The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-01
GAIN IN CHARITY
SHOWN IN CENSUS
People Of the United States Are
Giving with More Open
Hands.
BY w. w. Jermane.

!; Washington, Dec. 1.-The federal
census bureau has discovered, thru re-
Gently compiled statistics, that the peo-
pie Of the United States are becoming
more and more interested in charitable
work year by. year, and that they are
number Of benevolent institutions.
During the thirteen years between
1890 and 1904, for instance, 1904 such
institutions were founded, and the to-
tai in the country now is 4,2O7-sup-
ported wholly or in part by public tax
alton, private endowment, by subscrlp.
tions, donations, etc., for the beneht OF
the sick, aged and needy.
More than one-third of all the benev-
client institutions enumerated are hos
pitfalls, and about one-fOurth are Or
phanages and children's homes. The
permanent homes for adults alone or
adults and children rank third IN point
Of number, and the temporary MONIES
rank fourth.
The increase in the number OF hospl-
tails and permanent homes for adults
was more marked in the old and thlckly
populated communities than in the
newer ones, while the growth OF or
phanages was more notable in states
somewhat deficient in benevolent insti-
buttons in certain communities does not
indicate an excessive number Of sick
and dependent in these neighborhoods
SO much as the greater advancement OF
the inhabitants in the care OF such
| classes. =
Number of Inmates.
The number Of inmates in benevo-
| lent institutions on Dec. 81, 1904, was
| 284,362. The persons enumerated should
not be considered as paupers, and many
of them should not even be considered
| as recipients Of charity, for the insti-
| NJ 11or1 W. hOSnlf9IS
frequently resorted to as a matter OF
conveniece by individuals who pay lib
orally for what they receive. /
At the end Of the year 1904 the in
mates were distributed as follows: Chill
dren in orphanageso 81, 52Se; inmates inmates IN
hospitals, 1880; inmates in temporary
homes, rs, 466, and persons in institu-
lions for the deaf and blind, 4,73l.
For the United States as whole, out
of each 100000 inhabitants, "a? were
being cared ed fGF BY ad snS S nSt had
been admitted to such institutions dur
ing the year. 49,. :.
it is a noteworthy fact that the men
and boys outnumber the women ana
girls in benevolent institutions. This
condition Of affairs is partly accounted
report are for the year 1908. The total
cost Of maintaining the benefolent in
situations during that year was. $780,
amount was used for the support of hos
pitfalls. The orphanages cost about $l0,-
| O0O 900 and the permanent homes al
most as much, while the institutions for
the deaf and blind required over three
and a half millions. "'' ~
| Source Of Support. ..
| The income from pay inmates
amounted to $14,848,508, and the sub
sides from public funds reached $685.
226. The hospitals received over four
ffths Of the entire amount paid by in
mates and almost three-eights, Of the
subsidies. A little over one-tenth of the
cost of maintaining the orphanages is
covered by the income from pay in
mates, who contributed annually about
Of the institutions. 1850 are managed
vised and supported by religious de.
Churches, and 4s5 are directly e Super.
vised and maintained by the federal
government, individual states, or civil
divisions. -
It is shown by the statistics that the
I establishment and support of orphan
ages, hospitals and temporary homes
3 result largely from private initiative.
while the permanent homes! are more
generally a. matter of public concern.
Most Of the deaf and blind are cared
\ for by the public auth orities, while most
of the day nurseries are maintained by
l private organizations, altho a few are
\ under church auspices. -.
In the number Of admissions during
7 the year the private institutions lead
because Of the many hospitals under
and at the end Of the year. the &C.
clesiastical institutions contained the
largest number of inmates, mainly the
result of the great number of children
in the orphanages under the control of
churches. Judged by the number of
inmates, the ,orphanages and children Is
homes under public management are
relatively Of little Importance.
The cost of maintenance was divided
among the three classes as follows:
Public, $16,263,958, or 1913 per cent
private, 1924, 10000 or 1875 per cent
and ecclesiastical $15,150,576, or 27.2
per cent. Of the income from the pay
by private institutions, 44.S per cent
by ecclesiastical and only 3.5 per cent
by public.
In the total number of benevolent
institutions New York ranks first. with
659;' Pennsylvania second, with 400;
4 Massachusetts third, with 305; Ohio
fourth, with 267, and Illinois fifth
The largest number Of public insti
buttons was found in Ohio, while Della
ware was the only state that did not
support a public institution Of any
character besides the al1nshouses anc
the hospitals for the insane.
III New York Leads
III New York ranks first in the humble
ii of private institutions, and also in tn
number If institntions under ecclasia g