The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-07

the Crowded Ghcttos-A Mcrcmeg,t
for the Regeneration of the Poor.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 7-Projects for
a model town. the suggestion for which
assumed tangible form at a dinner given
by Joseph Bycrs TO Spencer Trask a the
Aldine Hotel. this city. last Novem-er,
were given a big impetus at a meeting
held in Keneseth Israel yesterday and ad-
dressed by DR.. Joseph KrauskoDf
Dr. Krausk0pf who has given a good
part of ten years to the study Of the
. ameHoraticn OF the condition of the &C.
cUgaEts Of the oyercrowted sections Of he
large cities. has succeeded in interesting
ais large congregation in the projected
model town The latter. according to he
plans OF Spencer Trask. Theodore c.
Search. Chairman OF the Model Town
Committee. appointed at the Aldine Gin
ner: Robert { Ogden and others IS to be
located near enough 70 Philadelphia to be
easily accessible. and yet FAR enough away
TO remove It's Inhabitants entirety from
the evils attendant upon life in the poorer
sections Of a big metropolis
Yesterday meeting at keneseth Israel
MAS attended Icy many OF the weaIChiesC
and most prominent members OF PruaIel-
pn!a's Hebrew circles. among Jnem BENG
several big manufacturers. Dr. Kraus-
kopf devoted his ,aI- wholly TO the model
town.
My examination has demonstrated the
following pathological conditions" he de
cIared IN beginning: First. that the
GhctJGs are the denSest settled and fOulest
Spots IN orr large cities; second. that the
congestion IS due 10 Over-pOpUlation, caCs-
ed By enforced wholesale INN grafton by
the SregariousIEess Of people OF the same
country. language, ana religion. by the
necessities Of manufacturing interests To-
Gated in the hearts OF cities. third. that
the uyer-pOpulaIj0R. constantly augment
Cd BY EeW cons 5gnments OF starved iInmI-
grants, gives rise 10 a desperate race for
the limited work 10 be had. at any price
rather than StaTVe- This OyerWork and
oyrT-cFOwdiug. Uuaer-feediLg want Of air
and light and sunshine. this stripping
away Ct every safeguard 10 personal clean
Illness and privacy % ordinary decency and
selE-TsSIect, uudermiGes physical and
moral health. bIurs and bIot5 the laws Of
morality. predisposes and tenPts 20 vice
and crime muitipIies hospitals and homes
and Orphanages, and fills them 10 over
flowing. sends hundreds of boys and
youths TO reformac tories and prisons, and
hundreds Of women into tie streets. or
iEro the brothels@
Dr- krausKonI then described the mis-
takes that have heretofore been made in
attempting TO induce the poor Of big
cites 10 remove 70 far away country 10
caIities without the proper leadership or
instruction, miles frcm railroads OF mar
kets. where they roasted IL summer and
frOze IN winter.
IL Is with these past errors and past
failures clear IN mind that the new rem
edy the model town. presents itself to
our Thoughtful consideration and com
mandS almost instantly our unbOunded
admiration he continued 1t recognizes
certain conditions as for the time being
unaiJerable. and il suits itself TO these
conditions. instead of trying 10 make ire
deemable conditions suit themselves TO a
remedy 1t recognizes that these people
are almost exclusively engs ged il manu-
featuring labor. whose headquarters are
located IN the large cities. II recognizes
that long and crowded Ghetto life, has
untitled most Of them, for the time be-
ing, for a 700 distant removal from the
city Il recognizes that the physical
strength Of these people is inadequate and
their knowledge Of agriculture too deli
cient to enable them for some time 10
come to earn their living entirely out OF
the soil.
1t proposes. therefore. the moving OF
whole settlements OF these people to the
suburbs OF villages close by. where speedy
trains and troneys at cheap fares may
give them ? sense of nearnesS to the city
and its attractions. and where the pres
unce OF considerable numbers OF their own
kin ard kind may give them opportunity
for main.I lining close ar hand whatever
religious Of educational or social institu-
tiOns they may choose It proposes the
building Of factories for the specific labor
Of such village settlements and for the
people themselves, little six and eight
room cottages, at rentals no higher than
are now being paid in. dark, damp. pesui-
ferrous. crowded Ghetto tene.aents and
which shall also include fire and life in
surance and. by easy, extra payments. in
time become the property OF the tenant.
And IN all this regeneration proposed
there IS not one cert Of charity. Yes
there Is charity il il. tile highest charity.
regeneration. philanthropy Philanthropy
n Per cent Investment philanthropy.
Philanthropy free from the spasmcdic fits
Of charity workers and ch-riJy contrIbu-
tors. And the pia4 is TO y ,naugurated
here. An organization of capitalists with
ample means at their command is to give
Us such village settlements IN the imne-
date vicinity Of our city II asks your
cooperation not your money. 10 start H.
but your moral aid TO make it operative
when started. You. who have factories.
can assist by locating them there. and
you, who have Lot or cannot can assist /
in spreading III gospel OF Toe village set
Element You can influence some OF those !
to settle there for whose benefit such set
Elements are primarily intended"
An Informal conference vas held after
the meeting at which a number OF Phia-
delphia manufacturers. among them one /
employing 1000 hands and another en- !
ployiug zee, assured Dr. KraUskOpf Of their (
hearty sympathy with the model town idea (
and promised 10 locate manufacturing es- /
adjustments there.
II was stated yesterday afternoon that /
The committee VII I has in charge the Sc /
lection Of size for the model city has /
been offered a large number If locations /
and tnat one OF them viii be definitely de- !
cided upon within comparatively short /
time
when that has been done declared !
Dr. krauSkopf. work on the town viii be /
commenced Immediately. 1t is not I'M /
likely that the model city Will start off |
with a population Of nearly 20.0e9.'
Death Of .IeTerson's servant.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va. Jan Pc !
ter Fossett. one Of Thomas Jefferson's ser