New-York tribune., 1911-03-06
TRAMP COLONY FAVORED
State Board of Charities Issues
Annual Report.

Albany. March 5.-The State Board OF
Charities in its forty-fourth annual report
10 the Legislature renews its recommends
ton, made to the Legislature OF 1910, Tor
the establishment of a farm colony TOT
tranps and vagrants. IL points out that
these classes are new kept practically IN
ieIeness in the penitentiaries. jails and
workhouses, at an annual cost OF 2,moe"'
whereas. following the example OF num-
her OF the countries in Europe. they could
be humanely maintsined and cared Tor IN
farm colonies, which could be made sell
supporting through their labor.
The board also recommends the early
completion o. the new Letchworth village
at Thiels in ROckland County which rs
designed 20 receive the feeble.minded and
epileptc patients from the southeastern
part OF the state. thereby providing further
needed facilities Tor these unfortunate
classes.
The recommendation Is also made for
the completion OF the New York state
Trciring School for Boys. 81 Yorktown
Heights H. Westchester County, which -
intended 10 provide FOR the boys from the
New York city district facilities FOR tram
+ ing equal 20 these OF which dellnauent Doys
from other parts OF the state nave tue
be- eft az the State Industrial and AsFi-
cultural School in Monroe County.
/ The board further recommends the cary
enlargement OF the New York State Train
inc SCHOOL for Girls. az Hudson, in Column
bia County. ard Of the State CUSTODIAN
Asylum TO- Feeble Minded Women. at New
ark. in Wayne County.
The number Of bene6ciaries IN institu-
tions visited and inspected by the board
was at the close Of the fiscal year 'e'So4.
/ being an increase OF approximately sWo
since 1896
~ means Of a chart incuded In the re-
I port il is shown that the population OF the
/ institutions for children Of all classes mas
steadily increased since 1906, the hgures Dc
/ ing as follows: 1906. S06is; 1901. ol,9i5 1876
% ss3. 1909. 39.68: 1910 1850 The principal
Fart Of this increase is in the city or Ne"
York. indicating the need OF greater e.
forts toward keeping family homes together
whenever possible.
Outdoor relief IL reported 10 have oeeh
given TO 1924 persons in the forty-hlhe
cities Of the state during the last year at
a cost OF SS73, ,5lS 10. The per capita rate OF
expenditure by inhabitants OF each city IS
shown in the table. and ranges all the way
from one cent in Elmira to 50 cents In
gIiddetown. where the overseer Of the poor
reports nineteen out Of every hundred oi
the population as receiving relief
The desirability of some form OF state
supervision over charitable institutions ho'
in receipt of public moneys Is discussed IN
the report. the conclusions OF the noard on
this subject being as follows:
II is the paramount duty OK the state 70
safeguard the interests OF the inmates ol
the Institutions rather than 20 insure tne
effcient expenditure of public moneys, now
/ over Important that may be.
The people OF the state should know an
nually 10 what extent dependency enS, eAis !.
within it's borders and the METHODS OF rshsI a.
emnloved This information can De nau II
complete form only when all OF the lns'ltu
tions are required 10 make reports u
The work OF private relief Is carried OF
mainly BY corporations organized under tn'
Laws OF the state to perform duties essen
tIaIly public in their nature Such WI wO1
may wisely supplement that OF tne bupr,' nr
authorities or. II Improperly carried on
may increase the public burdens