Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-11-07 | Page 1 | The Cause of Poverty

THE CAUSE Of POVERTY Is Not Drink, But the Absence of Human Interest New York. Nov. 7. The Rockefeller Rockefel-ler Bible class of the Fifth Avenue. Baptist church devoted its sessions yesterday to a discussion of "Poverty " Tho leader In opening the discussion said that poverty bad two causes, j the exploitation of labor at the expense ex-pense of human life, and the lack of governmental lntereet in the weliaro of citizens. He declared that drink la not a cause of poverty, but ono of its effect!. "The remedy for poorly." he said, "lies in education, postal savlncs banks, provident loan banks and building build-ing and loan associations." ,