The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-09-22
CHARITIES.
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ated Charities, from the work done in
the seven years since its organization.
1t is a business enterprise, mainly to
do the investigating OF cases for all
of the charitable organizations affili-
ated with II. and to make a record OF
such cases for the use of such organi-
zations;-to refer the cases to the So
ciety to which they may properly be-
long Ito distribute such funds as may
be placed In the hands OF the man
ager by the afflliating societies for the
relief of such cases of need as are
the proper recipients of assistance from
4 such societies:-to distribute such
funds as may be- placed in the hands
of the manager by private beneficence
or may be voted from the funds of
the Associated Charities Tor emergen-
/ cy relief; to receive and investigate
applications for assistance: and to
make repeated visits to individuals
and families that are receiving assist
ance, both by way of keeping in touch
with them for the sake OF keeping fully
informed OF their condition. and for
affording such counsel as may be CALI
ed for under the circumstances of each
case.
Some of the work is referred to by
/
as follows:
Organized work for FIVE consecu-
tive years has placed our poor who
require regular and continuous relief
on the books of the affiliating societies;
they receive their fegular allowance
and have no further need to apply at
the office. Those who had friends in
the States or prospective homes there
have been assisted to reach them. or
the original list made five years ago,
25 have been sent to the Home for In
curables, and 90 have passed away.
The floating population, the thousands
who never belonged here, have return
ed to their homes, or have gone else
where. Sailors are not coming i'm as
great numbers as formerly. and 1t
seems that the poor who now apply
are, and have been, residents of these
islands for many years, with few ex-
cepHons. The number of recurrent
cases Is large, being applications from
people who only occasionally need as
sistance, are helped to make a fresh
start. and go on, independent for
awhile"
Something of the business value of
this work Is emphasized by the follow
ing quotation from the manager s~iast
annual report:
I'm order to prevent an overlapping
of relief, It Is necessary that we should
know what the various societies are
doing. There are about $50 names on
record in the Office books, of people
who have asked for relief there, and
this record is open to affiliating socie-
ties. But in spite of this it OCCASION
ally happens that one family will have
double attention or another none, be-
cause this record was not consulted.
This is not true affiliation. You can
readily see the money will go farther,
and more people be helped when the
Central Office is consulted; much time,
labor and money be saved, and the re-
suits be more satisfactory to the be-
nevolent and the beneficiaries alike"
The Associated Charities was organ
lied in 1898. Since it began its work,
the Manager has received 'S14 original
applications for assistance and has af-
forded relief to cases represented by
700 of these applications. which relief
has approximately reached $500 persons,
as many of the applications were on
account of families. The number of Of
flee calls made on the Manager dur
Ii ing this period is 5000. Funds furnish
ed the Manager by the affiliated socie-
ties and distributed by her in their
behalf, amounts to $7252.05. Funds re-
ceived from other sources, 166O3.32, of
which $3675 was received from the
government between June 80. 1903, and
June 80, 1905, all of which has been
expended in the expense and work of
the organization except the balance on
hand at the end of the fiscal year June
80, 1905, sS01.75.
AS showing the varying demands for
assistance. / give the following state
ment of original applications for as
sistance: Year ending May, 1909, 1856
applications; 1901, 175 1902. POI; 1908,
1873; 1904. rs: 1905, 20. In the year 1902,
when the largest number of applica-
tions were received, there were many
person temporarily in the country most
of whom have since gone away
| If the work of the Associated Chart
ties is progressing toward the grand
result sought for the decrease and
final extinction of pauperism in this
\ communicate is worthy of the fullest
public sympathy and support. II such
progress is doubtful, and / do not think
/ it is, is its work in merely organizing
the distribution of the charity fund
of this community worth public recog-
milton? l submit that 1t is.
The government has, for the pres
ent, withdrawn its assistance. This
means that the necessary funds must
come from public beneficence. or the
special work of the organization must
cease and the various charitable asso-
Citations be left to conduct their affairs
independently as formerly, again to be-
come the prey of those INSCRIPTIONS
members of society, who, on the the
DRY that the world owes them a living,
will not try to support themselves 80
long as they can realize on their the
DRY OF life. and who understand repeat
' ing better than the enthusiastic voter.
I believe that the Associated Chari-
ties, with public sympathy and sup
port. will In the future accomplish a
work of inestimable value to the well
fare of Hawaii mel in the Develop
ment of a sentiment of self-respect and
independence among the poor. tending
to good citizenship work that all
may freely endorse regardless of Sect
political creed or social standing.
J1dpe Dole atnted that tho prO0ra m