The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-27
First Report Issued by State
Statistician Gives Figures
Showing Amount of Chari-
table Work Done.
FIND WORK FOR $50.
PERSONS EACH MONTH
First Three Months Trial
Showed Value of the lnsti-
tuition Authorized by the
Last Legislature.
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indianapolis, May Ell. L. Peetz,
state statistician. who has charge of
tho free employment bureau which
was established under an act passed
by the last legislature. has issued a
circular In which he sets forth the
vesults of the work OF the bureau dur
ing October, November and December.
1909, the first three months of it's ex-
lstence. He points out that the bureau
has been even a greater success than
had been expected. Mr.. Peetz says
employment bureau and placed it un-
der the jurisdiction of the statistician
did not make any appropriation for
the maintenance of the bureau, be-
cause no appropriation was needed.
He says the bureau Is operated with
the same office force that was In the
office before It was established.
'It was hoped" says Mr.. Peetz.
"that We might register as many as
e~venty nve or ono hundred applicar
tions a month for employment and 10
cate at least one half Of that num-
Der. In October we registered more
than five hundred and found employ
ment for more than two hundred.
Since its establishment the bureau
has found employment for an average
Of more than one hundred and fifty
persons asm0uth, and the only charge
made to tho applicant for work is suf-
ficient postage for the necessary cor
respondence. as IL allowed by law.
which usually amounts TO from two to
five cents. However. nearly one half
OF those for whom we secured EN-.
ployment did not have the money to
pay even the small amount of postage.
And here the questions arises.
What would have become of these
people II the Indiana free employment
bureau had not been in existence?' p
They would probably have been COM
PEELED to either starve or beg on the
streets or become objects of charit-
able institutions, or possibly steal. to
provide bread for starving ones at
uOuACs AC AdCI lu0S OuC-u0A Ol luO
applicants for whom employment was
secured by the bureau were entirely
destitute demonstrates the usefulness
OF and the necessity for this bureau.
"No discrimination was made
against those who we're unable to pay
the small fee for postage to the bur-
eau. but instead every possible effort
was made I'd secure work for them as
soon as possible.
"'True charity does not consist in
giving a dollar to the able bodied per.
son who needs q dollar. but instead,
II gives him an opportunity to earn
dollar. This is the only practical
charity. the only sensible thing to do,
the only kind OF help that any honest
unfortunate person could expect and
the only kind that he is entitled to.
Mr.. Peetz figures that in the three
months named 205 persons who ap-
piled for work were destitute and not
able to pay the postage fees to the
bureau. He says: Suppose these eos
men, with their families, had been
thrown upon the taxpayers for a per-
iod OF only one month. The record
OF the charity organizations show that
II requires an average of So per fam.
lily per week to care for destitute
families. Two hundred and five fam
lilies at 50 week for one month would
mean an expense to the taxpayers of
s2.6sS.
The Indiana free employment bur-
eau demands recognition as an insti-
tuition which. from standpoint OF
usefulness and beneficence, though It
Is In its infancy, and though II Is COM
PEELED. because OF lack Of funds. to
work against difficulties. stands in
the front rank with the oldest and
most important state institutions.
The bulk OF its work Is done here In
indianapolis ,and Marion county. How.
ever, the bureau has reached out into
more than q score Of counties as well
AZ into other states. Our records
show that the bureau has done bust
ness In the counties of Boone. Cass,
Clark, Clinton. Decatur. Delaware.
Fayette. Grant. Hancock, Hendricks,
Henry. Howard, johnson, Kosciusko
Lagrange. Lake. Madison. Newton,
Orange. Owen. Rush. Tipton. Wander
burg. vigo and Wayne. and that we
have furnished help for parties in
Peoria. ILL.,. Beaver. ILL.,. Lansing, Mich
igan and Fremont. Ohio.
The business men. manufacturers
ana farmers over the state are gradu-
ally becoming acquainted with our
bureau. and the number of workers
asked for by individuals and institu-
tions varies from one to hundreds. All
who have had dealings with our bur