Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-05

been provided at Farview and Rit-
tersville; and additional buildings
have been erected at Polk and Spring
CITY for the care of the weak-minded.
In addition to the erection of build
lnSs TO care for the constantly in
creasinS number of these two classes
of unfortunates, large sums of money
nave been appropriated for the pur-
pose OF making them comfortable.
The last session of the General As
semhly provided for the erection of
a Home for Inebriates, a Women's
Reformatory, and "A Home for Feeble
minded Women.
The Juvenile Court Act has been
extended. in order to make this al
ready useful legislation more effec-
tive; and the powers of the Board of
Public Charities have been so in
creased as to enable it to give better
and closer direction and supervision
over the important matters coming
under it's jurisdiction. -s.
Many of the laws governing the
care of the dependent, delinquent, and
penal classes were passed years ago,
when conditions We're entirely differ
ent from those existing to-day.
Amendments were made from time to
time as necessity seemed to require,
until now, taking them together, there
these different SUBJECTS In my Mes
sage to the General Assembly of 1918
! ii was recommended that, in order to
correct this condition, commission
! be created to examine into these sub
| jects and to report comprehensive
J plan for their Improvement. Accord
| ingly, the commission was appointed,
and will report the results of its de-
| lliberations and conclusions at an early
date.
| shall the helpless be cared for ?"
| is no longer a debatable question-it
| must be done. Pennsylvania never
hesitated a moment in answering this
| question, and she has answered 1t
: with liberality which no other State
can rival During the past four years
! Pennsylvania has given $11,000,0OO
| for The sick, INDECENT and he..less in
| private hospitals and homes; S1,169,-
| 900 TO those in semistate institutions.
which includes the blind and deaf;
and s15,60O.000 to State hospitals for
the care and maintenance of the indi-
gent, insane, weak minded, and SICK.
This does not INCLUDE over S5,00O,OOO
given to the Department of Health
! for the care of those suffering from
tuberculosis. and $5,500,00 for build
ings to shelter them.
Agriculture
The great mining and manufacture
| ing interests of this State have
brought to the door of the Pennsyl-
vania farmer a market unsurpassed
for everything produced upon the
| farm.
! Pennsylvania's Department of Agri-
culture compares favorably with like
departm ents in other States. This de-
partment exercises close supervision
over the agricultural interests,-by
extending agricultural knowledge by
educational work, and by protecting
| farmers and other citizens of the
Commonwealth from possible fraud
on the part Of manufacturers and
dealers in commercial fertilizers COM
mercial feeding stuffs linseed oil and
, farm seeds The Division of Farm
| ers' Institutes carries it's work into
every county of the State, by holding
I Movable Schools of Agriculture and
| Farmers Institutes. delivering lee
lures and giving object lessons and
systematic instruction upon all sub
! jects relating to successful farming.
domestic science, and the improve
ment of rural conditions generally.
The number of persons receiving in
struetion in these Movable Schools
and Farmers Institutes has been in
creasing, reaching last year more than
! 2OS, 900, the largest attendance in any
year since the beginning of the work.
Special instructors and demonstra-
tors have gone through the State Civ
ing practical demonstrations in soil