Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-16
UNEMPLOYED IN DIES MONIES
fSioux CITY Journal

good many Of these viii die.
UNEMPLOYED IN DIES MONIES.
fSioux City Journal
The unemployed IN Des Moines are
causing the charity organizations OF
the city much concern. It 10 repre-
scented that the alluring magazine ad-
vertising which the Greater Dss
Moines committee has done has at
tracted many non-fesiden1 working
people to the city. and that q serious
problem is involved In caring for them.
The charity workers say that employ
ment in Des Moines during the sum-
mer months has been % scarce that
their organizations have not bssn able
10 meet requirements with reference
TO the resident poor Of tho city. while
the number OF dependents has been
materially Increased as result Of the
ambitious booster advertising. A
wayfarers' lodge is contemplated.
where employment can be given to
the stranded in return for their main
tenance. The humane society has paid
hotel bills for entire families out Of
its emergency funds. and the claim is
that the extraordinary sxpshd;tude
has resulted from the mistaken notion
that opportunity for employment In
Des Moines was abundant. Il just do
not know what we will do this winter.
said the secretary OF the humane So
ciety. I'VE have spent hundreds OF
dollars upon nonresident people who
became stranded In Dss Moinss. This
money rishtfully belongs 70 the poor
of the city. but = charity organisation
~
Of the Associated Charities said:
Employment has been . scarce arti-
Gle In Des Moines. ! do not know
what We are going to do this winter
with the transients and the men out
of employment. 1t Is going to mean .
terrible winter. believe the advertis-
ing il bringing many workers to Des
Moines."
The matter has been brought to the
attention OF the Greater Des Moines
committee, and responsibility for the
situation Is denied in that quarter. 1t
has been pointed out to the charity
workers that the committee has only
set forth in hs advertising matter the
advantages OF Dies Aoines Is . factory
city and that there has been no appeal
to workmen to locate in the city.
What the committee in it, odvsrtikang
campaign has endeavored 70 do was
to attract the attention Of investors.
But the charity workers do not sur
render their point. They say more
men in Dies Moines are asking for
work than ever before.
It would appear that the extensive
Advertising In distant publications has
not. up 10 this time. improved the In
dustrial situation in Dss AoinSs. II II
has not added to the number OF unem-
ployed. then the opportunity for work.
II the reports Of the charity workers
are to be accepted, IL much below
normal. While the advertising. made
- attractive - possible. has not been
addressed to labor. II 10 not unlikely
that II has appealed to men seeking
location where demand for labor
might bs anticipated. It IL aues-
ton, then, whether the boosters have
profitsd Des Moines In this particular
line Of their sndeavor. II their con-
tsntion OF irresponsibility in the pres
ont situation 10 maintained, then the
fact stands that industrial conditions
In Des Moines were never poorer than
they are at the present time. The
fact. or the presumption Of the fact,
IL promotive Of free advaetiAng calcu-
lated to neutralise the Advertising for
which good money he's been expanded.
Sioux City 1t one time during the
year was strongly tempted to initiate
Des Noinso In booster advertising.
That the venture was not undertaken
- probably now . nattef for con-
GRADUATION.
No one will sssiously contemplate
that 4he POOR In Dss Moinsa. where
the disposition - toward sober and
industrious living, will suffer. Tb1
good people Of the city are able ia
care for such. and they will Do It with
that spirit OF civic pride with which
tbs boosters are OVERLOOKING.