The Glasgow courier., 1916-05-12
KANSAS AND ITS UNfOR1UNAIES.

KANSAS AND ITS UNF0RTuNATES.
The good people Of Montana being appealed to by
Montans like Ksnssss in its public poices Among the
shining virtues Of Kansas enumerated in the AnSaloon
League Year Book are these:
Feeble Mnded-None in 81 counties
"lnsane-None in 81 counties
Paupers-Less than 600 in the state,
"Poorhouses-Empty in 38 counties"
See what prohibition has done for the unfortunate in
Kansas! The prohibition publicity bureaus spread the
the housetops Montana and we'll meaning but deuded fol-
lowers repeat the sounding acclaim.
But like the highly colored bubble of unexamped per
capita wealth and capita deposits this bubble as
to what Kansas has done for its unortunaes prcked
full of holes when strikes the rough edges of faced
facts These facts obainable from the $50 printed
Fifth Biennial Report of the Board of Control of the State
Charitable Institutions of Kansas for the Two Years Ending
June soth 1914"
The Basic Facts in the Record
Kansas has nine state institutions for the unfortunate
for th ons for the a an home
boys industrial school and like school for girls On basis
o. the 1 Uw % sd
the phrase n state institutions The less than half truth
@ s
the state of Kansas grand total of 80 private nstitu
Hons for the Of unfortunatesl
These institutions named and classified to
pages 1872 and 1873 of the official report referred to- In
order Of number these private institutions are Hospitals
adult homes g. associated charities and provident
0 ss and si9eny s% and
ng refuses. do the citizens Of Kansas do as individuals
sd!sd is ms control tn: ey Of tn:
ans do not control the humane sentiments Of all the people
Comparisons. odious Because odorous.
Feeble minded in "a counties True, but be-
they have been largely thrust into private institutions
Insane-none in 81 counties True ALSO but these like
and private institutions, there being many times
the number of private compared with state institutions
Paupers and Poorhouses.
in %bo - IonIt6
houses in 38 counties, - indeed!
And the "why'' Of this'
First because the private institutions to which the help
less paupers than the l-tted
and parsmonousy managed public institutions Second be-
the INDECENT poor literally farmed private faiies
The proof This and other photographic 1885, of the
farms in the state of Kansas have been turned into agrc
tura demonstration aons and other farms established for
rented to individuals by the county boards and the norma
ton given the records from these counties shows that this
rental is often used to help out the of the county,
Peonass for the unfortunatss!
Appropriations for Unfortunates.
The appropriations for institutions for unfortunates
for 1913 and 1914 toaed *S6915o This included $2o357
19:ts institution: snpndsd during the same period
trbuted but $780, 500!
Contrast State Institutions.
In the rank held by it's state institutions of all kinds
atd
drawn by editorial writer for the Kansas City Times its
issue Of February 18th, 1915
Oheeseparing
At Parsons the State patients Kansas home for
spileptcs sleeping floors because the
parsmonous bua building to take of the
crowded condition of the home
At Winfield the unforunates in the home for imbeciles
sleeping cots crowded into Railways because there
room O provide for them in comfort.
At Atchson the state cannot receive needy children into
the state orphans home properly for those that
there, because there is not enough for them.
'At the State University at Lawrence of the build
ings is about ready tumble down and will have be
vacated.
At Rosedale of the buildings at the state hospital
will down this because of old and decay
receives annually 1858 900 from liquor licenses
afford to be and generous to her state institutions
Kansas gets from it's blind pig and hay-mow
;noD and DarsmOn0uS and