Chapter XXXI
Reading edition
STATE AID TO CHARITIES.
Discussion How Far the State should Aid in Charities—Dangers of State Endowments—Weakness of Individual Charities—Danger of Machinery Taking Place of Work—The Natural Family Better than the Asylum Machinery—The Needless Multiplication of Charities—Bad Effects on the Poor and on the Public—A Trade in Alms—Necessity of a Bureau—Should be Directed by the State Board of Charities…………………………..pp. 377-387