El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-05

EATTLE. Wash. July 5.-One Of
~ the principal topics under dis
~ cussion at the National confer
r1ca on Charities and Corrections
which opened its sessions in this city
today. continuing until July y, will be
the problems which viii face the peo-
If tho Pacific coast when the open
ing of the Panama canal brings an II
fink of immigration OF sort new 10
This particular section of the coun-
try. e.,....
A very important section OF TINS con
fernece viii be devoted to discusslOIl
Of tba distribution and assimilation OF
Immigrants The meetings OF this sec
rfo0 viii be in charge OF ErOI- GrethaILl
TAYLOR. of Chicago Under the ulIeC-
lion of this section of the conference
Charles w. Balanpled, secretary OF the
pas.fffc Coast Immigration congress-
has made Q special survey OF cOaS
conditions relative 10 immigration anu
will submit his report TO the confer
ence on Monday. A round table meet
ing for the discussion Of the same topic
viii be held the following day Spsah-
ers scheduled for this meeting include
Dublic officials. railway officials, IN
Ierested citizens and social WORKERS
social Welfare Work.
Another significant program feature
will be that of the committee on the
relation OF commercial OISal-lldtLoL- ~
to social welfare, OF which roger y
baldwin. of St Louis, IS chairman :
Al NfUiaus- of Cleveland Ohio, VIII
deliver an add~e-s 1u ~ Chamber OF
Commerce Militant in which ne VIII
review the past 10 years WORK OF the
cleveland chamber of commerce Henry
stewart. secretary of the subscriptions
and endorsement committee OF the chi
laeO association of commerce VIII os-
liver an address on OnaI-tlrS IN
GOTsement-" L. A. Halbert, OF the hdH-
E.r lie
speak on "De} clipping STANDARDS anu
Henry II. NOyes Jr., OF the RocneSt Ter
CHAMBER Of commerce, viii outline the
DEVELOPMENT of national plans IOr tHS
participation OF commercial DOules III
social welfare ACTIVITIES
Health and Productive Power Is the
title OF another section OF the con-
ference. under the leadership OF Ut
LIVINGSTON Farrand, of n ew YORK, eA-
ccutfye secretary OF the National aSSO-
citation for the study and Prevention OF
tuberculosis. Under the auspices OF
this section. Dr. Lewis Merriam, of the
federal children's bureau at Nasnln5 -
ton, viii deliver an address on Au-
diting the Birth Account; necessary
process in perfectlng our social DOoA-
keeping
section Devoted to Children.
A section of the conference which IS
always important is that on" children
Rev. Brother Barnabas, F. y T.. the
SuDerintendenL Of the Lincoln ASElcu4-
turaI school at LincOlndale, n T., IS
chairman of this section. This com
mittee's program includes addresses .Dy
T. j. Sessions. superintendent OF the
Soldiers Orphans home at Davenport
Ia DR.. ". II. Slingerland, of the hgs-
sen SAGE foundation, New York. w
T Cross, secretary Of the state board
of charities of Missouri; DR.. LllDurn
morrill,, director Of diagnosis OF the
Juvenile court Of Seattle, and a mem
Der of others
The rest of the program OF the con
ference is divided between secuons on
Public Supervision and AdminlsIra-
tor" of which w. 7. Cross, Of MIS-
souri,, is chairman; Families ana
NeighbOrhOods" of which John A
Kingsbury, of New York, is chairman,
and Standards of Living and Labor,
of which the Rev. John A Ryan, OF
St Paul. is chairman
It was the last named section OF
this conference, which. during us
meeting at Cleveland last June, ad-
iorrned as a section Of the conference
and met Immediately as private clIl-
zens adopting a set Of resolutions en-
bracing the ideas Of social workers as
to the minimum requirements Of gov
eminent in establishing social and IN
dustrial Justice 1t was this set OF
resolutions which was subsequently
embodied. almost verbatim, in the pat
form of the Progressive party az us
convention in Chicago in August