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Show Millions Living in Poverty According to Itobcrt Hunter, whoso recent book on "Poverty," tho result of several ) cars' experience In char. ii ' , Ity and settloment work In Chicago '. ' nnd New York, has njtrnctcd much attention, at-tention, at least ten million persons In tho United Slates are living In a condition con-dition of ncuto poverty. Mr. Hunter applies tho word poverty pover-ty to those who may be nblo to get a bar sustenance, but who nre not able to obtain "Ihoae necessaries that will permit them to maintain n state of pbjrslral i fflrlenc) ." Onl) the most miserable of them are starving or de-lieudcnt de-lieudcnt upon charity. Mr. Hunter, In tils work. sgs that the total number of paupers In Ihe United States In 111 was atxiui 3.li00,o0ii. and he lie-list lie-list SB that In the last fourteen years the number of paupers has Increased to 4,000.nnti. He bases his figures on the returns from almshouses and on figures sup-plld sup-plld by Hie Charity Organisation society so-ciety of New York city. Mr. Hunter adds that In 1S09 more than 18 per cent of the iieopte of Now York state were recipients of prltnta or public charity; that In I90S almost 20 percent per-cent of thu peoplo In Iloston wcro In distress; that 1-1 per cent of tho families fam-ilies of Manhattan wcro evicted, and that every cnr about 10 per cent of I luxe who die In Manhnttnn havo pan-Ixrs pan-Ixrs burials. He adds: "Tho most conservative estimate that can fairly bs mndo of the distress existing In tho Industrial states Is 14 per rent of the total population, popu-lation, while In all probahlllt) no less than 20 per cent of the people In these stales. In tirdlnarll) prosperous years are In Kcrty. This brings us to the conclusion that one fifth, or G.BOO.Oflo, ! HrsoHs In tha stales of New York. .Massachtmens Connecticut. New Jer I sey, I'ennsjlvnnla, Ohio, Illinois Indl . ana and Michigan are In poverty Taking Tak-ing half of this percentage and appl) Iiir It to other stliies, many of which have Important Industrial comtnunl lies. as. for Instance, Wisconsin, Colo I1 ratio California, Ithode Island, ole . the conclusion Is that not less than 10,000 000 persons In tho United States are In loverly." |