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never had any industrial training, his beginning wages are 

 naturally low, and he always refuses to remain at a job stead- 

 ily because he knows he can make more money by begging or 

 peddling, his boast being that he occasionally makes as high 

 as $25 per week! This child is so confirmed a vagrant that 

 it is doubtful whether ordinary measures will solve his prob- 

 lem now. It will take an extraordinary person or circum- 

 stances to lead him into the paths of righteousness and a sane 

 economic life ! 



The development of free and semi-enforced vocational 

 training and a recognition of the cripple on an equal basis 

 as his normal competitor in the field of industry will help to 

 prevent the development of such cases as R. W. to lessen the 

 drain on community charity ; and to substitute self-respecting, 

 economically independent citizens for one of the groups of 

 useless dependents. 



