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Inadequate in the several states of the con- 

 tinental United States does not influence 

 our Congressmen to pass the needed laws, I 

 do not know what will. Let me quote from 

 a Report prepared by Carnegie Institute of 

 Research, Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., dated 

 August 1, 1916. 



"This summary does not include the in- 

 dependents that are taken care of in towns 

 by the Town Authorities or County Poor- 

 houses or Alms Houses, and, therefore, do 

 not become a charge on the State. It 

 does not cover the vast amount of inmates 

 of private institutions, so that the expendi- 

 tures for the socially inadequate would be 

 at least $100,000,000 per year. 



"$73,000,000 paid out per year by the 

 states composing the continental United 

 States. 



"$27,000,000, at least, paid out per year 

 by the county poorhouses, almshouses, town 

 and private institutions — 



"Total, $100,000,000." 



