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ee principle No. 5, p. 101. [68] See several examples at the end of this chapter, p. 137. [69] "The Poor and the Land," p. 82. [70] See principle No. 1, p. 101. [71] "The Poor and the Land," p. 39. [72] See Pamphlet, "Review of Salvation Army Land Colony in California." [73] The price of land at Ft. Amity would be different, and there, too, the Army sometimes rents to the colonists an additional acreage. [74] "Memorandum of Information Respecting the Salvation Army Colony at Ft. Romie, California." [75] For these principles see p. 101 of this chapter. [76] See "The Poor and the Land," p. 40 and fl. [77] See examples at end of chapter. [78] See "The Poor and the Land," p. 47. [79] See the "Poor and the Land," p. 82. [80] See "Report of Departmental Committee," p. 14 and fl. [81] _Ibid._ [82] Mr. John Manson in his book "The Salvation Army and the Public," p. 133 and following, states that in this work the Army has merely acted the part of a business agency. We think that he has ground for this statement, but we also think that the Army would be far more useful along these lines than an ordinary business agency. [83] See Report of Departmental Committee, p. 6. [84] See Report of Departmental Committee, p. 3. [85] See tables p. 98 of this book. [86] See Report of Departmental Committee, p. 30. CHAPTER IV. THE SALVATION ARMY SLUM DEPARTMENT. So much has been written on the question of the slums in the past few years; so many settlements, evening recreation centers, summer playgrounds, clubs, visiting nurses' associations, and kindergarten associations have been organized; so much has been done by tenement house commissions and tenement laws; so many churches have turned from their original efforts to the slums; that we wonder why so little is heard of what the Army, the organization supposed especially to represent the poor, is doing in this direction. To tell the truth, if we go down into the slums, either those of Deptford, Whitechapel, or of Westminster, in London; or those of the Jewish, the Italian, the Negro, or the Irish quarters in New York, or those of the Slav or Jewish quarters in Chicago, expecting to find there the work of the Army much in evidence, we shall be disappointed. What slum work is done by the Army in these densely populated corners is done with love and earnest hearts, with sacrifice and the best of intentions; but apparently it does not bear
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