New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
FOR NATIONAL CHARITY.
H'antS Organization Societies Under
One Management.

The third session o. the conference called by the
New york Charity Organization Society 10 cele-
t-a;e SIS tweaty-asth anniversary last night DIS
cusSed IN the Assembly Hall ot the United Char
i;ias Binding the development and future O: the
charity organization movement. paying honor as i
dli - 20 the memory Of the founder ot the move
reut. Ms josephine Shaw Lowell Robert II. de
Forest the president o. The society. presided.
Ernest p. BickneI. the general superintendent Of
the Chicago Bureau q Charities. Who opened the
discussion. declared that the work % charity Or
gzr.zstions has passed nov eeyond that % relief
% that C complete -el.s b5i.ta;iun. :: vas his
opinion that The National Red Cross should act ss
The national leader in az charity relief and Wsld
IRE separate societies already formed IN many cities
into e1ectiye national body
TIE need % more human love in modern charity
organizations was emphasized BY Frederic AIray.
the secretary OF the BuaaIo Charity Organization
Society. lie declared that -ao-e money IS given
under the modern conditions of charity orrzrizs-
ton and mere good accomplished than besoTe and
that tAe t!ule would come vke1 organized charity
would be = popular ;hiES \ "pubLc Utilities Sc
c!ety' be said Vol5 BE a better name tor The
society ~ Buffalo, which concerned itSsf With
evs-y phase @: tie city gove-uueut-
Arac-g these who spoke when the question Vas
thrown cPen fo- general discussion were DT. Emil
Mlerste-berg. of Be-iia. and Roas-t Treat Paine
q Boston D.. Mleuste-b--E 5rc-!e,5 The evils C
Hd.sc-1.Ia-e a,nssiy51E. bat said that il Vas noc
sltc.s-t trat charity organizations g.ve money .
the poor They should devote QU4,e IS u,uca cs
their time. Ae said &C dll1g the people who had
means with charitable sentiment toward the.-
unfortunate fellow beings NJ Paine 81 a ge-.al
Way disagreed with everything tl-t had been
said BY the ether speakers
TIE discussion was closed by Mrs John II Glenn,
= the Charity Organization So-.s,y. and Lawrence
WELLER. O. the New Yo-k. socisty. Dr Edward =
Dvyi-e announced tlar Commissioner WaJcho-a
had invited al The delegates 20 the conference 10
VS.; tEs immigration station or Els -s-a-l Friday
The changes !a soc-al conditions II Nev YORK
during -le ,-st twenty-five years Ver~ discussed q,
tE@ morning conference yesterday AZ rE- United
Charities Building. Fourth avenue zaG - stree
Homer Folks seer 's- o. TIE state Chartt!essAi1
Asoc--t.,r- presided. AID addresses veTe maze cy
A-s- Florence Kelley. secretary q the Nation!
Consumers League and Dr. Edward T. Deyi@e-
the general secretary u tas Chs-lty O-sA--z2t-0-
Soc;-;y. while d tozea ulOVe delegates % the
conference joined i- ths general discussion q the
question
Nos, c. the speakers agree. ,lat congestion "a:
population vas responsible for large part - tae
poverty II tA-s city and :c- death ra:a higher =,
said. than that - Chicago. L01tou. Paris O.
Berlin. Much % the poverty. according 20 Ny
Folks due 20 social conditions and environ
T-ert rather than Individual weakness Dr.
pev.ae declared that 9, VS. impossible under ;as
existing conditions for the poorer classes q WORK
lng people 70 I've Norma. lives and 'ha; Us;
re lines Rad h@en drawn within TElcA frame
houses we-e = a,te6. factory lines & The same
character Would have 10 - made % protest lhe
health ard lives - the pocr- Ee s1l5 That the
nation facing the E-eat problem % prevent
i-E th= growth CT Cord.;.o-s Ike those here r.
New Yo-k in ths growing cities q % 90 pop..ia-
t.cz tA-ougEo-, TIE cour--v-
Yesterday afternoon party or Tie C., gates 70
the conference Vas taken through several Jene-
rzs1t houses fa Orchard. Essex and N-Ibe--y
streets ard the difference betSe~n thoss bui,.
under the Cd and ;Aoss under t1e neW se1ens-.
house law we're pointed CIT 20 them
Governor Hughes acccTnp panied by Co-ca5l George
C.. T-eaGweI his military secretary William 4
E1e11e- president % ths ooar5 e managers 81 re
Manhattan STATE Eos7!t2l- D. William Mzbo-
superintendent % the ho<pitzi- Dr. F~rrts u-sss-
de-, q the state Commission O. Lunar. as Roe
ert " Ee65%rd. Commissioner % Charities pad
visit % the Manhattan State HOSPITAL fer The n
sane. On Warts Island yeSte-day- Asts- 3 vlsst .
Jhe administration building the Governor Inspected
tha vsrd for coasusnptivs women. where n rsssc
especial attention 20 the way ire Eood VS. r-e
pared and served After thar he Tsut 70 nearly
every ward II the hosF!iAl Colonel TreaEEel Sad
tlla- TIE Governor Intended 20 remain L New YER.
f5- several days and that lie would spend his tira
II inspecting various municipal and s-ars tas-t.s