FARMS FOR SOCIAL OUTCASTE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11029, 19 August 1903, Page 4

FARMS FOR SOCIAL OUTCASTE.

The treatment <rf*:' indtfief >}^MWM%it6 - class ot society, Was also .the subiect . of ; shore rs^s;^- : Mis^^ . Seddon pointed pafc that y^ar Hji,yea*U*rg* ; • ■ sumg of money were:Bpent'in the nrai4ten- / ance"of persbns ;fe' oujt gatfls'w^'ir^T. really not crim^f^in thje full, s^sa'/of '. the term. ' They^ere, simply the derelict* of society. Drink** Vevil" compariiQiis'/ old • age, physical' ;rttca^kljl|y^ r |a(Bk", joiP * ', strength to,lleßisj^|mptf>tion, aU cond[iiced^ to '&, breaking 'ofi Ahe ?la*.' /They mußt'^rV*, and when not in gaol they prey^-uwtti''' ' society. Mr $adddi %etit on to 'sat 'ttat' the time lias art^a',^en/..the: "sss/„, should have, aria.^^c.-Vi-countries, farms > r to which these dnt£ast# \ should be committed. If these fatnwj^er^;,;^ on bush land they could clear the^lfci^sh,; 1. stump and grub,, cultiya.te, .food, fpr^^^Bi* selves, and the surplus could* .be utUificA ! v to supply other State institutions. <Tfesy ' would thus be self-supportiiig, and v |ii^yei : ;J.' sore , would. 'be removed frq^ our.;.taio#t ,/>i which is now ever visible, and doe^'ndtu^'dQ credit to ottx boasted, higher. ci^jlwil^' tion. ' No .exceptiw)^citaf b^^tfcken^to"^^ 3^. •Government ' undert^img *"fypaUify}jiii!'' 'f,?^ -means of relieving -distress and., alto nth.^ teaching -those who deiire p> leari ="*k^ r/1 ' "trade." The underpaying,' cp'hdtt^t^JbV '^ , sound methods, would certainly p»ji' * j Tbe^ , Salvation, Army, which .has, had' qnbrßUjfii;; x experience among' derelicts, has, ,alir^^jjis= ! acted ori the principle of, placing ids, ife«f ' cruits aireefciy^ on. .t^e }aflc[..^^do|&"]^^^ deal; only, wjl^h, "deVeliclwv"* ", 6fie, f of jflj most succeßßf ul -v experimeiitß • 'cofnccrne^ ' " .originally only men who,. |Kc|iig6.'^ttt '^of work, were not inany^Benße^|alleny'' r.l!pr .I!pw J years ago .the Army. collected fabout adcox« -. of men from the 'grfeaV American ic^tiifeffo transported them to* .Colbrado,' and- .tfr^rV \ ' fumislied each of them with a plo^t^j'qjf -' land of from text, to twenty . a cow,fpigs, poultry, aijd a" Bn)pll 'hd4«»^ ' ! The expense of ' transportation,'', land, . •t^fe and implements waa ; treated as/a dfbi owing to the Salvation ' Army- T>etid^,* was explained :by ■ ' Contflaß^Sejc', Bdothr ' Tucker in ' article' .pttb^^h^*-^% , York. "Mr Choatje," he w^tj?;</ort<^ji«^i.,/ 7 that he started iv Ufe'mthuij^ft^pt^| « l "a letter of introduction from s lu^lJiiflA"'^ 1 Rufus. Now, I think jt- is tiie^t^fllf society to play the part of Mr ".■'Cfcs|tleg ) j. f / Uncle Ruf^'to'tile'averkge ma'^' 'I^r«\\ ;. is no one so helpless ap the poqufima^ , .; with a little money in his pocket. Every- •- one is trying 'to get it. away ' from him j. " If he is sick, pr, destitute, charity willajtep; ••'« m and take care-of. him,- but if, h«;i^?on ivrj his feet everybody is trying to puiih^in.-v i^own. The nian who beg* for .mo^ejfe^ - V; .treated better than the* man w,io.,api«|6r&»^work." The Colorado > farm ' oolbny- Si** Mi ' 1 been a splendid success. 'TheJint colop&t • . paid up his -whole debt and bw^ed^3^u > . twenty aorea at the end of. threft f -y#«r*. .. - Last year the whole colony w«a ablfi^O" - pay over .£IO,OOO in freight :afone. . ;^rtiiß ' Army has given no money.. .It'^aa'Md', wages and has accepted produce.in.rets|^. H < ,j Land sold to the colonists- originally iris, •■ Fort Amity for about riEI6,OOO igno^;^imated to be "worth, JB40;000.., Na'ttt^y^; ;, the system is -being, an 4 faffl-j-vii other colonies have already 'lwen '- c*^ ■"■>•> lished in the western' ttftteß.Tßi^;^;',; . directionment might well mote. - iir.' 1 '',M&! : i-hf-pc, ■>-