POOR LAW.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 510, 18 May 1909, Page 5

POOR LAW.

!r ...yi.i'j. •-•.'' - ' v ! ; ..fe'iQii:!vLEAYEJT-TQ HE."-:,-.: ; V , THE 'TOACTiCAL 1, PROPOSALS TO BE ■;' ,;:V.\APPLIED;'.;'. "r':r :;■ -\- |nr ißunniPn—ritnss issocHTioN-corruionT.) ■ ; ■v-' ; ;'"(ReC;-May 17,'9.35 p.mj •..: • •';•'':,•;':-. ■■;■. ' ■ •.;■;.; London,' , May 17. • :: :Th.e v Prpsitlont"of , .thß local Government Board, yMr. : John, Burns, spoaking.atCar■slmltbu, (Surrey),. said 'that something was being, .dono.with regard -to tho Poor Law Commission majority and: minority reports. ■Tho Government :wae''determined to.loso no ■timo. nor ; opportunity;, in for 'carrying out ' tho '.- practical.-, proposals «in..tained.in both reports.. ";. , .■.:■'.. . ,-.. , '■■ , ,Mr. Burns added that if the. country knew' StS'.'busirieM; it .would remit .both 1 reports and .'the'iwb6lo'vErpblem;lto.;tn , e/ ; PresidcntJof. i .tlie Local. Government Board' for practical action whenever he,or his Department;thought.such 'action necessary.';■ ■■. ...'■•■' .'.■■:'■; ■ ■.- '' .' '[''''■[.■:■■: l\ v? MAIN FEATURES OF, REPORTS.; . ■ Both the majority and the" minority, reports of the.Poor Law! Commission agree:—■. To abolish ■ general workhouses. ' .... . '• , To'abolish the boards of guardians.. .' ' To givo separate treatment to- the aged, the 'weak;-.- 'the ■ able-bodied , .unemployed, .' and the loafer.' , , , ' ; ■■'.'■ . : } ] -''.•■>'■ f'.■:;■• ■....-'-■'.'-■■:• • ■■'"- ■ ■'"•■ 'To detain the vagrants'in colonies. ' : - To , institute labour -exchanges.■'•'. : .' •. .■'•'.' : ■.To discourage or prevent boy labour. ~■■■■' ■•'.■ .: .Tho'i.majprity recommend; insurance against /unemployment arid; invalidity,. the repeal of 'the Unemployed'.Act;of 1905,' and the.abolition: of .^distress , :.committees. - : ,The minority; recom'mend a national Labour Minister to organise the national labour market,'the completion of tho' process begun under the Unemployed Aot, and a Government subvention, to. the trade . unions instead, of. insurance against ', unemplovment.; i The 'majority would disfranchise) all who "receive, relief, other than ■ medical,/, for than ;three months; the minority .would permit them to' retain the franchise.; Both oondemn, relief given, by..shelters! or.food dis-: 'tributibn.'. ■. :■■':.'. .. '.■,'. \, 'I •■•'■ : ■'''/-.