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m o th e r w as innovent of th e fa r t,
le a l u e r - w o r k e r » . t a il o r » , l e a n .. er»
P en sio n s w as set at $37,500.
b u t c h e r » , a t e v e d o r e a , c o o k » ...........
■' W hen th e fa th e r is e ith e r im p ria-
(R e p o rt of M o th e rs’ P en sio n De- h ands. in c a p a c ita te d by tu b e rc u lo sis ;
I d a re say it w ou. 1 n o t he e x tr a v a ­
I4S o i l e d o r a b s c o n d e d , s h e s h a l l lie in ­
p a r tm e n t for M ultnom ah C ounty, di- 1/ wive» of d isabled h u sb a n d s; 6» Total ..............................
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c lu d e d u n d e r th e a i t .
re e le d u n d er th e a d m in istra tio n of wives, w hose h u sb a n d s are in tin
n om ah C o u n ty for th e su p p o rt of d e ­
C o u n ty Ju d g e T. J. C leeton. from sta le p ris o n ; 6 d eserted w ives for
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| n cases w h ere th e m o th e r has tw o
p en d en t* . at $400.000.00. T h ese fig ­
th e tim e the law w ent in to effect, m o re th a n seven y ea rs, w hose h u s - , T ab le Xo. 8: L en g th of tim e a f .e r Or th re e ch ild ren w ho are u n d er
u res re p re s s ,♦ o nly a fra c tio n of tin-
Ju n e , , ‘»13, to Ja n u a ry . 1916. in ilu - b a n d s ' w h e re a b o u ts are u n k n o w n fa th e r's d ea th b e fo re th e m o th e r ap- school age. an d a n u rsin g b aby o r
rea l d ire c t c > t of m a in ta in in g all
¡live.)
a,,d w ho are legally dead. plied fo r p e n s io n :
Less th a n
one ch ild ren w ho are in d eliea ie h ealth .
k in d s o f d e p e n d e n ts—th e m u ltifo rm
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W h ile th e m o th e r is allo w ed to m o n th , .59. L ess th a n four m o n th ', it i» im possible for her to h a v e th em
e x p e n d itu re s o f p riv a te c h a rity , th e
T he M o th e rs' P ension Law of O re - su p p lem en t her incom e by w o rk in g 15; less th a n on e y ear. .55; less th a n ,<j su p p lem en t h e r incom e, am i as
en d o w m e n ts of h o sp ita ls am i b o n u s
poll, w as p assed by th e L eg islativ e o u tsid e o f her hom e, p ro v isio n s m ust tw o y ears. 21; less th a n f ile year*. | lvr c h ild re n 's p en sio n is not sttf-
fo r th e poor, th e in firm , th e sick,
A sseinhly of 1913. and becam e ef-
be m ade sa tisfa c to ry to th e D e p a rt- 19; Jess th a n te n y ears, 27; less th a n ficient for all. she should get
a
th e a g e d ; funds d isp e n sed th ro u g h
fectiv e in Ju n e. 191.5. T h e M o th e rs' m en t for th e c a re of h er ch ild ren fiftee n y ea rs, five. C ases, in fo rm a - m o th e r’s p en sio n u n til such tim e as
th e ag en cy of ch u rc h es, sa lv atio n
C o n g ress w as sp o n se r fo r th e hill, d u rin g h e r ab sen ce.
tio n n o t on rec o rd . 118. T o ta l, 279 th e ch ild ren get wall, o r she is able
arm
ies. Boys' an d C i. is’ Aid So­
an d w as very activ e in h av in g th e
F ifty -e ig h t p en sio n s su p p le m e n ted T ab le Xo. 9: A ges of m o th e rs at to su p p lem en t h e r incom e am i r e ­
cieties, M en's
R e so rts,
in d u s tria l
law p a s te d , as also w ere o th e r p er-
by e a rn in g s of th e m o th e rs at In nin, tim e of a p p lic a tio n : B etw een 19 a n d ad ju st h er fam ily co n d itio n s,
sons and o rg a n iz a tio n s of influence. a t th e follow ing o c c u p a tio n s: D ress- 29 y ea rs. 59; b etw e en .50 an d 40
S ta tistic s have p ro v en th a t even a H o m es an d se m i-b en e v o len t socie-
'I I k * hill w as d ra fte d by Ju d g e L ionel m aking, sew ing, re n tin g room », keep- y ea rs. 104: b etw e en 40 an d 50 y e a r s , seco n d -class hom e is c o n sid e re d fa r
to n tr ih u tio ,s m a te at st reel
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am i in re sp o n se to so licita-
