The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-30
Officials Are After the Person
Who Seeks to Live at Public
expense by the Operation
], z Homes
APPLICATIONS MADE
FOR STATE LICENSES
To Operate Institutions for Or
phans and the nd-hearted
Public Always Makes Liber-
al Response.
tPaliadium Specially

tPa1ladium Specially
Indianapolis, March 3O.-Amos w.
Butler, secretary Of the Indiana board
Of state charities .'is AFTER the CRATER
who Is seeking to live at the expense
Of the public, under the guise OF oper-
eting home for orphan and friendless
children. Within the last three
months. large number of persons
seeking to establish private homes for
such children have been refused IL
censes to operate, and under the law
Of 1909, without such q license. they
cannot operate.
Mr.. Buffers chief ground for his
stand Is that there are enough such
charity establishments In the state at
this time and that to increase the NUM-
ber would be to increase the burden Of
the people who are besieged on every
side to contribute to the support Of
such places, and that. too, without
adding any material benefit to the
child saving movement.
The plan proposed by the number OF
applicants for license turned down was
TO procure some dwelling and open a
home for caring for children. When
Nh. Butler asked the applicants how
they intended to support the home,
they replied. by popular subscrip-
ton
mt n tiss~ ~psopls WILL not sub
ecrfbey@ asked Mr.. Butler.
.'Oh, but they will,' was the reply.
psopls Too Generous.
There you have IT, said Mr.. But
Ter. That Is the greatest dimculty
with which we have to contend the
open heartedness Of the people. The
average man or woman will dig down
Into their purse and respond literally
when Z II represented that the giving
80 q aid some orphan or some friend
less child. Designing persons who
have sless charity IN their makeup than
= dssire To make good living at
nllGAt exertion to themselves know
fhis - we'll - any one. and there Is
usually found their causes for desiring
to start ! home for needy children. In
4 such ! home. they get their rent paid,
their food furnished, and their cloth
1 Ing supplied, by popular subscription.
The children. In most instances, no
doubt. would be well cared for, but
that ID not the point. They can be
well cared for In the institutions
which We have. and in even less
number than we have. And that, too,
without draining the public for addi-
t1onal subscriptions with which to pro-
vide for any and every person who
Wishes to make . living easy
The proper method for caring for
the orphan and the needy child is to
1ind II good home and provide prop
er supervision for It when It is placed
N that home. according to Mr.. Butler.
That Ii the plan. too, that Is being
followed by the state board, under the
direction OF Mr.. Butler. When the
public gives here and there and every
where to the support OF private insti-
tutions for caring for children, the
people are interfering with the method
shown by actual experience to be the
best yet discovered for handling the
homeless child problem. An increase
Of private orphanages, It has been
found by the board, means harder
work to interest the public in caring
Tor the children in private homes,
where they should be cared for. and
the child is made to suffer because an
unthinking public. without inQuiring
q Il easy for the prompters of these
homess
kfe Well Cared For.
The present facilities in the state
The board has found, are more than
sufncient for proper handling Of all
the homeless children In the state.
Last year. the board. with the aid Of
the present institutions, engaged In
child work, handled successfully 3,O6a
homeless children. and now have 1000
y IN private homes under the personal
supervision Of the six agents employ
"a ~ the board. The present institu.
tions devoted to the care Of children
are caring daily for from 1.50O to ]. .6o0
wards. and could easily care for 1 ,2O0
more with their present facilities
4 Hence. says Mr.. Butler. It Is wholly
foolish for the public to 60 down in
their pockets to help every man or
\ woman who comes Along to establish
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