Read A Peep Behind the Scenes on a Board of Guardians (Classic Reprint): The Brutality of the Poor-Law System

A Peep Behind the Scenes on a Board of Guardians (Classic Reprint): The Brutality of the Poor-Law System

C a Glyde

4.9/5 (18502 ratings)

Description:Excerpt from A Peep Behind the Scenes on a Board of Guardians: The Brutality of the Poor-Law System "We know that a large proportion of our industrial population, under present circumstances, are compelled to look forward in old age to be obliged to have recourse to parish relief. There is a sentiment which is deeply engrained in the British working-classes which leads them to revolt against the pauper taint, and it is a perpetual terror to tens and I believe hundreds of thousands of decent industrious men to know that, from no fault of their own - from circumstances over which they have no control, from lack of employment, from infirmity, or perhaps through the failure of the benefit societies in which they have placed their savings - they may find themselves, in their declining years, obliged to have recourse to this form of relief. There is a tendency now-a-days to confine Poor-Law Relief to the offer of the workhouse; but there are the most serious objections to that form of relief In the first place it involves an enormous expenditure for buildings, for administration, and for official agencies; and in the second place - and this is worst of all - it separates a man from his family, and deprives him in his old age from the solace and the sympathy which might be given to him by those who are dear to him, and which he has a right to anticipate and to expect; and there is a second point which I think is also chiefly established - that is, that Society, as a whole, owes something to those veterans of industry, and I say the State has already recognised this claim in regard to its own services. The soldier and the sailor are pensioned; but peace hath her victories as well as war, and soldiers of industry, when they have fallen out of the ranks in the great conflict of competition in which they are continually engaged, also have some claim upon the consideration and gratitude of their country." - Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., on "Old Age Pensions," in his annual address, Birmingham, Nov. 18th, 1891. "The poor in our country workhouses are the aged, retired and sick labouring classes, who have no other resource but the workhouse, after a long and weary existence upon the land, with probably a large family, scanty fare, and low wage. As a rule the workhouse inmates are good, honest, upright, worn-out members of society, mixed up more or less with lunatics, feeble-minded children, and casual paupers." - Mr. Henry Fincham, Master of Cranbrook Union, who has had forty years Poor Law experience. "Poor Law Officers Journal," Aug. 18th, 1905. Why the Workers are Poor in their Old Age, and who arc the real "Sharers Up." We Socialists are often told that we want to "share up" the wealth of the country, or take from the "Haves" and give to the "Have Nots." I am going to prove that arrangements have been made to share up the wealth of the country by Act of Parliament before we were born. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Peep Behind the Scenes on a Board of Guardians (Classic Reprint): The Brutality of the Poor-Law System. To get started finding A Peep Behind the Scenes on a Board of Guardians (Classic Reprint): The Brutality of the Poor-Law System, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1332274528

Description: Excerpt from A Peep Behind the Scenes on a Board of Guardians: The Brutality of the Poor-Law System "We know that a large proportion of our industrial population, under present circumstances, are compelled to look forward in old age to be obliged to have recourse to parish relief. There is a sentiment which is deeply engrained in the British working-classes which leads them to revolt against the pauper taint, and it is a perpetual terror to tens and I believe hundreds of thousands of decent industrious men to know that, from no fault of their own - from circumstances over which they have no control, from lack of employment, from infirmity, or perhaps through the failure of the benefit societies in which they have placed their savings - they may find themselves, in their declining years, obliged to have recourse to this form of relief. There is a tendency now-a-days to confine Poor-Law Relief to the offer of the workhouse; but there are the most serious objections to that form of relief In the first place it involves an enormous expenditure for buildings, for administration, and for official agencies; and in the second place - and this is worst of all - it separates a man from his family, and deprives him in his old age from the solace and the sympathy which might be given to him by those who are dear to him, and which he has a right to anticipate and to expect; and there is a second point which I think is also chiefly established - that is, that Society, as a whole, owes something to those veterans of industry, and I say the State has already recognised this claim in regard to its own services. The soldier and the sailor are pensioned; but peace hath her victories as well as war, and soldiers of industry, when they have fallen out of the ranks in the great conflict of competition in which they are continually engaged, also have some claim upon the consideration and gratitude of their country." - Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., on "Old Age Pensions," in his annual address, Birmingham, Nov. 18th, 1891. "The poor in our country workhouses are the aged, retired and sick labouring classes, who have no other resource but the workhouse, after a long and weary existence upon the land, with probably a large family, scanty fare, and low wage. As a rule the workhouse inmates are good, honest, upright, worn-out members of society, mixed up more or less with lunatics, feeble-minded children, and casual paupers." - Mr. Henry Fincham, Master of Cranbrook Union, who has had forty years Poor Law experience. "Poor Law Officers Journal," Aug. 18th, 1905. Why the Workers are Poor in their Old Age, and who arc the real "Sharers Up." We Socialists are often told that we want to "share up" the wealth of the country, or take from the "Haves" and give to the "Have Nots." I am going to prove that arrangements have been made to share up the wealth of the country by Act of Parliament before we were born. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Peep Behind the Scenes on a Board of Guardians (Classic Reprint): The Brutality of the Poor-Law System. To get started finding A Peep Behind the Scenes on a Board of Guardians (Classic Reprint): The Brutality of the Poor-Law System, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

A Peep Behind the Scenes on a Board of Guardians (Classic Reprint): The Brutality of the Poor-Law System

A Peep Behind the Scenes on a Board of Guardians (Classic Reprint): The Brutality of the Poor-Law System

More Books

Britain's disgrace: An urgent plea for old age pensions

Britain's disgrace: An urgent plea for old age pensions

A Peep Behind the Scenes on a Board of Guardians: the Brutality of the Poor-law System; no. 596

A Peep Behind the Scenes on a Board of Guardians: the Brutality of the Poor-law System; no. 596

Cleaning Up: How I Gave Up Drinking and Lived

Cleaning Up: How I Gave Up Drinking and Lived

Charles Dickens in America

Charles Dickens in America

Hillwalking in Snowdonia: Glyders, Carneddau and outlying areas (Cicerone British Mountains)

Hillwalking in Snowdonia: Glyders, Carneddau and outlying areas (Cicerone British Mountains)

The Norfolk Garland; A Collection of the Superstitious Beliefs and Practices, Proverbs, Curious Customs, Ballads and Songs, of the People of Norfolk,

The Norfolk Garland; A Collection of the Superstitious Beliefs and Practices, Proverbs, Curious Customs, Ballads and Songs, of the People of Norfolk,

Scrambles in Snowdonia: 80 of the best routes - Snowdon, Glyders, Carneddau, Eifionydd and outlying areas (Techniques)

Scrambles in Snowdonia: 80 of the best routes - Snowdon, Glyders, Carneddau, Eifionydd and outlying areas (Techniques)

The Moral, Social and Religious Condition of Ipswich in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century : with a Sketch of Its History, Rise, and Progress / by John Glyde, Jun 1850 [Leather Bound]

The Moral, Social and Religious Condition of Ipswich in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century : with a Sketch of Its History, Rise, and Progress / by John Glyde, Jun 1850 [Leather Bound]