Show LEGAL AID AI FOR THE POOR Tho The Legal Aid AlI sl lct of New York founded nearly years ago ngo I line has In Iii that tIme recovered over oer 1 for tor Its Is clients froni tram persons who lo were trying to defraud them thel During time the year ear 1899 the time society nu ap for fur assIstance Tho The average amount of ot money bailey mone involved In theBo oases Is about 3 S The Tho society asks tom for fora toma a n retainers f teo Ce c of oC ten tem cents for tor each cuch case CISO although It IB is often olen remitted Most Must of the tho cases ee are arc settled out of court by correspondence without great Hrent rent ty t The Tho socIety now no has hn four tour offices olles with wih on nn attorney In charge of ot each tach One On of the most important branches of o Its work Is that for tor seamen Mr Ir Arthur von Sohl on en time the president of at the tho so society clety estimates that th t are ara an nn annually wrung from tram sea captains and sailors by various systems of ot extortion and swindling Another Important bronchi branch of ot the society works In connection tion ton with wih time tho University UnIv settlement among the time poor on the I Ent t Side A wo womans womans mans branch has hns been heen organized with nt at the United Charities Charies building for tor the special purpose of ot ren rendering dering legal uld nid to women ers era From the time following statement pub puh published by Mr von on In II the Jan January January uary Annals of or the American one oman gets an no Idea Illen of the th Indirect service rendered by Ir the society Iodel It I Is not merely that we c protect the time weak from being wronged anil defraud defrauded ed el of ot which Is their just due that thatIs Is n a great grea t deal to 10 be bo sure hut but there are other antI and collateral results which mare of value to the time communIty and the country countr The work makes good citizens and arouses a n sentiment of oC respect for tor the also nl o I may many say satt a of or patriotism Many Mammy Inn nf oC it our clients tire are persons of ot foreign birth people often oten who ho hmo are Ignorant of the time laws and how hio to set the machin maclain machinery cry ery of the law In iii II motion moton They have Me some vague aBue Idea that there Is U law ft tue Ihl redress M of wrongs but they havo heard that It Is too costly costY a n luxury for tor forthe the tiaC th poor veer that It Is I law for tor the rich am not nt for tor the poor They know they time the have hae been defrauded nail and wronged but butro butr ro r ess may mn seem 8 m to them hopeless hOI They have no atone roone to secure lecure It I and anI they think It Is l not nt for tor them The rhe he consequence Is that they become becom bitter not only against the particular person who has imas h wronged them but nl RI RIm nicci m society In general against the country which permits society to be bo organized on so 50 unjust a 1 basis Such persons they need not mint be he confined to persons person of ot foreign birth by b any ni aim ripe to listen to those social agitators anti and tl who are only anI too prevalent They Timey hey are ripe for enlist I ment In the time ranks of ot those who are re rl as ns dangerous dan erous to 10 the time security of or orIn law In and n nd order artier Now It Is II to Just such ns as these that our society comes Caines with wih lt 11 Its helping hand We demonstrate to them that there Is not only law In Inthis Inthis inthis this country to 10 redress ss wrongs anti and to 10 protect people from cheating and fraud but hut that tha t It Is I law la for tor the poor ns as well wel ns nR for tor th the rich |