The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-13

them simply begging. pour into the
Office every day. They are taken in
hand by the clerks and treated in a
business-like manner. They are CLASH
fed and assorted. AS they progress
through the office many of them are
disposed of in various ways. Some go
to the police or some particular hospi-
tai for action. After the sitting process
has been finished the remainder go to
Mr.. Gates. He takes them in turn and
disposes of them as they may appear
to him to deserve. No time must be
lost. 1t is a MISUNDERSTOOD maxim
that real aid must be prompt to be
effective
Inside of half an hour after the mail
reaches the Office there will be dozen
agents Of Mr.. Gates out on individual
case. They have authority to use their
judgment in these cases and to give i'm
mediate aid il it is needed. This how
ever, is only in exceptional cases that
cannot be heached through the regular
charitable organizations
The less urgent cases are tabulated
and sent to the societies with which
the bureau has connections. All of these
are to be investigated and reported
upon in due time. 1t is seldom that
these cases are sent to societies that
have not from time to time been sup
piled with funds by the Rockefeller
bureau. 1t is not heralded to the world
and would probably be denied by Mr..
Gates. Even the great fortune of Mr..
Rockefeller could not meet the demands
that would be made If the actual meth
cd became generally known,
Like all the, Rockefeller gifts, the
principle of helping those who help
themselves applies in all these cases.
The recipient of aid must show some
disposition to his share. And to this
end gifts are often made on conditions.
There have been cases where loans
have been made to persons in actual
need Of money to tide over difficulties.
The borrower has in these cases been
held to a strict accounting for every
cent and made to pay it all back to the
salvation of his self-respect. Many de-
spondent men have in this way been
given a new start in life and have been
made to feel that they have been helped
to keep themselves without the loss of
any manhood
Charity pure and simple is applied
wherever it is needed, but in these
cases it is mostly wemen and children
who are aided. Helpless cases are found
every day where the help is given out
right and without question, as the need
is obvious.
The rule that guides Mr.. Rockefeller
in his business is applied'to his charities
Of forces to reduce OPP
Grating expenses and thorough
knowledge of details. Over 1t must be
that secrecy that shrouds all the op-
erations of the giant concern and
which alone makes it possible.
Public charity has always been found
to defeat itself Those who are willing
to accept public charity are not worthy
Of it, and those who are worthy will
not accept aid when 1t comes with a
blare Of trumpets and display Of its
purpose.
1t is therefore necessary to the sue
cess Of the enterprise that its operations
be kept from the public. If the books
could be shown the entire structure
would fall '..:..-,
And if the books in the office Of Mr.. T!
Gates were made public they would be
a revelation. The amounts set down
for various purposes would be simply
amazing. The sums given away would |
constitute at comfortable fortune for
even a rich man.
The whole thing started in a most
simple way Mr.. Rockefeller had for
years been giving money where he
thought it would do good. His mail be-
gan to grow, and soon he found he had
not the time to attend to it, so Mr.:
Gates was engaged to read the letters
and dispose of them. This he did until
he in turn had to engage assistance.
Then a regular bureau grew up until
The establishment reached it's present
Now, aside from the purely charitable
work it does, the department keeps
track of all the gifts and endowments
to colleges and other institutions to
which Mr.. Rockefeller is giving help
ing hand. Manv Of these in order to
secure the promised gifts, have to raise
certain sums themselves. The progress
If these funds is watched by the bureau
Ind if the conditions are fulfilled the
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