Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-18

NUM- w iLLsN l.
For instance. a was found that In
the Poplar WOrkhouse beer and other
stlmulants, such as expensive brandy
have been supplied 90 inmates who
Were not on the sick list The wine
cellar OF this Workhouec has been
dubbed by the inmates themselves
the Horn Of Plenty" II was here
that members 81 the board OF guard
ians-thc directors of the poorhouse-
were wont 10 assemble and regale
themselves al the public expense, Ac-
cording 10 government regulations
stimuauts are supposed 10 BE- given
only 10 persons In the workhousa who
may be III and who have the doctors
orders for these delicacieS Instead OF
waiting for the doctors orders"
many inmates received a daily allow
ance OF brandy while guardians. both
male and female. attended regularly
the Horn Of Plenty for the purpose
OF absorbing a certain amount OF
moist goods paid for by the public
According TO official figures the
money spent on beer Tor paupCrs in
London each year Is &200. 000. while
The tobacco and snuff bin runs into
an almost equal amount
MUCH PAUPER LUXURY.
Not only Poplar and West Ham. but
many other sections of London show
remarkable examples of pauper luYur-
les. Last year there was erected at
Hammersmlth paupcr palace costing
Sl,2OO.O0O. This buildlug-which is
OF the most modern design-Would
compare favordbly with many first
class hotels on both sides OF the At
lantic. The ground on which the
building stands was acquired at s.. 600
an acre. having cost S72.500. making
the total sum paid more than $3.50
900 The furniture Of this really mag
hiiicent place cost &3S,I35. As the in
suiution was built 10 contain only 1853
paupers, the sum expended on each
man averaged for shelter alone ST.
900; which, according to official hg-
ures, Is Just - times the capital per
head which Is spent by builders I'm
shelterIug The class from which these
paupers come.
All these vast expenditures have 20
come from the pockets Of the very
poor iu The form OF poor rate taxa
ton "a certain sum levied each year
ou every householder I'm London. In
poor sections II the metropoH. such
as West Ham and Poplar. where only
the lowest orders Of the working
classes dwell poor rates fall most
heavily What has aroused the indlg-
nation ~ an section, Of the commune
ity more than anything else is the
fact that the people inhabitiuc the |
warehouses have been better housed
and more sumptuousiy fed than the !
people who have been supporting |
them.
The facts revealed I'm the Poplar IN.
quiry have been Of truly astonishing
character For instance. the aver
age poor person I'm the Poplar dis
irict who pays about 81 week for
rent and lives On four-roomed cot- /
tage. never tastes butter. even OF infer !
rior quality but has 90 put up wifi |
margarine, or a substitute for il called |
dripping, composed of the cold gravy
Of cheep meat. bought at about ave or |
ten cents q pound IN the Poplar work. |
house however inmates were supplied |
with the best butter costing ~ cents |
per pound. Very good butter Is bought |
anywhere IN London Tor a cents per |
pound When II is considered that 81. |
i0i pounds Of the best butter. costing |
so 36i2s per year. were used On the |
Poplar Workhouse the item r. signlh. |
cant.
on the line with the butter was the |
tea supplied 90 this particular work /
house. n was Of a FAR better quality /
than that furnished to the house 81 /
commons and used by members OF par
Lament The house Of commons has /
been said TO be the finest club in |
Europe; and vet "a was surpassed On |
many respects by the Poplar work
house. House Of commons foa only \
came 20 SO cents per pound while that /
contracted for IN large quantities 20 be |
supplied 90 The Poplar poorhousc WAS !
80 cents per pound-almost double. And |
nearly 1000 pounds Of cake were also /
consumed al the Poplar poorhouse last
year.
HIGH PRICED DIARIES.
Another OF the rather bizarre items
consisted of glt-edged notebooks Tor |
Poplar guardians. These diaries were |
bought az The rate Of $40 for eighty |
books. or 20 cents apiece. II came out 1
IN evidence that a tender Tor % OF /
these books al SO had been deliberately /
rejected, though the books offered az /
'"N NV hhetf WIZ VI lAFt - e"'A
quality as the silt eigei' ones
Damask table napkins, and Fart serge
for draping statuary" were some uf the /
items criticised by the government IN
spector. while the writing paper sup
piled To the Poplar poorhouse was re-
quired 10 be best artistic parchment. Il
double thick. cream Wove"
The tobacco bill Tor the Poplar poor
house figured oui at t2.s50 for The year.
This gave each inmate an allowance of |
an ounce q weeK Of course the tobacco /
was. ike the other things used IN Pop
lar, only Of he best quality. Certain
Of the inmates Of this home OF pauper
luxury preferred snuff 10 tobacco. To
meet their requirements the guardians
expended $50 per year. which gave eaci,