Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-24

Some 200 men responded to a call
 for a meeting Sunday afternoon in
 the lecture room of the Central Bap-
 tist church for a, discussion of the ad-
 ninistration of the public charities of Norwich, and after listening to the re- marks of several speakers, passed motion instrueting the committee in charge to arrange for a conference or delegates from every organization ad- ministering charity in the city It was the idea that the report of this con ference on the subject would be sub nitted to some future meeting similar to the one held Sunday.
 B. F. BishoD who was chairman or the committee of arrangements which included also Rev. F. C. Wright and Rev. c. H. Northrop, called the meet ing to order, and prayer was offered by Rev. Frank Palmer MT. Bishop told of a letter of regret received from Rev. Nelson Poe Carey, who was pre- vented from attending by conflict in~ engagement. It was voted to con tinue MT Bishop as chaiPman of the meeting, and he explained that 1t was to be understood that the meeting was not called in the spirit of fault finding or criticism of any individual or or ganizations. but with the hope that help might be given by better under standing some of the problems whicn confront the management Of the publlc charities.
 rI1B CdllCu lISL upOIl IkCh+ ~AA- 4NoA rep to speak, this meeting having re- suited largely from his suggestion that he would like to have chance to explain to the men of the city what was being done iby the City mission department of the United Workers un- der his direction. Rev. MT. Northrop referred his audience to a pamphlet that had been distributed at the door, giving the history of the City mission, and said that the number of families assisted had been cut down in the last nine months from 150 to 40, and of this latter number there were 32 families where the women have to do the work The giving out of meal tickets had grown from 35g in 1903 to 963 in 1908, but in 1909 it had been cut down to 149, showing that tramps were no longer getting meals at the expense of the support of the City mission.
 Rev. MT. Northrop said it was the expectation of the City mission that there might be some sort of correla- tion of charities, that those in charge might get together at least for con- ference the selectmen United Work CTS Catholic parishes. churches, The Kings Daughters, Hebrew societies, and Salvation Army. We all under stand" said the speaker that too much money has been spent, but the things that are past, let them be gone. They will never happen again so long as MT. Lillibridge and I are allowed to sit on the lid.'' Some families have been getting help from five different sources of charity, and that isn't bus mess. We should take time to think this matter over so as to evolve a so- lution of the problem that will be satisfac tory for those who are being helped and for those who are furnish ing the money" His remarks were applauded
 Gen. William A. Aiken was called upon, but asked Rev. Mr. Wright to speak first. The latter responded by saying that this was not purely a prob lem with a monetary bearing, to ar- rive at a lowering of taxes, for there Is charity that can be a curse, for we may make a great deal of poverty sometime by our generosity. It is a Christian social problem. He empha- sized the need of careful investigation of cases, and suggested that there