The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02
RANKS VERY HIGH
IN CHARITY WORK
Indiana State Board Shows De-
veIopmemnt OF System.
CARE COSTS MANY MILLIONS
Report Shows Total Of $40 Penal n
Correctional Institutions, Homes
and Hospltais-First Rank
In Crime Prevention.

lndianapolis.-The growth of public
char,ties and correction In Indiana Is
we'll set forth In a pamphlet Just Is
sued by the Board of State Charities.
The development OF the system OF
charities at state expense Is graphi-
callly shown In a chart.
The first effort at outdoor poor re-
lief was made under the territorial
in 1895 and in 1893 the
system OF farming out the poor to the
lowest bidder vas begun. In 1871 lhe
first poor asylum was established Inc
school for the leaf was established III
1874 and the school for the bind III
ls47.
The next year the first provisions
ever undertaken by the state Tor the
insane were made. The Northern hos
initial was established in 1883. the Cen
trail hospital in 1889 and the Eastern
and Southern hospitals in 1891. Inc
southeastern Hospital for the insane
at Madison will receive inmates Aug
10.
In 1857 the first provisions were
made for the soldiers and sailors
their wives and orphans. The sol
diers' and Sailors Orphans Home az
Knlghtstown was built in 1871 ana
the Soldiers Home at Lafayette IN
1896.
Dependent children were cared LOT
in private orphanages from 1919 10
1881. when county orphanages were
established. Dependent children were
placed under the supervision OF the
County Board Of Children's Guardians
IN 1883 and under state supervision
IN 1897. In 1909 and under state su'
pervision in 1897. 500 provisions were
made for licensing maternity hospi-
tails and baby farms
The School for Feeble-Min.ed
Youths was created In 1879. the new
school in 1890 and the Institution foi
Predetermined Women in 1901. The
Epileptic Hospital at Newcastle was
opened In 1907 and the Tubercuiosi
hospital at Rockville Is in process ol
erection.
outdoor poor relief has beer undel
state supervision since 1895. IN
Board of State Charities was created
by an act Of the General Assembly II
1889. The boards of county charitiei
In 1899 and uniform state institution
boards established in 1907.
The correctional system In Indian
also has been under the supervision o
the Board of the State Charities sine
its creation. Until 1922 convicts wer
confined in local jails. In that yea
the state Prison was erected. In lso
this institution. located at Michiga
CITY was divided and the Souther
Prison established at Jefersonvill'
The Southern Prison was changed I'M
the Reformatory in 1897. The Mich
gan City prison. which was called u
Northern Prison after 1860, becam
again the State Prison in 1897. A d
partment for the confinement oil j
sane criminals is in the process
erection.
Tn. Boys School at Plainfeld ow'
It's origin to an act OF 1868. h GIT
School and women's Prison was esta
lished in 1873. but a separate scho
for girls was built In 1907 and a &C
rectional department for the Women
Prison opened in 1908.
Juvenile courts were created
1903, adult probation courts In IL
and supervision Of hayward boys
the Judge was begun In 1903.
There are $40 penal and correction
institutions. homes for adults, orphan
homes and hospitals In the state. I
total population OF these Institute
IN 1909 was 1862. Including tho
aided by township trustees and tho
brought into school by truant once
in l9OS-t9O9. there we're 96,iO6 put
changes In the state. There is
proxlmatcly one public charge for
cry seven voters in the state. Alf
ing for those who pay little or
taxes. the support Of the charita'
and penal institutions Of Indiana "a
upon a comparatively few men. !
total cost OF maintaining the public
stitutions alone in 1909 was sS,f
1883.