The Detroit times., 1915-01-08
Times Joins With Board of Com
merce In Effort to Bring Re-
\ lief to the City's I'm
is employed
TO CALL ATTENTION
TO NEW CASES DAILY
Appeal Is For Jobs, Not Charity
l Tragedy Turks In Stories
:; Men Tell

. TO print. from day TO day, list OF
some OF the cases which come 10 those
in charge OF the relief work Tor the
unemployed.
The Times and the Board OF Com
merce wish IL understood, above all
other things, that the men whose pre-
dicaments are briefly outlined In this
paper each day are not seekers OF
charity.
They are simply good. straightfor
ward men with wives and children, or
mothers. fathers, brothers and sisters
dependent upon them, who want only
. an opportunity TO provide Tor those
who must look TO them for food and
shelter
MIST OF the men, and particularly
those who speak English. are too
proud 10 tell much about their mis-
fortunes. Clever and sympathetic
questioning is all that will bring the
bits Of information needed by the
board To prepare a record OF each In
diyidual case.
So that none OF the jobless ones
need suffer any embarrassment, The
Times Is numbering each case, In
stead OF printing the name. The
name and address OF any OF the men
whose condition is outlined herewith.
may be had on application to the.
Times Office Here Is the first list:
IA father OF Ave children. who has
not worked for four months. the emil
dren are unable TO attend school pc
cause Of lack OF clothing This man
has worked In coal yard and can
do general teaming He lost his JOB IN
local foundry when he was injured
while at work There's 80 cents lett
In the house. and I'm $40 in debt now,
he said. II havent eaten all day, and
/ don't know how my family Is going
10 eat after the 80 cents is gone.
mo. fnces gloomy situation
with an indifference That comes from
prolonged misfortune He hasn't n 1i
"A steady job i'm more than a year. HIS
brother In law loaned him 5000. rms
has been spent for food and rent Now
the man frankly confesses that ms
credit is at an end. and that ne ~ az
the end OF his rope. He says he can
do any kind of work. having no par
tieular calling. lie has only his wire
10 support.
married He has had experience In
shipping room, and Is also a Dench
hand and drill or punch press opef-
ator. II Ia not only for his own SUP
port that he wants a job, He must
look after his father and mother, the
former an invalid. lie was laid on
three months ago, and has not WORKED
Alas been without steady work
for eight months, Is the father OF three
children, one or wnom Is In hospi'ast
The oldest OF the three. who is 10,
Keeps house. as the mother and rather
are separated The landlord Is deslr-
Gus OF collecting $50 due him Tor rent.
and the grocer has a bill against the
head or the family. The applicant can
operate either an automatic or hand
drill press.
without work for 10 months When
ne lost his last job. as operator OF an
elevator. he had more than 700 in the
bank In the 10 months that he mas
been without work this sum has been
expended for necessities, and In adul-
tlon a grocery bin for sac has piled
up. He has a wire 10 TOOK .hittt, 10
strong. and willing 10 do any kind or
s--An ls-year old youth. whose earn
ings have been the principal support
OF his mother. Ave brothers and one
sister He worked as delivery man Tor
a large downtown department. store
until after the Christmas rush. Then
with many others, he was laid on. lie
has been out OF work only two weeks,
but says he can't remain idle any long
err because the only income his mother
has is a widows pension OF ~ per
week He Is strong. willing and eager
to do any kind of work.
IA fairly well educated man, who
worked for five years rs order clerk
for n large drug manufacturing nrm.
He has "A wife and one child, and has
been out OF work for two months he
speaks good English and writes a good
hand Willing to do any kind OF work.
Show much board do you pay
asked the interviewer. The applicant.
"A fine appearing youth OF 20 years.
smiled, and replied II don't pay
board Give my mother all earn
lie is an auto driver and has been
without employment for i've weeks.
He has two sisters who earn small
wages but says this is not enough TO
support the family. as his father is Ill
and there rs mortgage on the nome.
Has had experience AS machinists
and bakers helper.
9-This man reluctantly admitted
that his inability to find work has
made it necessary for his wife 10 take
age OF $50 a week, he said. The only
other income Is sl4 month rent for
part OF his home which he IL trying
10 buy on contract tie is a moldeT.
corem,sker and machinery oiier Has
been out Of steady employment for
seven months
l0--ln the seven months that this
man, carpenter. has been without
work he has gradually sunk into debt
until now he owes his grocer $40 He
has four children. two OF whom are
working Their combined income Is
about $40 month. which Is not nearly
enough TO provide for a family OF six
and pay rent
ltd was after 4 o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon when this man was In
reviewed Tie IS % years old. a tailor.
or sewing machine operator has been
laid OF Tor SIX mouths. he ndun eat
en- all day. he said. because he had
been standing In line waiting TO make
his application for assistance There
was some bread and milk I'm his home
when he left, he said, but Indications
were that there would be nothing for
hts wife and himself 20 eat the next
day. He borrowed $50 from friends
for food and rent, but carr no longer
ret credit from them. because they
too. have lost their positions.
i2-Three dollars. received last
week from the poor commission. h. all
thar kept this man, Pole. who speaks
fair English his wife aud three chill
dren. from starvation. he ls a black
smIth's helper. but is big and strong
and anxious TO tackle any kind OF
work. He ~ SIS behind In his rent
and owes the grocer tl2. which Is
about the limit OF his credit for pro-
Is-IIe a. a gray haired man. the
father Of two children. who are In
schooI He has had 10 years eNper-
ience as head ianitor Ia large build
tnss He has been out OF work for
three months There IL $50 due on his
furniture IL willing TO do any kind
OF work. but prefers position az jani:
4z-This man Is single but he IL
trying 10 shoulder the burden OF a
married man. His brother died several
months ago, leaving widow and two
children The applicant has been en-
deavorlng 20 lake care OF them. He
has been idle for six months. and Is
now $40 in debt for groceries and
rent. He has had long experienee as