New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-18
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OtnerS L Talked 10 ana reasoned with,
and the result was that many of them
ceased asking for relief. The relatives
of those who were in a manner needy
became ashamed at having to meet the
commissioner on delicate question
of this nature and they soon began to
do something for their less fortunate
kinsmen and the result is that, since
the beginning of the year have issued
nine relief orders every month which
amount to $1,000, a net saving of about
$40 per month and [ claim that no
injustice has been done those whose
names have been dropped.
81 believe that systematic aid should
be furnished by counties and that each
county should solve the problem as eff
fectually as possible. When family
is in need issue an order for groceries
on some reputable merchant; when fuel
is needed issue an order on some
dealer that can be trusted. When
there is sickness to contend with, fur
nish physician and where the case is
severe and a nurse is necessary
supply nurse, but then only when
it is not advisable to move the patient:
to hospital. >
''It is often possible for COM
missioner to assist a ward of the county
in finding employment. There are cases
where, through shiftlessness or vicious
habits, person enlists the disgust of
the entire community, but it is far
better to try to lift this person out of
the gutter then push him back in. The
commissioner of necessity has some
influence. He can in most cases find
some means of putting the. needy one
on the road to self suppo,t t, unless the
poverty is of such pronounced type as
to necessitate the removal Of the per-
son to the poor house. And for that
purpose only the poor house should
be used.
''On the whole, the safest way to re-
duce this subject to a science is to
work and work conscientiously. Com
missioners have an educational work
on their hands. They should try to
make the INDECENT industrious by find.
ing means toward industry They
should make the drunkards think and
they should weed out the impOsters
quietly but without hesitation. What
we must do is provide the helplessly
poor with necessities and try to put
them on the road to self-help. Where
that cannot be done, we must furnish
them with home that is as homelike
as possible. Therefore, between the
education of the poor and the care of
the paupers we have task that calls
for vigilance and interest the year
round"
Mr.. Eckstein's paper was conceded
to have been one of the best presented
at the meeting and when he had con-
cluded he received many congratu-
lations upon the telling points he
made. A perusal of the resume given
above shows that he gave thought to
his subject and, also, that his theories
may be applied in practice. Hehandled
the topic assigned him in thoroughly
competent manner and his views of the
requirements for this class ofcharitable
work are eminently common-sense.
The Brown county delegation also
attended the second annual convention
of the State Association of County
Commissioners, and it. was the sense
of those present that the remuneration
now allowed by law to the officials is
too small. Mr.. Eckstein was appointed
as chairman of a committee of five to
draft a bill providing for more ade-
quate compensation and have it in
PRODUCED at the next session of the
Legislature. +.