New-York tribune., 1907-11-13
HUGHES ON CHARITIES.
Praises Work of Those Uplifting
the Unfortunate.

inc CuTOFJUHOt6.
Albany. Nov. I2.-Six or seven hundred and
women interested In phanthrOpic endeavor, many
of them devoted especially to the battle for the
suppression OF tuberculosis already here or will
be by tomorrow to attend the eighth session OF
the New York state Conference of Charities and
Correction which opened tonight at the state
Capitol. After prayer 10y the Right Rev. Richard
II. Nelson, Coadjutor Bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal Diocese of Albany, a brief address was
made by Governor Hughes. and Mayor Charles H.
Gaus welcomed the delegation to the city.
Governor Hughes said he had had pleasure in
reviewing regiments of the state militia and noting
their discipline and efficiency; he had even more
pleasure, he said, in greeting ''the representative
of the organized militia of philanthropy"
You have before you." said he reports and
statistics of wretchedness and crime and the
depths of human misery and misfortune; but over
against this dismal picture love to think of tho
wealth of humane endeavor and altruistic motive
for the relief Of these conditions constituting the
greatest treasure of the commonwealth"
Tho Governor spoke Of the devotion put forth
by those who have taken in themselves the work
OF uplifting the unfortunate. He said a large area
Of philanthropic endeavor the work of these phil
anthropists, was not limited to the particular mat
ter which concerned the government OF the state,
yet they gave considerable portion Of their time
to the problems involved in the management Of
the state institution.
New York State. no said. entitled 10 be
proud of its provision for the of its depend
ants, and in this field to be regarded as indeed
the Empire state.
while Il is true we have state manag cement
OF our state institutions said the Governor, I'VE
welcome the volunteer reinforcement OF those who
have made study OF these questions, and who
bring long familiarity and expert knowledge
of these matters TO the assistance OF the officials
of the state with these duties"
The Governor spoke OF tie difficulty OF drawing
the line divide the duty of the state In philan
thropy from that OF private enterprise. and urged
tions haphazard or to favor some locality
'To my mind said he, ''the state institutions
should represent tho highest degree of efficiency.
This is idle dream. II requires merely that
patriotism with reference TO state activity that is
exhibited so freely in other matters close 20 our
heart Let it be understood that this Is the peo-
pies ideal We should not have to turn TO private
business institutions for examples of efficiency"
The Governor spoke with enthusiasm of the mod
theory OF reform represented In the new in
dustrial school which has supplanted the former
prsoulke institution at Rochester The old place,
he said, was 'rich in brick and mortar. imposing
in exterior but almost disgrace to tho state in
tho methods Il represented.
1T is appalling" said he that ever IN the
memory OF those now living such a condition
should have been tolerated. In the school
rCsculng boys and making men OF them and
not brutaiizing them
You saving society from itself; philanthropy
is the safeguard OF democracy"
Daniel b. Murphy Of Rochester, president OF the
conferNce delivered the presidents annual address
in the Course OF which he registered "an emphatic
protest against the cruel II criminal negligence
OF state in caring for its INDECENT consunptive
wards He declared that dread disease consump-
tion more deadly than war" although II had been
demonstrated to be both preventablc and curable
He quoted Health Commissioner Porter TO the ef-
feet that more deaths occur annually from con-
sumption than from typhoid fever dlphtheria
whooping cough. measles. scarlet fever and small
poX combined. He said that aside from made
quate appropriation made last year the main
tenance OF the Raybrook Hospital for Incpient Tu-
berculosi5 and the work being done at Clinton
where they have a tuberculosis ward, the imperial
State OF New York." having within Its boundaries
one-sevcnth Of the entire wealth OF the country,
appropriated this year to it's Health Department
a travelling exhibit tuberculosis and for sani-
institutes for the instruction of health officers
throughout the state the paltry of $.OOo"
In contrast to this he cited the comparatively
thorough work done by both Massachusetts and
Pennsylvania toward the stamping OF the
great white plague" In extenuaton OF the fail
of the Legislature of this state make better
provision in this matter, Mr.. Murphy said that
the majority OF our representatives In the Legsla-
ture constituted they cannot reasonably be
expected TO take an advance step beyond normal
public sentiment"
\ feature of to-nishts session was the report of
the special committee standard of living, pre-
sented by its chairman. DR.. Lee X Frankel.
ager OF the United Hebrew Charities Of New
York In the course Of this exhaustive report Dr.
Frankel snId:
From Investigations recently completed it ap-
pears that the tVo-dollar add man who is tine
$Goo,a;year man. spends on the average more than
he takes in. II he has average family of wife
and three children under working age. His rent
OF 1854 In New ork gives him Two very rarely
three, rooms. His food. costing S27O for the wear
gives him just 22l3 cents day for himself which
Is Just onc-half n cent than min
imum necessary for nourishment fixed by DR.
Frank T.. Underhi assistant professor of piysio-
OgCal chemistry at Yale. His fuel and light SS5
is so little that he must collect free fuel ana have
his children bring in sticks from the streets For
sickness he can spend SI1. For educatIon~prac-
ucally nothing but daily papers--$5. For recrea-
ton, he and his wife and his three children have
s. or . cents 4 month. in addition IS spent for
club and church dues and taxes Eighteen dOIlarl
is required TO pay for little burial policy S6 Tor
the future.
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