The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
WILL CALL SECRETARY
system to He Adopted Here Is Pat termed on That Which Has Been Working Successfully in Ger
 many for Many Years


 man, J. Nj. Meighan, Dr. Don C. La Vergne, J. J. Smith, R. W. Massey. M V. Joseph,( Walker Percy, Samuel Ull- man, Robert Jemison, Jr, W. P. G. Harding, pr. J. Phillips, w. w Ora wford D. H. Marbury, Judge S. D. Weakley, ]. W. Brockman
 The officers are John L. Kaul, president; W. D. Urquhart, secretary, and George E. Tarrant, treasurer. The address, which has been issued, is as follows:
 Purposes of the Work
 'fhe Associated Charities claim to do three tfings-fiirst. to dispense chart,' where necessary; second to give construc- tive assistance to those clements in d community which need help though not H. so obvious a form; third to act as a clearing house through which people of philanthropic dispositions may make their contributions to charity without any mis- glvirgs that they may be msdirected.
 TO furnish timely assistance to the sick, the hungry and the homeless, to the down-hearted young man out of work, to the mother struggling to keep her family together, to the children on whom the hand of poverty falls so heavily. this is cur primary function. But there is much more to do. There is work which we must take up certain problems which af- feet our public welfare. and which we realize must be studied in order that we may find and apply remedy The es- tablishment of a municipal lodging house for women, and problems of a similar | nature
 Ihe people of this country should de- mand a more intelligent and comprehen- sive system of public relief. and. as there is large field for both public and private charity, great effort should be nade to bring these different agencies into closer cooperation and to make them component parts of one great system.
 Tn our country public sentiment is al- powerful. It should bc one of the aims of organized charity to ascertain the cause of distress suffering and mis- fortune, and to apply in an intelligent manner remedies for their prevention The duty of ascertaining the cause, suggesting the remedies, and indicating to what ex- tent the. government can be justly callesl apon to make privateS charity unneeesl ssry, cle arly falls upon the shoulders of Associated Charity workers, and, in fact, lrpon whose humanitarian instincts prompt them to work in that field of enterprise. Let them make careful investigations. spread broadcast .hetir information as to the causes of distress, and demand the | rectssary legislation. Let us hope that the day is not far distant when every good ran will consider it his duty to agitate persistently for the remedies pointed out
 We have secured the promise of d good secretary for Birmingham. The as- sociation is in need of contributions to el ale it to carry on the work out lined A determined effort will be made to secure an adequate amount before we call the secretary. We will have the ma chirery to do the work. and it is up to the people of Birmingham who have the means and the heart to enable us by their support to put it in operation.
 Resembles German system
 '"The Associated Charities movement is practically the same as that of the Mu- nicipal Charities of the cities of the Ger man empire, the so-called Elberfeld sys- tenn. Indeed, this method developed in France starting in Paris from the work of M. LeFebure, formerly a member of the French legislature, until it has ex- tended all over the large cities abroad and in America. We may therefore speak ot this movement not as something local or experimental, but as something which has attracted the attention of the most com potent men and women engaged in chari- | ty work throughout the civilized world We are not, therefore, pleading for you to invest in an experiment.. We could do that with good faith. but it is un- necessary now, after the movement has estab blished itself, and shown by its fruits that it is absolutely essential to a civilized community. The proposition which we want to advance is this: That this charity deserves in the very nature of the case to receive the consideration and support of every generous man and woman in Birmingham. In saying this we would not for an instant be understood as min imizing the work and imperative neces- sty of other forms of charity There are organizations and institutions for the relief, education and correction of chiJ- urell anu TOT tne rcleI or the aged, sick and infirm These institutions are sup. ported by the state. municipality, the county. by endowed charities, or by an, nual gifts of generous people. There art many agencies of an ecclesiastical char. acter. All of these agencies together with the schools, are made to improy. conditions. All of those charities tha l are well managed deserve the contribu tions of those who are connected will them. or should be connected with them , but the Associated Charities, by it's yer, namc-happy omen-has a position diff ferent from any of these. It has a pur , pose which encompasses the claims a al The Associated Charities Is neces sary to the good functioning of ever, ono of these institutions of which W, } have spoken, whatever may be it's char } acter, whatever may be the nationallt, or the religious affiliations of those tt whom 1t appeals or to whom it admin isters.
 "The society will save more than i costs in preventing waste of charit, money alone.'
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