New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-11-13

| retire from Office with the realization
that their communities are left more
free from pauperism and crime than
| they found them.
It is probable that life contains no
higher satisfaction than the feeling
that we have been the means Of saving
some one from dependence or crime
and starting him on the road of self
reliance, self-respect and efficiency.
Once society realizes how frequently
this may be done, and how vitality i'm
portant it is, there will be no lack of
interest or help.
Each center of scientifically applied
charity or correction becomes school
of social advance for the community.
| Each county in the state is small
world, presenting essentially the same
problems as the larger world, exhibit
! ing the same varieties OF morbid hui
manity, and affording the same OPP
| portunities for effective treatment as
are found elsewhere.
What is needed is that in each
county there should be constant, in
| telligent and harmonious effort in
order to give our state the preeminence
in social endeavor which it should
have.
What means should be adopted for
giving this work wider publicity | am
not prepared to state, but | believe
| that some definite and permanent line
of endeavor should be worked out.
The burden of the social advance
rests upon too few shoulders while all
about are those who would be glad to
help if they realized that their aid was
one Of the duties they owed to them
selves, their families and the state.
We have six thousand Or more in
mates of our state in charitable and
corrective institutions.
That is enough. The number should
constantly decrease.
Our citizens must in some way be
reached and made to realize that this
tremendous social waste with all that
| it involves in money, misery and dan
ger is in large measure preventable
and that every humanitarian, econo-
mic and even selfish consideration
demands that hereafter it have as
large part of public attention as its
Importance deserves.
| In closing wish to suggest that
some active effort be made to secure
greater financial aid from the state in
increasing the scope and influence of
these conferences, in aiding in the
training of men and women who can
aid effectively in the work of social re-
generation, and in educating our citi-
zens to the Importance of all these
means of social progress.
Ithas been suggested to me that the
State Horticultural Society receives
an appropriation from the state of
1850 a year, the secretary is paid a
salary of $1,000. the president and
treasurer get S25, and each and all the
officers have their expenses paid to the
annual meeting and to executive com
mittee meetings.
The State Dairymen's Association
receives $4,000 year, the secretary is
paid 5000 and the other officers SIS per
| day and all expenses while attending
annual meetings and each person who
| takes part in the program has his rail
way and hotel expenses paid.
The Butter and Cheesemakers' As
ISOLATION receives 81, 900 a year and
the State Art Association the same
! amount
These are all worthy projects and
deserve | am sure even more assist
ance than they receive, but it is obvi-
Gus that the work of saving Of human
| beings and of improving our citizen
ship is of even greater Importance.
The Board OF Control no doubt
entertains the utmost good will towards
lthis work but is limited in the aid it
can give. believe there should be
an appropriation independent OF the
jurisdiction of this Board and of de-
finite amount.
1t seems to me that this matter
should be brought definitely before the
legislature through a committee that
could frame suitable resolutions and
make a systematic effort to secure
such an appropriation regularly.
Try the gold cure for panics, says
the Chicago Tribune. It never fails.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Wiedemann OF
Echo have been visiting here since
Thursday.
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