Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-19

headquarters 1Or all applicants, pre- !
vents the overlapping Of charity. and |
relieves the voluntary officers Of the |
affiliated organizations from much |
work and investigation. And the whole |
sum Is only about 10 per cert of the |
amounts distributed each year by the |
charitable organizations Of this city.
From study OF the managers re.
orts for the last three years, II is evi.
dent the work has greatly increased,
and that the bureau is gradually as.
summing the care of the old, the help.
less and the destitute.
The question arises. does II pay?
Are we justified in asking few gencr.
. Gus people of this community to keep
up this bureau? II II is benefit TO
the community as whole, why
should 1t not be supported by all? One
Of the arguments used by those IN
favor of municipal government Is that
each municipality can then assume the
care of its poor and helpless, and the
whole Islands will not be taxed for tho
benefit of the larger communities.
One point Is certain. that today our
Government-yes. the whole commu.
nity--is deficient in charitable instl.
tutions for all races except the Ha.
waiian. The Queens Hospital is sup.
ported largely by private funds given
by Hawaiian monarch for the benefit
OF the Hawaiian people. Our insane
asylum needs new and better build
ings; while we have no public poor.
house. no orphanage. and no home for
the aged. And yet. with all our many
In ~
poor, the orphans and the old.
Now. II this bureau represents all
societies. all sects and all races, why
is II not proper to have 1t supported
from public funds? Can we not arouse
public sentiment so as to bring the
matter fOrcibly before the next Legis.
lature? During times of depression
such as we have been experiencing,
poverty increases. the demands upon
charity double. and our work increases
accordingly, while II is all the harder
to secure the funds needed.
: With the combined assistance of all.
perhaps in another year we can be re.
lieved of the worry for our future, and
can, under some kind OF public con.
troll devote our energies to seeking ont
the worthy who need assistance. and
, to help up those who have fallen.
To the comparatively few who have
supported us we extend our sincere
: thanks. and firmly believe that they
could not have used their funds to bet.
, ter advantage.
To the societies that make up this
r bureau. we ask you to use II more and
: more: to come closer in touch with the
e other organizations which are, after
I all. in perhaps different ways, working
to the same grand end, and shoulder
/ to shoulder, accomplish as much as
= can be done toward making life easier
] for the unfortunate and afflicted.
:. Mrs. Whitney, the secretary, read
a lengthy paper on The Subtle Prob
:. lem of Philanthropy" giving a history
e of organized charities.
e Governor Dole in referring to the so
8 ciety said he believed the work of the
e Associated Charities of Hawaii hat
S fully indicated its creation. Severa
r of the societies had testified to a larg,
y saving in their expenditures since join
!. ing the Associated Charities. House
n to house applications for assistance
0 had been substantially broken VI
@ through the system of reference II
such cases to the central office anC
!, the investigation that Immediately fol
C lows such reference.
= The speaker continuing his remarks
s said that the Associated Charities anI
n the police may be credited with tn,
o substantial extinction OF begging II
r the streets Of Honolulu. There are NJ
t longer any professional beggars on tn,
Q lstreets.