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During the war, when immigration was stop
ped for time, that city began to recover from
ner burden, and the number fell down to 400.
ooon alter the termination of hostilites with Eng
laha' u began to increase again as the population
moved IN from the alms-houses of other countries,
until, In 1922, it amounted to 5000. The po-
pulaton had increased in ratio of 81 per cent
while the poor-rates had risen nearly 81 per cent
In Philadelphia and the county alone, it is said
that three millions Of dollars have been expended
in the shape Of poor tax within 25 years


1t is not possible to ascertain with precision
the number of paupers in the country, as in some
of the States there is tax for their support and
in many of those that have an assessment for
that purpose there is no return Of the cost or the
number.


The average cost for maintaining them varies
in different years in the different States, accord
ing to the value of provisions. Thus in Phila-
delphia, in 1921, the average weekly charge was
7O.9 cents, while in 1882 it was 102 cents.


In Massachusetts the annual cost is $50, or
96.l per week,


In Virginia, where, in the greater number of
the counties, the poor are boarded out at rate
agreed upon between the overseer and the house
keeper, or where the pauper receives his yearly
allowance, and makes his own bargain for subsis-
tence, the annual cost is from $40 to $lOO or
81 5000 per week.


In New York, the average per year, in 1880,
was $37 O3, or I'll cents per week.


In the same State, in 1896, it was $32 SO, or
62.26 cents per week.


In order to arrive at tolerably accurate view
ofthe number and charge of maintenance through
out the United States, it has been thought best
to make calculation for those States from which
we have no returns, by comparing the extent of
their population under the census of 1880, with
the number in those States which haze giren
returns; and the result is as follows:


Maine, with population, in 1880, Of 399,955, shows
by her official state-


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