The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-02
THE CURSE OF BRITAIN
Poverty Costs the Country,
tits Said. 81 Millions
Yearly.

London Sept a.--Aiarn is spreading
throughout Fnglsnd at the growing
seriousness % the problem Of nndinE
work for Fpglishmen to 90. England
with an its wealth Is rapidly descnerat-
ing into nation of paupers One pers
son 600 40 of the SO 100000 Inhabitants ot
England and Wales is just hovorius
about the sfsrN ,tion line. and t,crc ave
s5o.ooi pnurcrs 10 rectirt of Diihiin relief
Englishtrcn are called rpon to pay au
acnual bin Of suc0O.0go to suri ort tbelr
parbcr fellow citizens and this amoun
is Increased at The rate Of si.ooo.odO
year
Every village. town. and city in the
kingdom has its story 10 ten OF awful
suffering among It's inhabitants because
OF the impossibilty OF finding employment
New poorhouscs are constantly teng
built ond old ones enlarged to ind room
for the increasing runsbcr Of applicants
for admission. II = estimated that over
10 per cent Of the present population or
! England II they live to old age VIII
have TO end their days In tue aims
houses.
The center OF lsngland's misery is
London. rErcc persons lr cverS h'u-
dred In .onaon ave 'euocis, being sup
ported either Ia pourhousss. or are " rs-
ccini OF charity granted by the city.
Thtr are $4,000 paupers in the aims
houses OF The metropolis and $1,000 moro
receive outdoor relief. the whole costing
1 tho city Sf0o0eo0 q year
The utter loathsomensss Of the bog-
grs is one OF the characteristics OF
many london streets. Womer in dirty
rags almost failing from their biclca
walk about tie principal thoroughfare5
selling matches and making an average
OF 10 cents a day, tramps shuflo pain
fuily along, their clorles IN nuters and
In the evenings the Victoria ciahunk-
meht along the Thames the only boule
ward n London Is crowded with the
human drcgs OF the city trying TO sleep
or the public benches aiong the roadway.
| People live In tenemcnts huddled to-
gthel flso worms In a iishern.an's can.
There are ir London 1900 one-rooui
tencmcnts irhalited hy fsu, p8oDle Ora
Inhabited by FIVE people. 1.2ou lnhsbit-
ed by Sis people and over 500 inhabited
by seven people or more. The rent ~
single rooms ranges from 50 cents 20 81.
"a two-room tenement can be ohiainct for
70 cents "a week while three room tcnc-
mcnts vary m price from ti06 to BIS
"a week.
These tenement dweners have tho
utmost difficulty 10 making enongh
uoncy to keep thomselves alive some
of thcm work no mntchbox tnaking and
earn $3.50 week others trundlc hgd
orgaus through the streets and clear
So q week after paying q a week rent
for tho Instrument. while the naschs
among them are the costcrs who sell
vegetables. fruit and nsh from bar.
rows along he curbs Thcv sJlne-
times make as much as SO a week
The hhng out OF babies 80 women
who sell matches. boot hces and tho
like "a London streets IS regular
trade. Il costs ~ cents Z, das to hire
: an infant aud by carrying the baty ia
her arms to ronse the sympathy of
pafseriy a woman win make 7s much
as 30 or 70 cents a day while her come
! papiou who has 70 hahv will not take
in none thac from 10 ID 20 cents,
The Hntsh pFauwcnt has been
. forced 20 come toward Win offers %
hclp 10 the employed. and one Of
he mst acts OF parliament before it
adiauraod Tor the summer hs!idays
was 90 pass a bll establishing assistauf
lbureius TOR unemployed Wurlsnpn. TINS
dor the TERMS of he hn ilic state VIII
E try 20 nud work for hhor-fs viii assist
( them 20 cmigrur and win also give
thrm hnincml aid 90 tide over teinPor-
lars dinicdliies MT Balfom. ener lnlro-
ducmg he bnl yiod % withdraw it.
i 40 make WAY for otheg parliamentary
lbusinoss rhls caused an outhurst Of wiid
/. 'uRtr from thr tenement districts
q driemuior ~ poverty stricken women
marched % thc house af cominons ur,i
demanded of the premier thnt the bin he
passed. tuerc wege street riot7 iG Aian-
q choalcr and tte goyernmcnt WIS forc"'
1. 10 bow 20 ne storm and pvt the oili op
tho statute books
the mt4sure IS an eHDeincnipl one
nd if g dacs nct sucoerd ip aIleHiai
ne dI7tnss hH coming winter Fneland
win to fced 9lth situnlon. 'hut mng
rsult be hroal riots anr eioodshed