The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-19

WHY is there Il nrcd for charity work
when there is plenty OF employment !;
is the question often asked by the cit9uaI
Observer. Looking only on the surface,
one would lac AFT to sake II Tor sEa1tcu
! that there would hr little real need dur,
ing prosperous times. Come III actual
contact. however. with the work Tor tho
unfortunates and needy as appeals are
made day by day. even IN hToS hacn,,I:,
changed. according TO \. r. SINKS sec
Rotary Of the Associated Charities.
All organizations IN the country
which make intelligent investigation o.
needs, are united in saying That TINS
; wear they have had almost as many
| and in some cases, more calls for assist
uucr. These calls, however. dltler IN
their nature, from those MADE durlns
the period of our last industrial uepres-
| siun," he added.
"&inrty-cighl per cent Of our porula-
| ton are dependent upon their daily whg-
| rS. Ninrty-Scvcn par cent or those VINO
| reach the axe of 10. depend IN part nj
least. either upon relatives. lrlcnaS' or
some charity movement for clothing
| food and shelter. SiNty-s!N out OF every
| hundred in the United States die pcnnl-
less. These statistics nave Deen com
| piled by the American Thrift society
| and show unUucStiunahly the netd Tor
preventative and constructive WoFN' dS
we'll as for relief.
| Two years ago the Wheeling Asso'
! ciatcI Charities was forced to con!lne
! it's efforts largely 10 emergency WORK
| The effects of long Nni am SEVERE nnE f1it
| trial depression were still severely lrlt'
| the more SO us they were accumuiatlVe'
/ "Thc constitution of person, "nen
| continually attacked by disease. be
| comes moro and mere unable 10 resist
! these attacks. In tho same way, Il lam
! iIy attacked by the social and economic
! diseases which accompany an lndl!Strlal
depression. becomes less and less able
; to rcGuperate and rchabillthtc.
"Following the latter part or the in
dustrjnl depression. in which we were
| chiefly concerned two years ago, mas
! followed this rast year PERIOD OF lam
| ilv refrigeration. or, rs We call II. tam-
? lily rehabilitation. What are somr or
! the conditions which We arc FORCED 10
| meet during the past year?
First, in the homes or the poor were
| found many cases where the hardShips
| of the previous period had had effect in
! lcSscning vitality ana making mem
| more susceptible Ia disease. The Assoc
| citation was calico upon IL attend to over
! double the number Of SICK during TINS
| prriodI Some Of these cases We're DOUBT
| less due Ia the climatic conditions in
| general. or In disease periods. but there
| 6 no question but that many of tho
| cnsrs were tho direct result OF passing
| through Il long period Of deprivation.
! another factor which was insiru-
! mental in making more demands on Inc
|
! nrritv itself. The increased demands
Of Industry for labor: brings the unit
| az well as the fit. The unfit must be
cared for. Added prosperity also IN
creascs certain vices. For instance
man with more money To spend, Is hpt
10 look for Illegal ways in which he may
spend it. Then it is hut step to
family dcscrtion. or to other troubi" in
: tho home Cases Of this nature very
| often rc1uirr long and intricate pro-
~ 1, . l,s, 1N,,,, Z
ceedingS 10 rc-rSiah!lSh IN" nom! UT "
| provide for the ones deserted.
| "Anuthcr factor tn which 4 number
! Of apnra1s are due is the increased cost
! OF living When the wcll-to-do arc every
where complaining Of III" increased
price ni food products. IA" poorer CLASS
| Of people. who invariably have the larE-
est families. arc met with nm almost
! inSur.uountahle Twin" problem. NJ me
beginning Of the present period OF pros
pcrily. most Of them found themselves
: with no savings. with clothes ana mouse
furnishings worn out. with debts whrr-
ever they could got credit and with the
, cost a. living rapidly amounting. Com
par the increase in In" nriCe OF t""
Stanlr food products today with those
; Of over year ago. Meat IN genera or:
: rarn PROPHETS 81 H-lor;. while notato"s
arc I1G"; higher than n year ago. can
YOU wonder that 4 man making S12 nor
: week cannot keep his family Of perhaps
eight or zen rh,Inr'n; Wi id ~, nnm"r'nr
caSinnai ASSiStInCe or ~" ~ n1 T,n
| MS finances n",r ."' ,.,,., oarsiJ
my n inrEEr 1"lI'lu,eS any ,,, r,or
"rnhl" IN thls mHnn"r, liz ir .ic, '''i ~,
mus, always ray lnr uttI ~ ~
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wears aGn. f"t inns ms MN NJ
largely "1nntHr-hnl ny ~ Io -,
factors WHl"n nave ,l''''"N'" "'''''t''"9
for relief ana SERVE. ,:, .,,,,
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