The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-03

In addition 10 The legal relief 40
have the Voluntary Charities, which
do an enormous psr; in caring for un-
foriunatos. This Includes tho vast
amount OF church benevplencc. church
and endowed hospitals, dispenaaries.
clubs. sanatoria for conzImplivos and
Tor sick and weak children. seaside re-
sorts for conyalcsoents-snd 4 poor
man requires just as much time to
regain MS strength after Illness as
rich man-and so on.
The theorists agree. With fair uni
foFmIty. that proper combination OF
leSal and voluntary relief offers tho
boai hopes OF a wise, proper and cf-
iectivc charity. There H. Il large par
~ of philanihroplsts and students.
ncrcover. who would abolish entirely
all outdoor legal rplicf-shUS making
IL altogether an Institutional matter
They do not say that state aid is
vronE-in fact, ihey accept n for Ger.
taiu classes Of sick indigcn,s-but do
say that certain forms OF II arc ur
wise They argue that knowledge that
tho family may call on tho public
funds makes for negligence. lazlncss.
Drunkenness and vice: hat II tends
10 sesregatc tho poor from the auc-
cessful and encourages fhc poverty
stricken 10 regard tho public fuud AS
their natural means Of livelihood. thus
exciting hostility 10 government. de-
morailzirE them generally. and de-
stroyluc energy foresight a')d econ
omy: that II Is a costly sy'nem he-
cause tho officers rot feciinS any per
sonal sncrifcc. hn1 1t casy 70 be lib
cral AZ public expense; and because
OF The temptations loading TO graft
and corruption; and finally they say.
II II were known thar there was no
legal relief. private voluntary societies
would take care Of the outdoor side
OF the matter anyway
Outdoor Relief
The opposite arSuIsts. on The other
hand. affirm that thc duty OF caring for
The sick poor rests upon all. and
should DC shared b. all. thar legal
authorities arc better able 10 invcsti-
gate md prevent deception and I'M
nosition. and that the police arc es-
sentlal i'm handling The yagrant oues'
lion. that Il would be impossible TO
build enough poor-houses and infrna-
rIes 20 house all those who might call
for help. that families should be kept
together and mutual self-help fos-
tered: and finally. that present din
culties a-c duo TO faults In the law
OF its administratI tIon-either OF which
can be rcmedicd. Whatever these
arguments may amount 10, there Is no
present likelihood that outdoor legal
poor relief viii be abolished. certainly
not before other end superior meth
ods are in force; and that time seems
indeed so far in tho future that We
need have no immediate concern OF
anxiety.
To show YOU conoretely what is go
Ing on about US. | am able 10 offer
YOU. uuinterestinS as figures may be.
few statistics as TO legal sick poor
relief As 10 voluntary charity asso'
Citations, the data from Salt Lake City
nrc no. available at The tirc OF this
writing: for ngures on other relief
] refer YOU to the kind neighbors. gro
GERS, landlords and coalmon 10 the
vicinity OF some OF your own sick fam.
illcs,
Burden OF Los Angeles.
Los Angeles. because of Its fame.
location and climate. has had large
burden ppt upon it; II is crowded
Win InlteIdDlt unlpIluuolfHs anu
from it's very necessity has strlycn
courageouFly To- meet the situation.
Tho county physician OF Salt Lake
county recently visited there. and
gives me these facts
The population of Los Angeles Is
some 10000 II has \ city rcoeiyIn,;
ward with three doctors In attend
ance. who pass upon the cases a.
they arc brought in by tho police. and
II necessary transfer them 10 the
County hospital which In turn has
some 900 beds and eight intcrncs
The Innrmary Is we'll out In the opcr
country, and for general poor relic
there Is stan II n charity Officer
with five or six agents. Tho hcaltt
officer is distinct oficial, and has
nothing TO do with tho actual care o
the sick. In regard to translcuts
who have como 10 tho city for jhcr