The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-12
!. Benefactions Of the Rich ).

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ties being confined principally to Bal
timore and New York rho history or
Leland Stanford Junior University, to
which S2o.ooo.00o was donated BY the
iate California Senator. and his family.
IS loo wei known to detail. as Is also
the Peter Cooper Institute, New York,
where the people gather and discuss
wide range of questions for their In
tellectual and social Improvement,
Girard College for boys, at Philadel.
phia, has done SO much good in train
Ing boys for the battle of life, TINT il
led Robert M. Carson. another Phlla-
delphia millionaire. to recently give
S5,ooo,O00 for the establishment Of u
similar school for girls. Mr.. Carson.
however, Is said to have surrounded
his gift with so many conditions that
"a s5,o0o,o0O blunder."
Henry PhipDs has succeeded in maxi
ing philanthropy pay for Itself. In
addition to establishing an institution
for the investigation and treatment OF
tuberculosis. hescreated fund of ST.
100000 for the erection of model tene-
ments. These are expected to earn
4 per cent. on the investment, the in
come to be applied to the construction
of similar tenements. These tene-
ments now house 5000 people In New
York. Their surroundings arc clean
and sanitary. yet four-room and bath
apartment can be had in a Phipps tene-
ment for SO per week. On the roofs
of these tenements are Fairgrounds.
for the children, while the Easements
can be started on the educational path
for fec of cent per day.
All Of these philanthropic enterprises
nave been carried on IN the United
spirit OF charity has not been dor
mant. The late Baroness Burdett-
Coutts spent millions in improving the
condition of London's poor. Pedro AL
/ ~ II. IT,
Is distributing s5,ooo,ooo per year
among his fellowmcn and has offered
to pay the Mexican national debt. Sim
liar activities are under way in other
What impresses tho, foreigner more
than anything else, perhaps, in con-
nection with American philanthropy.
Is the business like way in which the
on in this country. Everywhere there
Is system. The Hebrews, especially.
conduct their charities in a systematic
manner. The movement toward united
action in charitable enterprises Is
growing in America. There Is now
state supervision OF charities In Massa-
Ghusetts. New York: Ohio. Kansas.
| Pennsylvania California, Michigan
and several other States, and there is as
| little politics as possible in the man
] asement II has been proposed to have
| the Federal government assume charge
| of philanthropy In the United States
! just as there is state department
! OF charities in Prussia and other Eu-
| ropcan countries. Another idea that
has been suggested for improving the
l American charity system Is ono which
! would bp imported from abroad. 1t is
the sale OF charity stamps, the pro-
ceeds to go TO worthy charities.
| Great as have been the activities OF
| American piiiianthropists. there is still
| a wide field open to them. II seems
/ that the worthy objects of philap-
thropy are constantly changing and
4 F,,a III sal.,~ y,at..t
/ dren's Fairgrounds the erection of
/ model tenements for example, and sim
1 liar activities, were not thought OF
| half a century ago. and tho end of eyo-
/ luton in phllanthropic work Is not yet.
/ John D. Rockefeller was recently
reminded by Senator Tillman of the
necessity OF keeping up with the times
In making benefactions. The two men
| South when Mr.. Tillman told his COM
i panion that as result of the philan-
4 tropy of rich men. the negroes In
4 the South were being better educated
| promised TO remember and act accord
4 ingly. The next day he attended a
snegro church to begin study of com
4 PARSONS with view to wider work.
/ That philanthropy IS becoming in
II ternational in its scope Is evident from
the activities of the Red Cross Society.
4 1t has been predicted that the time Is
4 not far distant when a rich man may
offer. and have his proposition accept
ed. to buy the independence of weak
Il race.
Il Andrew Carnegie offered to buy the
Il independence OF the Philippine islands
some years ago. but his offer was re-
i garded as SO quixotic that 1t vas not
seriously considered.
Il That both the philanthropist and the
sociologist have much to do is shown
i by recent census bulletin on benevo-
i lent institutions. 1t shows that there
are 4,207 benevolent institutions in
i the United States. containing nearly
!. 100000 inmates, and that the annual
| cost of maintaining these is over S55,-
| 100000. In addition to these institu-
lions. there are orphanages and chill
drens homes with 92,aS9 inmates, day
nurseries with 1917. and hospitals with
] 1.O64,512. Dispensaries now treat about
{ 100000 cases year. The number
!, of inmates of permanent and temporary
homes for the INDECENT is about ]. =
!, 100000 yearly; blind and deaf in homes
, and schools aggregate 14,731. while
t there are 10000 blind and nearly co.
: 600 deaf in the country The insane
L in hospitals number 100000, and the
( feeble minded in Institutions number
/ 10000. Almshouses in the United
! States contain 1916 paupers. And
Al all these are reached by the benefac-
j lions OF the rich.
: To-morrow--Arhor Days in America.