Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-19
SUNSHINE SOCIETY
I INQUIRY ORDERED


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yourself and others interested per
sonally in promoting the objects Tor
which your society has been incorpo-
rated"
Sequel to Morgan Report.
Breaker was employed to go over
the accounts of the society after the
report of Suffern & Sons, account
ants. had been presented to w. Eel
loves Morgan. In the Breaker report,
according to Mr.. Littleon, every item
of expense or receipt, regardless OF
the amount. has been included The
report includes all the branches OF
the society, which maintains another
home for the blind at Dyker Heights,
BROOKLYN, and a sanitarium at Ben
sonhurst.
Appended to the report is this state
ment from the auditor of the State
of New Jersey, William Il. Drake, re-
garding the Arthur Home:
I'VE have made a thorough audit
of the books and accounts of the Ar
thur Home for Blind Babies, Summit,
N. j., which are kept at the office OF
the International Sunshine Society,
96 Fifth avenue, New York. We have
examined the accounts from May 1,
1911, to December 81, 1912, a period
of eighteen months, and have salts
fed ourselves as to the general cor
rectness of the books.
"The calculations, extensions, add
tions, etc, of all bills, checks and
books have been inspected and veri-
fed, and with q few minor excep-
lions were found to be correct. In
dorsed checks are on file for all pay
ments and itemized bills for the ma
jority. The purpose of payments as
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tenance and improvement of the
home.
1.-THE deposit of all receipts shown
on the cash book and withdrawal by
check for all payments from the bank
account was verified and the balance
in bank December 81, 1872 found to
agree with the cash book balance"
Mr. Littleton said that he also would
demand an investigation of the so
ciety's activities in New Jersey. He
will appeal to the governor for spe-
cial committee to conduct the probe.
It also was stated by Mrs. Alden
that the New Jersey Commission for
the Blind was opposed to the Arthur
Home, because of the fact that the
commission believed it possible to keep
blind children in the homes of their
parents at a cost of IS q month, while
The State now is paying to the Sun
shine Society $3.50 a year for each
child committed to that institution.
She called attention to the fact that
be present laws of the State made II
impossible to dispense money in this
manner and stated that the Arthur
Home was at present the only refuge
in New Jersey for blind babies, par
ticularly for children too young to go
to school.
Mrs. Alden went on to say that
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Board of Charities at Trenton, had
committed children to the home over
the protest of the Commission for the
Blind and had given the home the seal
of his approval.
Frequent Inspections.
She also stated that DR.. Lawrence,
president of the Board of Health, of
Summit, had inspected the Arthur
home at frequent intervals and had
officially declared 1t to be sanitary.
Max j. Cotton, health officer of the
city, also is declared to have given
the home his official o. *.
Clifford Woodruff, who lives in
Summit and has offices in New York,
is q liberal contributor to the home
and a frequent visitor there. He
made the statement that he had
never seen insanitary conditions in
the Arthur home and that he mas
the fullest confidence In the integrity
of Mrs. Alden.
The report of Suffern & Sons was
placed in the hands of q reporter for
the Evening Star by Mr.. Suffern when
he was questioned concerning his
audit. 1t is on this report that many
of the charges are based. In the In
PRODUCTION to the report 1t Is stated
over the signature of the accountants
that the report is superficial and OF
no great value as full and COM
plete chronicle of the society's finan-
cial activitiesn