R. W e b ste r, and was am ong th e first | ¡n g h o ard e rs, w ash in g an d iro n in g .
78; b etw een 50 am i (X) y ea rs. 14 b e tte r th a n in s titu tio n a l care. V ery
a c ts of th e kin d in th e t n ite d candy sto re, c a re of p o u ltry , etc., tw een til and ti6 y ears, th r e e : no recently an ev e n in g p ap e r p u b lish ed ions from d o o r to d o o r, p ro m is-
cuious g iv in g ev e ry w h e re , w ith o u t
S ta te s.
an d th e ir a v e ra g e e a rn in g s fo r th e
reco rd . ' ; to ta l, 279. th e co t of ta k in g c a re o f b ab ies in
Im m ed iately th e re a fte r, th e Ju d g e y e a rs have been ap p ro x im a te ly $8.25
T h e y o u n g est m o th e r w as 19 y e a r s . ( ( n e
th e in s titu tio n s e sta b lish e d in v e stig a tio n o r sy stem .
w e o u g h t to look fo r som e dis-
o f th e Ju v en ile C ourt, u n d er th e p er m o u th .
an d th e o ld est was 66 ye; r». A v erag e for th a t p u rp o se in P o rtla n d , am i
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sitio n ol th e b u rd en , less odious
law a it was fra m ed , o rg an iz ed an d
F o rty -tw o p en sio n s su p p lem en ted age, 35.33 y ea rs.
th e ir re p o rt p laced th e cost at $17
to
th e rec ip ien t, less o n e ro u s to th e
b egan th e w ork of th e P en sio n De- by e a rn in g s o f th e m o th e rs aw ay
) a hle Xo. 1(1: A ges of m o th e r at p er m o n th p er child, even w hen
co m m u n ity w ho h av e a p ro b lem of
p a rtm e n t. T o fa c ilita te th e w ork, from hom e, at th e follow ing occu- , j |))e o f m a rr ia g e : B etw een 15 a n d th ey d o it on a la rg e scale,
th e Ju d g e ap p o in ted a C ase Com - pat ions ; T eaching, ja n itre s s . sew ing. , 7 v e a r i jg . b c, wcelI 1« an<| .1,
„ is tru e , h a t th v rt. a rt. n lany g re a t im p o rta n c e it m u st solve w ith
m ittee , w hich w as co m p o sed of a m usic. w ork by t h e h o u r, w aitre ss. V(.ars
b etw een _><, a n.l 22 y e a r s .
Ii. d e se rv in g m o t h e r s , elig ib le re fe re n c e to all of its p h ases, ec o ­
n u m b e r o f w om en w ho were v o lu n - sto re w ork. etc., an d th e ir a v e ra g e
b etw e en 2.5 and 25 y e a rs. .52: u n d er th is law. w ho a re tim id and nom ic. in d u stria l an d eth ical.
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te e r w o rk e rs, w ith o u t co m p en sa tio n , ea rn in g s lo r th e y e a r a re ap p ro x i-
p resid e d oy er b y th e C hief P ro b a tio n m a tely $12.50 per m o n th - w o r k ir-
O ffic er, w ith a p aid a s s is ta n t. T h is re g u la r.
B o ard w o rk ed in co n ju n c tio n w ith
S ev en ty th re e fam ilies — ch ild ren
th e Ju d g e, an d all m a tte rs o f im - very sm a ll—need all th e ir a tte n tio n .
p o rta n c e w ere discu ssed an d p assed R elativ es assist o c c a sio n a lly w h ere
o n by th e B oard.
we ca n p rev a il upon th e m to do so.
