24 OCTOBER 1908, Page 12

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

THE UNEMPLOYED AND FALSE PHILANTHROPY.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTAT011.1 Sne,—May I call your attention to the action of kind-hearted philanthropists with regard to the unemployed? I received several cards a few days ago from a clergyman on which an order for firewood was printed, which I was requested to fill up and send to a yard named. As a recommendation, I was informed that the firewood would be prepared by unemployed men, who would be paid every evening. I am accustomed to pay regularly for the wood I naturally am in the habit of using, and I am asked to throw the men whom I have employed for years out of employ to help the protiOs of this