Bisbee daily review., 1913-07-06
(sy Esther cummings.)

The existence of poverty should be a matter of much importance to Bs when we consider that at least 10,0OO,- 0e0 of people in the United States are constantly down at the poverty line. and many of them below it.
 IL is true that there are many un- avoidable reasons for the fact that the poor shall always be with us, lo many of whom life has always been and always will be a very great bur den. These conditions can be found in almost any community, whether prosperous or otherwise.
 Poverty is directly or andireetly the result of physical. mental or moral incapability. Some are Handicapped through physical inability, while others have not the faculty Of geod management so as to enable them ta enjoy the comforts of life to any eX- tent. If such be the case with the chief wage-earneF Of the family i. affects the family and cripples future generations, if the children do net receive the advantages they require to become a success in years to copIe.
 Rad ancestry handed down from one generation to another causes a continual increase of poverty for II involves weakness of character and bad judgment. lack Of trade and edu- cation, finAproper care and training when young, all of which results in incidence, vice, dissipation, family desertion and general incompetence.
 Certain natural calamities will oc- cur, causing distress and suffering. but these are only temporary impedi- ments with people who are not the ''victins Of circumstances that have rendered them incapable of fighting against Encouragement.
 During the past quarter the charity committee of the board of trade has given aid. to 14 different families .n this community who are more or less o5 the class of people mentioned. Some of these have been obliged to suffer through indoIence, dissipation CT descrtion of the father. while il other eases distress was caused through illness.
 Transportation was furnished sn eight cases, four of which was on ac- count of illness. Gt is quite GUS tomary for a poor woman with a small family to come to the charity committee asking for help 10 go to some other place where she thinks she can make a better existence. U is not a matter of being unable to find employment here, as employ. ment can usually be obtained for these who are wiling and able to wor6. During the past quarter employment was obtained for people on I9 occas. ions, through the charity committee.
 One important benefit that can be derived through organized charity work in any town is the transient ploblem. Many of these transients want money and obtain great deal of 1t from parties who mean to .t kind and charitable when they are asked for money to buy a meal, which may or may not be used for that pur pose. lf this poor man comes 10 the charity committee he is never refused an order tor meal he is hungry He is also supplied with better cloth ing if he is in need of if, but is neyei given money. In most cases he is a casual laborer, and if he is no pauperized through intended kindnes; he will not remain in town very long unless he has obtained work.
 Much clothing that has been do mated was given out by the chariil committee in all more than 400 ar iicles during the past quarter. inciud ing 43 pairs Of shoes, supplied mostly 10 the poor children. The charitl committee has been much encourag ge' m it's work through the kindBess O many ladies in the district who hav made clothing that was needed b, certain poor families. While we arr unab,e to eliminate poverty from ou mitist, we are glad to know that s many good citizens of Bisbee and th Warren district are interested in tb