The Jewish outlook., 1908-01-17
Work of the Jewish Relief
Society
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lie IIAOuuS, VIC h"sS S'>' '''-~S
a wandering bug, and to effectually
stifie the continued fiourishment and
propagation of that form of unrest,
a nat refusal to assist those who spend
what little substance they may have III
fitting from place to place and arrlv-
ing at each objective point III abso-
lutely destitute circumstances, would
prove in my mind most efficacious.
OF course the remedy will be harsh
one, but its effect would in time be OF
inestimable good, not only to the va
rious societies which have to confront
this as a condition, but to the very
people upon whom the hardship would
appear to be visited in the greatest
degree of severity. Tie money thus
expended, instead of going to enrich
the railroads, would be expended i'll
the payment of licenses to peddle.
purchase of horses and wagons, little
stocks of merchandise and what not.
Active participation in the melting
out of aims to the poor leaves me de-
cidedly of the opinion that because
of the very fact that many Of our
dOles are indiscriminate and ill-ad-
vised, their recipients become largely
pauperiZed and to a much greater ex-
tent or degree than if relief were not
Immediately and invariably forth
coming for the mere asking. In other
words I believe that our system is de-
cidedly unjust to most of the recipi-
ents of our charity, in that it can have
but one tendency, viz: that to cause
them to lessen, if not totally remit
their own eXertion and 20 depend al
most wholly upon others for life's ne
cessities. Upon us, for instance, who
as matter of abstract principle are
not bounden either really or construc-
lively to encourage the shiftlessness
and thriftlessness in which most of
our poor become stepped. And not
only are our methods injurious to
their well-being. but it is my honest
conviction that we work hardship
upon others who might make
something of themselves were it not
for the fact that our hearts. getting
the best OF us, cause us to lose our
heads to some extent, with the effect
that labor generally is cheapened by
. our responding to every, or almost
every. demand which is made upon
us. Let us strive, therefore, to keep
this point well in mind in our treat
ment of our poor; namely, let us en-
deavor to help them to help them
selves, and even if at times the tone
which we might use towards our un-
fortunate brethren seems to be
fraught with sterner infection thar
might be warranted in the particular
case at hand. let us remember that the
object of such severity is only for the
purpose of goading our unfortunates
into becoming not through us, but
through their own individual efforts,
self useful, self sustaining, and self
respectful citizens of our country.
Seventh. ..- .'.
There is much too lax a regard upon
the part of the societies of our sister
cities, with few notable exceptions,
for the position in which Denver is
placed by reason of it's climatic and
health-giving conditions. 1t is get
ting to be common practice to dump
all sorts of paupers upon this COM
munity without making provision for
their maintenance after leaving the
place from whence they were de-
ported (and I can use no other term
to adequately express my meaning
than that of "deported"). And re-