T h e follow ing, in b rief, is th e law A to ta l o f 17.5.
as tiov.- a m e n d e d ;
W h e re it is possible, we h av e th em
E ach m o th e r, w h o has o n e o r re n t a house in th e su b u rb s, w here
m o re ch ild ren u n d e r th e ag e o f six- th e y can have a little g a rd e n in
te e n y ea rs, d e p e n d e n t w h o lly o r w hich to raise v eg etab les, th a t will
p a r tly on h e r la b o r fo r su p p o rt, a n d ia ssist in red u cin g th e cost of living
w hose h u sb an d is e ith e r d ead o r an ex p en ses.
in m a te o f som e s ta te in s titu tio n , o r
T ab le Xo. 3 : By clo sely p eru sin g
is w holly in c a p a c ita te d fo r w o rk , is th e follow ing ta b le, you will n o te
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an d h e r ch ild ren reside, th e sum of low ed h e r ch ild ren is an av e ra g e of
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$7.50 p er m o n th fo r each ad d itio n a l child, o r $6.6.» p e r m o n th p e r child.
child, said am o u n t n o t to exceed in I fo r w hich she m ust clo th e, p ay re n t.
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an y one case. $40.00 p e r m o n th .
etc., an d a t th e sam e tim e live o ff
T h is in su ra n c e
o r p en sio n
is of th e ab o v e am o u n t, o r su p p lem en t
g r a n te d on c e rta in co n d itio n s, am o n g h e r in co m e by h e r ow n e ffo rts o u t-
w hich are . th a t a child fo r w hose side th e hom e. T h e am o u n t allo w ed
b e n e fit in s u r a n c e is g ra n te d , m ust
be living w ith th e m o th e r, an d it
m ust be fo r th e ch ild 's w e lfa re th a t
it rem a in w ith th e m o th er. T h e in ­
su ra n c e is g ra n te d on ly w hen it will
e n a b le th e m o th e r to rem ain in th e
hom e w ith h e r ch ild re n , except dur-
ab le p e rso n to b rin g up th e child,
a n d if sh e is e x tra v a g a n t o r n e g li­
g e n t in th e sp e n d in g of th e m oney,
th e sam e m ay be paid to som e o th e r
p e rso n fo r th e use an d . su p p o rt of
th e child o r c h ild re n , u n d e r th e d i­
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w a r r a n t» c a n c e lle d an d re-
O re g o n ; Less th a n th re e y e a rs, 60; d a l l y p a p e r s , a s - p . r e v i o u s to J u n e
t u r n e d t o C o u n t y C o in t iiia -
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b etw e en fo u r an d seven y e a rs, 59; 191?. W e b e l i e v e t h a t a p r i v a t e i n - I s lo n e r a ..................................................
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b e t w e e n 12 an d 15 v ea rs. 20; b e t w e e n c o m e s w i t h i n t i n l a w . i s t h e b e t t e r - T o t a l d ia b u r a e m e n t a f o r 1 9 1 5 . . ::
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20 an d 25 y ears. 14; .50 y e a rs, o n e; way, as it p re v e n ts th e n e ig h b o r-
m ittee f o r t h e y e a r 1916, fo r
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p en at-a o f t h e d e p a r t m e n t . . .
3.00(1.00
not on reco rd . 71; to ta l. 279.
¡h er p a rtic u la r line. A d e a th c e r titi-
W e w ish to ex p ress o u r th a n k s for
T ab le Xo. 12: A p p lic atio n s can c a ,e - o r a c e r tific a te fro m a p h y si- th • u n selfish an d e ffec tiv e a s sista n c e
cclled. T h ese w ere d ro p p ed from 1 *an *s d em an d e d in all g ra n te d given th e D e p a rtm e n t by th e v o lu n ­
th e list fo r th e fo llo w in g re a s o n s ; ca se s- an d J udSc C leeto n in s tru c ts te e r w o rk e rs, co m p o sin g th e C ase
th e a tte n d in g p h y sician to th o r -
C o m m ittee, am i a lso th e v o lu n te er
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Rea. W o o d la w n .IS®
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t«« " e r e o v er 18 y e a rs of a g e ; 67 w e r e ¡ th a , of co m p assio n ,
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¡s as le g itim a te a fu n ctio n o f th e salviition.
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c o m p ete n t c h ild -tra in e r is of
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su b s titu te fo r his ju d g m e n t, a f fe c ­
tio n a n d discipline.
_ fo r w idow s, lo n g e r lives for fa th e rs .
