The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-05-19
WILL FOREGO
. PERMANENT
CHARITIES
Associated Charities Executive
Committee Decides it Cannot
Continue Burden Of Caring for
INDECENT and Sick; Recommend
Appointment Of Manager to
Handle Affairs.

The executive committee Of the As
sociated Charities met yesterday after
noon and adopted the following sesolu-
tion presented by Judge Sanford B.
Dole:
90 Resolved, That it is the policy Of
the Associated Charities TO gradually
eliminate the present practice of fur
nishing permanent assistance, looking
forward to the reduction of such as
sistanee rendered to emergency cases
only; in such emergency cases food to
be given for only one or two days.
/. This action was taken because the
organization finds Itself confronted by
situation which il is absolutely un-
able TO control. II was pointed out
that there are no poor houses In Ha-
waii and no government institutions
to care for the INDECENT sick; the As
sociation has been called upon 70 bear
burden which properly belongs to
the entire community; what they have
been able to accomplish in the way of
supplying individual relief has been
like bucket of water poured on the
sands g.s
q. II. Dickey said that there Is only
one way in which they can do perma-
nent cha=ity and that is by supplying
work to the bread winners who are able
to work, Those who are ineapaeitated
for work must be cared for by the
charitable organizations or become OBJ
jects Of public relief. The Association
can not carry this burden, he declared.
Functions Are to Investig.te.
NJ. Dickey said that the functions
Of the society are 70 inyestiRate the
circumstances Of those who ASK ass
sistance. The society says to the peo-
pie of Honolulu:
"If you desire the best good Of the
poor, do not, under any appeals, give
to strangers at your door or on the
street Send them to the Associated
Charities office and You may be as
sured that no case will through II oh
tain relief, or be refused relief, except
for good reasons. Giving 20 people
that You know nothing about, only en-
courages fraud and imposture by tho
wilfully vicious and indolent.
A number of committee reports were
received and acted upon.
The Reorganization Committee con-
sisting of J. r. Gait, chairman; Mrs.
Frederick f. Steere and G. II. Dickey,
reported as follows:
Your Reorganization Committee
begs to make the following recon-
mendations, understanding that the As
sociations finances are at low ebb, and
that for some time TO come the gross
receipts are likely to be in total so linz
tied that it will not be possible 20 pay
| for the services of more than n man
ager, or at the most a manager and an
assistant. -" ,."
''Your Committee believes that the
prope. maintenance Of a registration
system is of more vital Importance
than any other factor in the carrying
on Of the Associations work.
"a registration system will not oply
| provide and can record all cases act
ualIy handled by our Association, but
also all cases handled by all other or-
CARNATIONS in Honolulu.
| System Is Essential.
"This registration system in our
opinion is essential in o-der TO make ii
| possible for the people Of this com
munity to know whether their dona-
tions and subscriptions are being prop
erly distributed and are accomplishing
beneficial results,
1.-THE proper maintenance of a reg.
istration system carries with II Of ne.
cessity investigation Of all cases com,
ing before and being handled by our
Association.
The proper maintenance of a registra-
tion system carries with il Of necessity
cooperation with all other charitable
associations in Honolulu, because il is
our opinion it should be the duty Of our
manager to either personally, or through
an assistant, bring about a situation
where all or similar organizations will
maintain records of their own, sufii-
eient at least to report promptly 10 our
organization all cases which they han
die and TO give 10 our association the
results of their investigation of their
cases SO that the same may be placed
on record on our registration cards.
This work is probably new to a great
majority Of charitable organizations ia
Honolulu and will therefore require a
great deal of time and constant assist
ancel on the part of our manager 10
bring about a cooperation of all tbs
other charitable associations in man
ner which will make il possible for us
TO maintain a registration system that
will practically cover all cases through
out the city, whether handled by us, OF
other organizations. This will neees
sarily lead to cooperation along Other
lines. .'' ''''...
, Recommend Committee
We would recommend the appoint
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