The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-03
BIG PROBLEM TO
CARE FOR POOR
Many Apply to the Associated
Charities for Aid

What is this community 10 do -
| care for those mpov erishea by the re
cent strike"
| This Is the problem NOW confronting
the Associated Charities aud through
that organization the cntir commun-
ny. for the Associated Charities is bat
the ORGANIZED ANA systematic direction
Of the communiW's charity Officers
OF the association report they are lit
orally sw"mped with applications ror
aid ana elief from the families Of men
who have refused TO 80 To work. Tho
Associations ordinary resources are
absolutely Inadequate to meet the need
and Just how the situation should be
met IL problem
! During the Christmas season the
wants ~ every applicant were cared
ior by the association. thanks To tho
assistance OF one big brother Thi,
assistance included clothing. food and
provisions, besides other things always
associated with this holiday And il
seems that many families learned OF
the location of the Associated Chart
ties headquarters for the nrst time
then. The next day some of them |
were back tor additional help and tho
rush has continued ever since. IN |
practically every new case the hus- |
land and father is in health and able |
to work The question that now con-
fronts th, association is whether those
In the community who are willing "a
work au6 provide for themselves
should have the added burden Of car
inc for the wants of those not working
Ouhand the answer probably would
be-no Eut then Their" is the thought
"' the women. wives and mothers. and
IN" little children many of them inno-
cent victims, and The situation as
umcs q different aspect.
ono or two If the recent applicants
Tor are the members OF families be
ro1vcd u The Italian hall disaster Ia
one instance the applicant had reject
81 check for hfty dollars proffcrcd
l} Tho citizens relief committee. ana
the next day applied 10 the Associated
Charities for aid.
From the stories told it would seem
q b" Western Federation is not doing ,
great deal To relieve the need. one
Woman. the wife of "a federation mem ,
Der, reported that she had applied al ,
most daily for the past few weeks for
.ucl having completely exhausted her ,
supply. None was forthcoming and APP ,
uiioatiou was made, as a last resort. To
hc Associated Charities Officers Of f,
his organization communicated with {
rdvraliou headquarters and were in
3imcd that the woman had not APP I
'lled lo the right person in her pre- i
ous Efforts but that her wants would 4
'e attended 90 30 effort had been 8
made previous to this time to guide
,or To- The reht person. +
D. another case which came tn the !,
urutt"u of the Associated Charities
workers. young man IN Centennial y,
lcialte. member of The union. be Il
anne DO jpou order uf the federation G.
doctor called upon him aud found hr
.aH threaded with appendicitis. \ o.
rnarriptiou was given and the young ii
laus little sister presented it at the
rdcrliou store here she was told it ~
Guild uc cared for at oacc Instead it n
'as pigcouholod and more than twen-
-four hours later the young man +.
offering almost agony had received OF
. medicine
Iuasmuoh as the relief fund raised id
y The citizens of the copper country Al
'r the bercaved families in the Italian
an disaster, is for that purpose alone,
probably will not be available for
Their relief although practically un- o
,uched
And lu tho meantime. the question
mains, W hat is to he zone with the s.
lor?" -
ST Paul is building n ucW DubU.