THE EXPANSION OF ORGANIZED CHARITY iq 



the most sought after plum, because so great in population 

 that its consumption will be enormous once its masses gener- 

 ally are taught to consume foreign importations. America, 

 in her philanthropic, charitable, correctional, and sociological 

 fields, contains hundreds of Chinas, rivaling the orient in 

 disorganization and ignorance, but unlike the Celestial em- 

 pire, eagerly welcoming improved knowledge and ways when 

 they accidentally discover the blessings of modern methods 

 in their communities. 



The inadequate wages of trained workers will be in- 

 creased and more opportunity provided for those preparing 

 for social service, only by opening new treat)^ ports in the hun- 

 dreds of unorganized or disorganized communities of this 

 country. Let a hundred or more cities get the new light and 

 go hunting for trained and experienced persons to take charge 

 of the active organization of such places, and there would 

 certainly be a sudden awakening among the supporters of 

 established agencies and an appreciation of the real value and 

 worth of the patient, quiet, ill paid indispensable heroes whose 

 love and devotion to humanity induce them to turn their backs 

 upon more lucrative business positions or easy lives and to 

 daily meet poverty, suffering and distress, face to face, as we 

 ourselves could not be induced to do, and work out for us the 

 problems which we all know to be fundamental for the safety 

 of our institutions, the progress of society, and the welfare 

 of our country. 



If it is wise that charity be organized, is it not wise to 

 organize charity and not leave charitj^ to organize itself? If 

 it has been established beyond dispute in many places, by 

 years of toilsome experiences, that certain methods are the 

 most successful and humane, should not other communities 

 of our common country be given the benefit of this knowledge? 

 If all cities were organized and in cooperation, using common 

 and approved plans, would it not make the work in each easier 

 and would not general progress be more certain and rapid? 

 This being true, should this expansion be left to mere chance 

 or accident, or be organized and wisely directed on an intelli- 

 gent plan by those whose experience equips them to interest 



