Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-01
Unemployed Man Resents
Move On" Policy of Police

IN following bitter arfalgnment of
existing conditions is portion of let.
ter received by The editor Of the pes.
trct News from "a homeless man.
who dates his communication Salt lake
city Christmas day. An OF che letter
Is not given because some portions are
appeals Tor violence. and covert threats
ana no good could be accomplished by
printing them
Christian people are reminded at this
season OF the year Of the Son of Man
lie who was born In q stnhle. OF poor
parents, and who chad not whcroon io
lay his head"
Ia almost any nation. or state. which
makes pretcntlons 20 Christianity. "a
spirit Of charity and almegivlng Del
commonly shown towards the "homo-
less poor" by those more fortunately
circumstanccd. al this particulal period
of the year. But this spirit rs not man
ifest, at least officially in Salt Lake
city at present owing o. the recent
panic there Is in the United States
about 100000 OF what may be- termed
homeless no0r
Salt Lake city has It's fun share,
close 10 800 practically broke. homeless.
and odd Job employed mon. OF this
number the Salvation Army shelters
$50 nightly at 10 cents per night; the
Volunteers about 100 and the various
cheap lodging houses about 80 more
Most o. these men do odd Jobs, or
panhandle the price" when dead
broke Almost every night this win
ter the proprlotofs OF a nuneer OF
saloons have permitted the homeless
down and out" men to sleep on chairs.
or the floor, IN their back rooms, and
these poor homeless men have been
rounded UP" several times by tho
chief OF police and his fellow officers,
who, Il seems, order these homeless
mon 10 leave town
Now Bundle has never learned any
thing, Cncver wilO and Dickens
Charles Reade. with Besant and other
great writers who exposed Official
methods Of handling criminals lived
and labored vainly IN so far as official
Bumbledom is concerned.
Bundle IL ever a Jack-in-ofiice. The
good Christian people Of Salt Lake city
are unaware Of BUNDLES Christian
methods Of dealing with poor homeless
christian workmen. who have not
whereon 20 lay their head Let me
tell you. Mr.. Editor, and the Christian
people OF this city. that the policy OF
threatening, bludgconing. deporting.
floating, or driving out Of this city in
early morning hours Of homeless men;
this move on" policy. 50 ably pictured
by Dickens, VIII reap its own reward
IN blood, IN hurglaries. arson, holdups
and even murder.
Why doesn't Bundle reason some
timer II YOUR city forces the homeless
man 10 move on Denver. Los An
goles, and other adjacent cities will
adopt similar tactics.
Nobody, OF course. cares. because Of
course. IL is only homeless Migrants
wanderods on the face Of the earth who
suffer, and they don't count, But late
". Mr.. Editor the homeless man does
count. In fact he amounts TO about
., 600 900, and rs likely 60 be with Bum
bic for "A very considerable period yet.
The homeless man Is tractable, as
yet, but keep on with your ''moye on"
policy and watch your growth Of
state prison offanses. Then, too, the
homeless man may retaliate. He may
consider to himself he has, or had,
snmo rights, and become vengeful.
Maybe YOU study what you read,
and maybe not
Let me instil an idea or two that
may help you 10 grasp what 100000
men can do. Almost nightly New York
City has a great tenement fre-incen-