| Show CARING FOR STRANGERS I I Editor TrlbuneI nm pleased to noto your timely 1 editorial in yesterday morn tags issue I of Tho Trlbunn In which you suggest that tho Young Mens Christian association might render valuable service to our city by acting moro or Icaa as a clearinghouse for tho dissemination of information tending to afcsuurd strang j I era ucralnat Injurious resorts and Influences Influ-ences always too abundant I I I As the vast majority of strangers aro 1 young men the Young Mens Christian association has always recopntzed n pecu liar duty In this regard In the fIrst place I Itn membership privileges nro open to nil sclfrespcotlng man regardless of creed > I birth or circumstance and that at nominal nomi-nal coat In the second place In every I I i American city of any considerable size the members and friends of the association associa-tion maintain free to yountr men whether members or not rcodlriKroomH correspondence corre-spondence facilities boardinghouse registers regis-ters etc while tho counsel and assist anco of the secretaries Is gladly given The Suit Lake city association while not In any sense oqual to Ihe need has dono and Is doing somewhat In tho line suggested Every day In the week strangers use our correspondence tables and readlncrooma While t ant writing flvo arc doIng DO A register of suitable boardlnsrplaccH Is kept and frequently after counseling with young men tho ofll ccrs make special ciTort to find quarters suited to their needs and purses Letters from the East Inquiring for friends and relatives demand and receive special attention at-tention Six such Instances have occurred within a month three of which have rc julted most happily where the young men were In serious rtirtlciiHltn A member of the Y M Cw A may present pre-sent his ticket at any lSC elatIon In the world from India or Chma to South America or Alaska Iicncn Is never a atnxiifrer Wo believe thin provision Is of untold valuo to travelers It Is not unusual un-usual for two or three strange younjr men jcr day to present their tickets at tho Salt Lake City association office upon vhJch they arc accorded all tho privileges I of local members unit < l tho further cour tclfs helpful lo thr UIl1Il1 toted The equipment of the Yotinp Menn Christian association In Salt Laki City la I 1 In no wise commensurate with the need neither Is It In keeping with that of hOI I ocher Institutions of public service nor with hr wealth and ponltlcri Situated at i the crorsroadn of tho great transcontinental transcontinen-tal railways arid with an Immense trlbu tary territory employnfr thousands of I men our city will alwa3 bo frequented by an unusually largo tit nber of visiting men and these mainly young men How jvcr although Salt Ixiko I City ranks sev rtxtflh In population among the cltlei of the country nnd jnoro than our times is well In hci bank cloarlncx the equIpment equIp-ment of the Yotmp Mans Christian association asso-ciation for doing the wok for this Im menst number of visitors and that equally equal-ly I necessary for tho army of resident young mn ranks somewhat worm than 120th To met the needs of Salt Lake Oily a building furnishing adequate fa cllltlcs Is a neccsUv I However ho pllallty to transient young m n Important as It Irs Is not tho chief function of tho Y M C A ro provide night school systematic gymnastIcs social so-cial and helpful recreation religious meetIngs and Ings clansca emplbyrncnl bureaus L i I anti iJ In ctnS hraiCllarfcrs Coral whlch i tends to uplllt and pl mil make more of Helen t the S > lf 3ncctlng young men Clcrt T i Lake City Is I tho chief task to which Sal I men who aro Its members direct their J efforts er thel L I The ccoperntlon of newspapers and I T frIends Is sollclud in mnklnfr popilblo our I work both by moral and ilnanclal sup port and by nnt I por making known to tho younc men of Utah that our hitch string younh Ue nitTPhlo rron 9 1 m to 10 strinE Tho I association hopes to increase Its efficiency > along the lines of your e It loInl etclenc r would be glnd of suggestion as to fur ther means to that end In tho mean Lime we should IK glad to annomcoH through YOur columns that strange yo ngf men visiting our city will be most cheer V fuly furnished with whatever Informa I lion wo may possess and nre Invited to the use of our rending and correspondence rooms as well TRtsjKjctfully C j wel ctul y I OSCAR 1 11 f I L COX I I General Secretary Gelral Salt akc City December 20 rta I |
