Maryland suffrage news. (Baltimore, Md.) 1912-1920, 1914-10-24

dton inspired by the spirit of hauyeSb also economy and
good business Judgment a0Os good all and e5
legislation h H misery reduce agony bringing peace
and comfort those uO need and haze earned
legislation protect the ak and needy by appeal but by
appeal right and JUSTICE legislation carry ont
that fundamental purpose for foddhe
promotion of the Veae This lac H abolish the of old
and 5H accumulated years of auueSs the due tribute of
respect and SUPPORT 7H be glimpse of hedenS light for
merabe company of aged persons oSe daily bread gift from strange
hands, Hundreds of them haze teu to regarding it, and the little
stories from real life pathetic than tragedy BY
mimic characters upon This legislation 0H put hope
hearts OF such eSee 00 the terror of poverty
old It aH inspire those Of younger years the coming
oN gioe them of country
9rheren duties regarded M rights obligations
est 7Velfaye as seeH as 7va,faye"
One of the greatest problems confronting today that of
odage dependency distinctly problem pres
ent industrial system In other the worker provided
for by the with rather than as
But the gigantic factories with mpersona of
employer and employee and the shifting employment changed
don and brought this problem oge dependency which become
more pressing with every year.
The poorhouses charitable country are today
crowded with aged and who performed splendid
the weakness OF age overlook them Still others of these unornae
beg the Others sell tg anything they may
to the bitter stigma of the pooroue being placed upon
Year by national legislation has had increasing toward
dealing with questions which affect the entire social people
Government has long recognized its duty toward the child declaring
that the opportunity of free education given every child within
the borders OF the nation Having recognized its duty toward
e threshold OF te government must also those the other
extremity those whose departure long postponed
Only recently has the subject been given attention deserves
tact which IN itself condemnation Statistics difficult
and believe that have all the figures
question this The nation has considered
State OF Massachusetts the only State that has really etoda
investigation of the subject
Only Six Per
The vast of the aged dependents country are depend
e because OF circumstances which they had could
troll The Massachusetts report shows that aged pau
ers who owned because
and SO FORTH cent because of business failures bad
and SO FORTH and only per cent because of ntemperance
These gue typical of the conditions nation those
who have studied the conditions declare that per paupern
this due misfortune Census Bureau
shows that about fatal accidents
Of the and the accidents
600 each Eighty of all these accidents the pro
fessional risks of industry.
That that at least 5000 families their breadw
ner and left destitute and that the burden
upon other countless thousands each and
AS regards Sickness estimated 100000 persons are sick
every day. and the United States Bureau of Labor aver
age abore in America SCI medicine without count
ing doctors fees and funeral expenses showing drain
sickness makes of