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T o c o rre c t a false n o tio n th a t
A v erag e age of h u sb a n d s : T h e seem s to he so m ew h at p re v a le n t
o f his a d m in is tra tio n is a lo n g th e y o u n g e st f a th e r w as 22 y e a rs of am ong th o se w h o apply for p e n ­
T he p ro d u ctio n o f useful citizen s
lin e s o f h elp fu ln ess to th o se w h o a re a g e ; th e o ld e st f a th e r w as 79 y e a rs sions. it is w ell to
sta te Ju d g e
in need, b u t do n o t com e u n d e r th e of a g e ; th e a v e ra g e age \va» 41.71 C lee to n 's in te r p re ta tio n of tin- p en- is m ainly th e p u rp o se of c re a tin g a I
P e n sio n Law . an d th o s e w h o d o not y e a rs.
»¡on law . an d th a t is. th a t in a m a - ,n o t*1cr' s p en sio n fund. T h e law re- I
rec eiv e a d e q u a te sum s th e re fro m to
Low w ages, n o n -em p lo y m eu t an d jo rity of th e ca se s th a t com e b e fo re d u ires th a t m o th e rs shall he com -
th e ap p lica n t is Pe te n t ,o *erv e ,h e co m m u n ity suc-
e n a b le th em to p ro p e rly k eep , and sic k n ess w ere th e m ain fa c to rs in th e C C o o u u rt.
rt, w w h 1 ere *L
n o u rish th e ir fam ilies. T h e ir e ffo rt p re v e n tin g th e m a jo rity of th e se e n title d to a p en sio n . th e am o u n t ce ssfu lly as its a g e n t, in c h a rg e of
fixed by th e law does not n eces- >OU"K' fam ilies.
is su p p le m e n ted by fin d in g em p lo y ­ fam ilies in b u ild in g up a rese rv e .
T h e re is a vast d iffe re n c e b e tw e e n sa rily m ean th a t th a t am o u n t sh o u ld
In d u stria l ac cid en ts and p re v e n t- i
m e n t fo r th em an d e n listin g in th e ir
b e h a lf social ag en cies, w h o p lace th e s a la rie s paid th e a p p lic a n ts w h o he g ra n te d to .th e p en sio n er, fo r th e aldl ’iseases o u tn u m b e r all c a u s e s '
th e m upon th e ro a d of self-h elp . rec eiv e d th e p en sio n an d th o se w ho p en sio n is a m a tte r of n ecessity a n d °* d ep en d en cy on o u r list. P ro p e r
th u s
stim u la tin g
th e ir
en e rg ies. ' w crc re je c te d o r d isq u alified , show - not a m a tte r o i rig h t. It is m e an t '¡‘ ¡c g u arilin g by th e d iffe re n t in ­
b rin g in g th em e n c o u ra g e m e n t a n d ¡n g tb a t , , le d isq u a lifie d o n es had to he an aid to th e su p p o rt o f th e d « s tries w ould have p rev e n ted a
th e re b y a sa v in g in fun d s to t h e ^ rc e eived a m uch h ig h e r sa lary o r fam ily, r a th e r th a n for th e su p p o rt l1uml,cr
th e se fam ilies from In-
ta x p a y e rs of m any h u n d re d s of d ol- w age, en a b lin g th e m to a c cu m u late of th e fam ily.
c o m ,n g d ee n n d en t on th e com m un-
la rs .
p ro p e rty w hich k ep t th e m fro m de- T h e reaso n s, h ow ever, fo r m a n y ' ,V'
th e cnac,1" K o i n ‘" ,a w '
T h e law h a s fully ju stifie d th e j p e n d e n c )..
ap p lic a tio n s b ein g rejected , a re as ”7 e n ^ « " ’cnt o f th e old law - by
h o p es o f its m ost a rd e n t d ev o tee ,
P ro v isio n m ade by fa th e rs a« to fo llo w s:
" 1c s , a “ -- w ould h av e p rev e n ted a
a n d is really one of th e g re a t p ieces ¡|isu ra lic e o r propcrty k h t o th e ir
In v e stig a tio n b rin g s t o liiz h t s „ f - '’ u 'n b t r o f » ’d u s’ r ies from w a s t e
o f c o n s tru c tiv e le g isla tio n o f th e fa n ,j |j eg ; 15 Ow n th e ir ow n hom es.
i„ co n ,c
y u s,nt? up 1 u ' h u m an " '» te rta l.
la st decade. I ts b e n - f it to so c iety ,.ic a ,
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tu rn isti tin
s a tis fa c to ry living c o n d itio n s , h t i r jus( resp o n sib ility .
fo r c o n stru c tiv e
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\ o |,u n a r y w ith d ra w a ls w hen th e
1 r<'',c r ' a ” ' ‘a ''.v su rro u n d in g s will
is receiv in g a pen sio n , and it is th e by aIly in su ran c e or p ro p e rly .
