Show TO ABOLISH THE TRAMP Mrs Russell Sage is said to have given fifty thousand dollars as the beginning beginning beginning be be- ginning of a fund to be expended ed in getting rid of the tramp nuisance in America It is proposed to secure legislation from the various states and persuade tramps to work It is doubtful If any large measure of success can be expected Any attempt attempt at at- tempt to treat the tramp as differing or more to be considered than any other offender against the laws all any other menace menaco to the tho public ImbUe safety will fail fan The nation certainly is suffering suf euf- fering from tho tramp nuisance and has hus so suffered for many years There have been ju just t as IS many tramps in times of prosperity as 11 when work was difficult to get geL The past ten years yeatS rich In every opportunity splendid in rewards for everyone who would work i have U been marked by lJj tiLe the excessively el i large larse number of tramps in every part I o of or the countr country The They are arc as numerous I I as In the days of or arm army and only less destructive o because the people recently could feed teed them hem without without with with- out Inviting disaster Ever Every train carries car car- ries rie them Ever Every police force itt is troubled with them Ever Every home borne is threatened by br them them and and many homes are feloniously entered by them For ForIt ForI I lIt It is only an cas easy step from the hobo to the tho criminal Some Somo sentiment appears to 0 be IX recognized In the movement to which Mrs Irs Sago Sage has contributed The Tho tramp is excused because of the f fun un That is a u. nattering flattering wn way of saying he lie can not remain permanently per per- in one place In III cold fact however It will not nor make the tho reform nn any easier casler to lo gut get I up lII flattering fictions for the tramp He Ht Is 15 an Increasing nuisance a menace all an tho ho time and antl a public charge of tho the most undesirable character It isto isto is isto to be hoped that he may be made to vanish |