The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-04
Voice Of the People
Public Charities.
or OF The Times.Dispatch.

Sir,-1 can hardly believe that Won
would Intentionally misrepresent the
management Of Public Charities. In
Your editorial of June Sd YOU stat.
that it costs 1924 to distribute Slam
worth OF meal. Allow me to state the
mcnt of Public Charities for the wear
1907: Wv : S"t
Output. Cost
s soa7 bushels of meal 49,. 80. sl,49a so
o,o9i loads OF wood and ,22J
roads of coal 1929 50
S SS6 ratlons ..5.............. lis 90
T JvO pairs sEoeS ............. LILO so
of INDECENT. 1C3 So
Total .................... SOFIA co
Salaries and Rent.
One clerk, salary ..., 600 %
One visitor, salary four months $50 90
hent for meal house ......... 19S 90
ilciuehtals ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 90 81
The recipients Of charity from s,iu't :his
department are largely the aged, both
white and coiored. Scores Of old col
whites, who could not work / chal-
ienge any enc to show prodigality and
indiscriminate giving from this Office
no charitable organization, either pub
lie or private, Is infallible. The prob
lem of charity relief is great one
and the millennium Will dawn before
it will be solved.
For some time have been consider
ing the adjustment of the meal house,
and the proposition l submitted as a
substitute will reduce the cost Of sala-
RES. etc, TO one clerk at cost Of 5000
per annum only to. run the office of
1t has never cost this department
more than $1,000 per annum in sala-
ries. when the Associated Charities last
S SHas pad az g selref pu i5 Ghar
ties paid out for salaries and expenses
$l,O0O.57 10 distribute S1O.114.60, and
yet we are charged with being eXtrav-
agant.
cd charities, I claim to be one of the
pioneers to help to organize associated
charities In this city, ! had two in
rector of st. Paurs Church. The first
meeting was held in his church.
| I believe In private charities and
am friendly with the Associated Charl-
ties, and would be glad to see united
system, but it is far from 1t now.
| TO emphasize my statement here
with submit part of an interview
printed In your paper in May, 1908.
had just returned from session OF
the National Conference of Charities
held at Atlanta, Ga, and said as fol-
The charity organizations. societies
OF the country. are doing. & noble work
i I,he name IS abbreviated and known as
the c. o. S. They endeavor Ia arouse
i manhood and the fundamental princi.
,Iple Is to uplift and make good citi.
Zens Relief is only administered wher
i absolutely necessary. All OF these so
cieties are sustained only by private
SUBSCRIPTION, Incidence and idleness
are denounced, and in several OF oul
large cities public charities have becl
entirely abolished.
''As a citizen I would welcome TIL,
day. although my office would cease t
!. exist, when the city would discontinue
a TAX that is now annually administer
ca. and that a we'll organized char
: work and meet all Just demands yad
!. upon it BY tho Very poor OF ourl city
! without an appropriation made aut o
the city treasury.
!, We onSEt to have a consolidated SO
clety; only one in our city; and w
would get good results. The City Mis-
name for if all other charity organi
n cations would merge with It, imposi
4 lion would be avoided, and belieV
lhat voluntary subscriptions would b
t come from It." 6s
a Key, y, \, Eredenhaen. president 0
; me state Conference OF Charities, 1
q MS address last year stated at Topeka
t kan, that: I'm my opinion the Stat
: or city should not support privat
Q charity. " developes subserYlency o
o the part Of those who should be in
: dependent.} II promotes indifference o
I TIC part ft charity workers, and be
$ cause th9lr money comes easily an
people, if dries up The sn r pee ~ nrI
% vate benevolence Wherever tried III
Q, plan mas not worked satIsfuctoril,
q lAnother9 way to make private chafif