Insane; Can 1t Be Extended TO
Other Charitable Insttutions?' After pointing out
the revolutionary character Of the State Care act
passed about five years ago. by which the State
brought under its and support all the institu
lions maintained for the dependent insane. DR..
Wise said:
ADVANTAGES OF COOPERATION
As it is customary to spell the success of an IN
report that The per capita cost for the insane in
care by more than $50 year. For the year previous
Of the insane 1851 So the annual per capa cost
was $26 T. For me year beginning October !, 1896
per capIa For the last ca cost %aS ego S6
tember 60 1900 the annual S' Der eapite cog{ was
$l65 So. Adding the average annual cost for cloth
ties for maintenance the state of Wisconsin CtT is
Paying IS a year for each patient more than It
care and treatment for all It's insane If computa
been largely effected by the present well developed
system OF No. ogk lnaacy qepaGtmen based
under care and treatment is taken into, account,
difference between the first and the last Of the five
years just completed amounts to s663.520. But If
for 1929. for the year previous States
State Care act as a basis of comparison with the
present cost of maintenance and the present mum
9gef so ,o b Tor e5G9 or an aggregate
REPRESENTATIVES, EFFORTS toward economies. as we'll
as Improvement in quality Of supplies and service
early, adoption Of the communistic plan Of division
Established coffee plant for roasting and grind
ing, and spice grinding plant. Coffee is now pur
all the hospitals from this central point In this
has besa 8 PER IN
OF employed person supervising the process the
soap Of ali grades Is manufactured in We'll
@ for a the h9sP4 ais
neighborng hospitals. The printing for the entire
Offices using patients as com positors An advan-
tage almost equal to reduced cost and improved
dustres provide for patients. Perhaps the feature
best economic results has been the Joint contrasts
for standard supplies, Before the inauguration Of
cents and for the last YEAR it was 90 cents The
been reduced from IS cents to 20 cents Incandes-
cent lamps have been purchased At about . per
cent less f5e h fo2 t ef separate hospitals could Pr
And why cannot corporation he extended to all
other institutions maintained for the defective and
taned by the state are concerned the extension Of
the system Is simple and practical Properly APP
Piled effort among the various charitable tnStitu-
lions of the cities might result in knitting them
closer than they are The experience Of the
States lunacy department shows beyond question
cultivation cannot fail produce equally rich
harvest in all institutional work for charity, re-
form and correction
CONFERENCES NEW OFFICERS
Other papers read were Houses or Refuge for
Women: Their Management Purposes and Posi-
hilities bv Mrs Charles Russell Lowell and The
Prison System OF NewYork-How Can It Be I'm
proved?" by George Mclaughlin. report from
the Committee on the Treatment OF the Criminal
was read by Thomas Sturgts president Of the
Board of Managers Of the State Reformatory at
Elmira
The Committee Organization made the follow
ing report on nomna tons. and those named were
subsequently elected:
President Robert ". De Forest president OF the
Charity Organization Society of the City Of New
York and of the Tenement House Commisson);
vice-presidents T Guilford Smith of Buffalo ST.
M9iry Of %eWYork: secretary Robert W Heb
berd, of Albany; assistant SECRETARIES. D.. Lee 4
Utica, and Mrs August Fakes. Of Syracuse. and
treasurer Frank Tucker. of New-York.
Prior to adiournng sine die President De Forest
named the following Executive Committee for the
ensuing year: Chairman. Robert W. De Forest
president Of the conference New York; William
P. Letchworth. ex-presdent OF the conference.
McLouth, Palmyra Professor Herbert T. Mills.
Poughkeepse. the Rev. D. j McMahan. New-York.
tending profound and grateful thanks TO Governor
and Mrs. Roosevelt and others who had devoted
adopted
LAST TRIBTTES TO CHARLES Il. HOYT.
Charlestown n. H. Nov 22-Edward g Leach, |
Of Franklin. y H chairman OF the Judiciary
Committee of the Legislature of 1895 Of which