The evening world., 1914-03-09
KEEP THE HOME INTACT
BESTPLAN FOR STATE
TO CARE FOR CHILDREN
Sophie Irene Loeb, Member of State
Commission, Tells How Foreign
Countries Provide Home En-
vironments for Little Ones.

wAy that The ohiid Itself doss not
realise that u - asosnAsat On the
State.
n becomes enc ee The family IN
which u u placed. And this scheme.
aetsr many ysazv trsai. proves that
tAo child becomes ahooroed In the
population and doso not bear the
stamp Of havias bssn reared In an
orphan asylum o. any other paupsr
inst1tution. Actual statistics show
that les than per cent Of the chit.
dren thus treated become criminals
and lees than per cent. return 70
the Government for poor relief.
This same v1sw Of the child = ovi
dent In the other countries. The
strons fssling everywhere - Armiy
against institutional care for chill.
dren except inArm. delinquent or
otherwise veal. dependent children.
NEW YORK cHARirV oPPoeI.
TON 70 PROSPECTIVE Laws.
Before weat 70 Europe the com.
mission hsid several public hearings.
whore the heads Of charity organise.
tions presented their views - b the
prospective laws dealing With Do
pendent children and especially those
Of widowed mothsrv. with which this
commission win deal flrst o.
Tho general contention against the
new law was the idea that II the
state grants aid 70 ths widowed
mother Il would "paupsriss" her. and
that u was wrong sconoG,Acs 70 thus
'subsidiss" ths ohil6sen. Ths great
substitute ssnssally advised by thsss
opponsnts to nsw is6iSia&ien w1s .
Social Insurance Aet.
Another remedy offered WA0 that
u ths private charity orUaaisations
had more money they could ode.
auatsly meet thses conditions. There
was some suggestion that the State
might grant mothsrt pensions. but
administer this law through the q.
isting private CHARITIES. Therefore
(pasticulariy gAve aatsntAon 70 thssa
points In the foreign countries.
| ~ - osslsl Insurance ne ssR.
teNtlsM thst Il would alleviate
this tenn u dlssrsss (dspsndsnt
Or SaNhselsss ehildrsN) 10 almsst
abswrd and % eseardsd by ths
prsmlnsWt ssselais abresd whs
administer the laws. IN east, In
Germany wAses Social Insurance
b osasraliy srsditsd % being
msst psrgsstsd. since Il began In
| too9 until the pesesNt day, che
| amount sxpsndsd BY the oevsr~.
! msMt See psss esllss kas In.
ersassd annually and Il 10 sWly
i olnss tet9 thst any oeslal Incur.
anee law In Berlin effects, BY
psnslen, the widow end her ehIl.
drsn, end ne cum 10 - lnsds.
sssts that n 10 hardly ts - rssk'
cNod Wlth.
FOR example. Il Q man diss wh,
has paid insurance for thirty yeera
HI widow gets . pension Of SIS
Q month and each child sets Q utu
, over . dollar . month.
RgoARoiNo gNoLANoo SOCIAL
lNouNANc9.
TAat ASlanA nov poallsoo -
IUeat neeA q conoogvlAe youth .
A | avoid suoh onormous G1penditvre
I'm old age pensions seemed ovtdon
, when I talked with c. +. Adair H0rt
= the most noteworthy authority o.
a poor relief In Europe. A. . membe
!. Of the Royal Commission ON Poo
lLAws. hs presented IN sxhaustiv
. work ON foreign and colonial syu
!. TENS OF poor relief.
n Il was gratifying 20 ana that ~
y H0re's deductions agreed with N
. findings after ] had covered samila
n ground.
AZ he 10 now . member oe the In
lsuranco Act Commission, . bsttl
opinion could hardly bs found In
y comparison Of these two elements
, Social Insurance and Poor Relie& u
:. H0re said to me:
II believe it 70 time that every ns
y ton u waking up TO the most In
q portant problem. that Of the chill
a We have here In England especial
!. that problem before ~. and the tim
y 10 ripe since We have ey the 6oca
y insurance act now tAlson care
|. eve y employed adult against sic,