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' p rev en t in d u stria l h e a lth h az ard s.
act is ex p lain ed to them .
d u ty of th e P ension D e p a rtm e n t. ,0 - ; j n a1| c a s e , o f p en sio n s g ra n te d
.............
such as dust an d chem ical ir rita n ts , j
Tile family h as w age e a rn e rs
th e tra d e poisons, and m ic ro -o rg a n ­
g e th e r w ith th e Ju v e n ile I o u rt. Io 1Q p e rso n s o w n in g th e ir hom es, o r su fficien t nun, >ers.
ism s. such as a n th ro x casso n dis- i
use ev e ry e ffo rt alo n g social an d j 1<ni„ K eq u itie s in hom es, th e hom es
D o u b tfu l c h a r a c te r of th e appli
e d u c a tio n a l lines, to b e tte r an d a re of sm all value, and a re n eces-
eases, etc., w hich are d irectly dis
ca n ,.
s tim u la te th c hom e life.
se m in a ted th ro u g h in d u stry .
is a ry fo r th e su p p o rt of th e fam ily.
D ivorced m o th e rs do not com e
T ab le No. 1: F o llo w in g is the an d d e d u c tio n s of re a so n a b le re n ta ls und(.r th<. act n o r d e se rte d m o th e rs
T h e re are also c e rta in d iseases, of
n u m b e r and d isp o sitio n o f a p p lic a ­ a re m ad e from p en sio n s g ra n te d by , or
w hich tu b e rc u lo sis an d rh eu m a tism
, , lan , ev en vears.
tio n s received from th e ta k in g e f ­ re a so n o f h av in g said hom es.
a re exam ples, w h erein th e occupa
fect o f th c act. June. 1913.- up to
R e c o m m e n d a tio n s.
tio n its e lf is n o t so im p o rta n t, as
T a b le Xo. 7: O cc u p atio n o f fa th e r
J a n u a r y , 1916:
W e reco m m en d th a t th e act h e th e c o n d itio n s u n d e r w hich it is con-
b e fo re disease, d isa b le m en t o r c o n ­
A p p l ic a t io n » r e j e c t « , ....................................271
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A p p l ic a t io n »
| a - n , l l n < ...................................
9 T l'-i,> e r I n d u s t r y « m l s s w i n l l l a i.--
ch ild rcn w h o se m o th e rs a re now ' Zl‘d air. ph y sical in a c tiv ity an d fa-
P lo y a »
.
27
tig u e a re illu s tra tio n s of such con-
T o t a l a p p lic a t io n » r e c e t v e J ................R59 H u i I i II u k I m b is lr v a m , la b o r e r » ........... 21 d isq u alified u n d er th e act.
D ivorced m o th e rs w ho receive ali- d i,io n s.
B e n e fittin g 751 ch ild ren u n d er 16 C le r k » , tlo o k k a a p a r » . a t c ............................... 21
A g r i c u l t u r a l p u r s u i t s ................................... 1 ,
y e a rs of age.
Ite a l a e t a t c ........................................................
3 m oney an d th e h u sb an d dies an d j An a d e q u a te p en sio n w ill fo re sta ll
r e w in g In d u str y
; leaves no incom e fo r th e ch ild ren .
T ab le No. 2 : O f th e b en e ficia ries B
d iseases o rig in a tin g from an i n -
2
P r ln tln , g I n d u s t r y ...............................................
s h o w s : 20(1 w id o w s ; 22 w ives of in ­ School te a c h e rs
D ese rted m o th e rs w here c i r c u m - ; pov erish e d co n d itio n , due to im-
C iv il e m p lo y e e ...............................................
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sa n e h u s b a n d s ; 28 w ives of h u s- M e r c h a n t s
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