The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-27

News Sect
was needed shan ttke care of Electives
CRIMINALS and paupers in institutions,
z Prevention. ID g These (meaning in
stitutions,. iails., and almshouses), have
tos do with the wrecks of industry,
stranded personalities, the handicapped,
the inefficient and the exploited, but
society has Ito S,d9 with, larger and
ping Of the making Of detectives. To
do this, will require extensive legisla-
tion and the enforcement of restric-
tions upon; the exploitation of labor in
any way. The basis of the problem is
pure, greed. - ~ p, q. es5.
The same thought was carried into
la somewhat more extended analysis by
DR., Lee K. Frankel of the New York
| Hebrew Aid society in his report to
the, section ON needy families in their
homes, when he summarized the causes
Of poverty and pauperism as ignorance,
industrial ineffieiency, the exploita-
| ton of labor and the defects in govern
mental supervision of the welfare of
citizens 1t was not altogether mere
coincidence that Mr.; solenberger pre-
! ton upon the relief methods of the
lsSalvationE Army, He announced in Wig
orous language the spirit of the things
the conference stood for: scientific re-
lief and constructive work, RESPONSE
| ,bility and publicity. of finances. !, In
| these he had the fullest support, of the
conference and no amount of yerbality
in the. long run can diyertrthe public
from the full meaning of these points.
| Under the able direction of DR.. Ar
thur B. Ancker of the St.. Paul city and
county hospital, the section upon the
| care of the sick presented many i'm
portant matters relating to the instruc-
ton of,ehildren, the prevention of dis
! ease, the state and municipal control Of
tuberculosis, the work Of the visiting
nurses and the treatment of contagious
disease from the point of view Of the
community. " --'"
=, - Special Interest in Children.
! OF all the sections, the most active,
without exception, was the one on chill
dren. To fathers and mothers, judges,
| officers Of the law, teachers, residents
I of social settlements, the work among
the children appeal strongly, not only
because Of the sympathy with children,
but because such work is truly proven
/ tive. The discussion extended from in
stitutionaI care of the incorrigible
child to the work Of the juvenile court
and the probation officer. While much
thine was given over to the consideration
| Of the juvenile court, the conference
4 kept steadily before it the limitations
of the law and its inability to serve as
strongly against the layman judge, as
one likely to overstep the already great
powers Of the juvenile court. It was
clearly understood that the success of
the court dependssin the long run upon
the system of probation established
and the efficiency of the probation Of
ficer in enforcing the DEGREES of the
court The scope Of the work may be
shown by single instance: "The court
Of Baltimore has started library for
7 its wards. y I'm E$
While the courts are trying to do
something for the children between the
q ages Of 8 and 18, private societies have
been building nurseries to care for the
, fyounger children of working people
: during the day. This NOV ement, has
reached the dignity of a national or
) Of Day. Nurseries under the leadership
Of Mrs. Arthur M.Dodge Of New York
city. At one, of the meetings under the
: auspices.of the children IS section Of the
l. national conference Mr.. s. G. Kingsley
!, / secretary Of Provident society of Chi
cage, presented the plans Of building
/ to be erected this year by Mr.. Crane
+ ofa@Chicago. The building, when COM
pleteed: will be the largest day nursery
the first" plans for, buildings sof;z9sthis
kind IS clearly shown in the statement
that there are 295 day nurseries in the
United States.
y l., Charitable Finance, =
! + While the conference has discussed
many times the financial. questions in
, yolyed N the granting Of subsidies
: from public treasures to private so
cieties and institutions, this was thu
first time in its history that a section
- was given over to charitable finance
Two papers in particular may be re
ferred to in this connections: one, by
NV. s., uford secretary Of the Balti
more. Federated Charities, and the 9th
er by Frederick. A. cleveland, an ,ex
pert accountant, Of New York city
The. first. speaker dwelt with the col
3 lection Of funds from the point of view
| OF the society, and the second spok,
8 from the point of view Of the public
DR.. Uford discussed the printed appeal
personal approach thru collectors, AM
the use of the press in collecting funds
I He regarded a board of directors AM
an active finance committee as neces
sary and imperative not only to protec
the society, but to safeguard the pub
lie. Mr.. Cleveland referred causticalI
to the lack Of business methods, care
lessness Of accounting and the demora]
ization Of societies and the public b
the financial methods followed by
large majority of charitable organiza
Is tions. The speaker declared for tn
Y preliminary budget and the collection
y OF funds on the basis of a statemen
80 of a responsible board of directors
ia ia In very interesting paper, Governo
I'd Hauley of: Indiana, told. the story q
20 the. struggle in his state over the quel
n, Etion Of political control. The story wa
j. :remar kable:s one, as it 1unfolded til
gradual emancipation of Indiana froi
II political inuences in the conduct of he
4 institutions. -, =. $50
/ The committee on immigration pr
II sented an Interesting report, the poi1
II Of: which hinged upon the question {
the line between desirable and undesi
able immigration.
-" Workingnen' insurance.
Werkingmen Is insurance was al:
considered by the conference. The cor
mittee appointed to study the questic
presented thorogoing report thru i
chairman, Professor Henderson Of Oh
u cago university. Briefly, the commit
= regards such insurance as essential, tt
- by no. means agreed as to the metho
! Of securing it. In the words Of Il
/ cnutm itt 90 tttb a. timo 10 ri,,o FOR .