THE NATIONAL POOR LAW REFORM ASSOCIATION.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' Si s,—In your issue of May 28th there is a letter from Lord George Hamilton calling attention to the work and objects of the National Poor Law Reform Association. As one who is deeply in sympathy with the objects of the Association, I would like to Say that unless its promoters will work on the same energetic lines as those pursued by the advocates of the Association for the Break-up of the Poor Law, they will find that they are too late in the field. Why did tho National Poor Law Association not realise the oppor- tunity to propagate their views so readily seized by their rivals the week before last in Edinburgh when the meetings of the General Assemblies brought such a concourse of people together ? Their plausible speeches and arguments easily sway the emotions of sentimentalists who aro not accustomed to face big financial problems. Why is it that the one Association is so much more in evidence than the other ? Is it a question of the lack of funds, or
[We fear there is sonic truth in our correspondent's suggestion that the supporters of the Minority Report are more active than their opponents. We must remember, however, that the advocates of the Minority Report have the whole of the Socialist organisa- tions in the United Kingdom behind them. This gives them a start which their opponents do not possess. It is clearly a reason why those who view with the gravest anxiety the possibility of the Minority Report being adopted should do everything they possibly can to support the National Poor Law Reform Association. That Association is formed on thoroughly sound lines, and all it wants 13 support in money and personal help to enable it to light the battle against pauperisation, a battle which is far more that of tie poor man than of the rich man.—En. Spectator.)
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