Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Political Science Columbia University New York 1909 Copyright, 1909 by Edwin Gifford Lamb I use the word "Social" in the title of this work to suggest that, save in an auxiliary way, I am not attempting to describe the religious features of the organization. Such a field of investigation would prove a very profitable and interesting one, but it is a field, which, for the sake of clearness

These examples were collected by Mr. Jas. Ward at the two industrial homes situated on West 19th Street and West 48th Street, New York City, during the months of March and April, 1908. Mr. Ward worked right with the men whose cases are given here, and slept in the homes, thus being with them night and day. The home on West 19th Street was an old milk depot rented temporarily by the Army to aid the unemployed during the winter, and had accommodation for two hundred men. Everything was very crude.

[14] "Prospectus of the Salvation Army Industrial Homes Company." [15] "The Poor and the Land," p. 130. [16] Haggard places it at 500 in 1905; at the time of my visit, May, 1906, it was about 300. [17] "Hadleigh," p. 52. [18] "The Poor and the Land," p. 127. [19] "The S. A. and the Public," pp. 113-114. [20] Ibid. , p. 114. [21] Ibid. , p. 105. [22] "Hadleigh," p. 56. [23] Apparently no definite data are obtainable regarding these men since the time of treatment. [24] Introduction, p. 10 . [25]

A collection of 76 cases made on seventeen different evenings during the months of March and April, 1908, at two of the Salvation Army hotels, both situated on the Bowery in New York City, one being a lower class hotel and the other a combination of lower and higher class. These cases were collected at first hand by the author and a friend of the author, Mr. James Ward, both of whom mingled among the men in the disguise of working men. In this way the facts were gained without much difficulty, w

[38] "How the Other Half Lives," p. 38. [39] This differentiation is more pronounced in the United States, since the work has been extended here more than in other countries. [40] For adverse criticism see "The Social Relief Work of the S. A.," p. 9. [41] At the Burne St. Shelter, the largest in London, one large dormitory has 288 beds and another 265. [42] For rooms, special rates are given by the week; from some of the examples given at the end of this chapter, it will be seen that these are o

No. 1. Elderly man. Widower. Had three grown-up children in the Colony at various times. Had one son a colonist with farm of his own. Was not a Salvationist. Came from Chicago where he was a tailor. Had a farm near the railroad depot which he considered valuable. Had two small houses. Rented one. Raised alfalfa. Was sole agent for a coal company. Claimed he made $1,500.00 last year, mostly in the coal business. Said draining now being done on the Colony was very expensive. Considered the Colony

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