The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-08
SALVATION ARMY
HELPS 6,659 POOR.
OFFICIAL REPORT SHOWS Elk
PENDITURE OF S3,51e.52.
Brigadier J. w. Cousins, in Charge Of
Relief Work, Gives Details of Service
with Itemized Receipts and Expendi-
tures-No Public Christmas Dinner
to Be Given This Year.

Brigadier J. w. Cousins Of the Saliva
ton Army has issued his report on the
work accomplished by the local relief
department Of the Army under Ensign
Miller for the fiscal year ending Sept.
80. It shows that $3.50 persons were
given assistance at a total cost OF
$3,516.52, This is exclusive of the work
done by the Industrial home and the
free employment bureau. The report
has been delayed by the confusion in.
cident to moving from the old city hall
block. It is estimated that other re-
lief, chiefly from donations Of food, fuel
and clothing, to the value of $1,750
was distributed in addition to the cash
expenditures given above.
In the statement which accompanies
the financial report, the brigadier states
that the Army is engaged in giving
prompt, but not indiscriminate relief to
sick and needy families. That it main
tains two experienced young women as
slum officers, whose duty it is to re-
spond to the calls Of the poor and needy
at any hour. Brigadier Cousins also
expresses his thanks to the. poor de;
partment, the Humane society, and
many fraternal and religious societies
which have co-operated in the work.
Report IN Detail.
The detailed report for the poor re-
lief and medical departments is as
follows:
pts-Christma dinner and re-
lief appeals from all sources, $2,739.62;
other donations for relief, 1885,; re-
funds from assisted persons, $1S; draft
$4,000; total, $3,5l6.52.
Expenditures = Transportation of
cash gr pnH $6s'e1; ': fuel, $3.50;
medical department, $95.03; printing,
1925; salaries to workers, $432.25;
rents, $25s.5O; beds, $9.45; meals,
$2S.45; clothing, 1928; furniture,
$l1.4O; drayage, moving poor families,
$44.19; local fares for poor persons,
1927; postage, $llo; extra IT y. work in
mas dinner, $1,726.79; total, $5,5l6.5S.
Relief in Kind-Estimated value of
other relief given, not included above,
$3.50.
Dinner Absorbs Funds.
! From this statement it appears that
the Christmas dinner is not only the
greatest single item Of expense, but
also that the greater part of the funds
used in the relief work are obtained
from the street donations and sub
scriptions received at the holiday sea-
son. The campaign for Christmas dona-
Brigadier Cousins says say that hat It will be be
necessary to raise more money than
last year if the work is to accommo-
date itself to the growing needs Of
the city's poor. -, p. &. ~
The, added cost Of maintaining the
two slum officers, who have been in
service only since the close of the year
reported on, will also necessitate the
raising Of more money. The Christmas
dinner expenditure this season will be
considerably decreased by the fact that
this feature of charity will be con-
fined to the giving Of baskets of food
to poor families. The money heretofore
expended on the public dinner will be
held for relief purposes because the
abundance of work this year has re-
duced the needs of homeless men, the
class for whom the public dinner is
arranged.