Excerpt from Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 14: July, 1899-December, 1899 As an introduction to a study of the economic bearing of Charity Organization it is necessary first to review briefly its principles and methods. Charity organization societies are not associations for the purpose of giving relief. They are formed principally for the purpose of bringing the existing relief societies and churches of a city into co-operation. In their best forms they are federations composed of delegates from the different charitable societies and churches. Less than one hundred cities in the United States have such federations. The main purposes of the charity organization societies have been summed up as follows: The first is to bring the philanthropic forces of a city to work together instead of at cross purposes. The second is to secure complete knowledge of persons who are unfortunate and need aid, by means of an examina tion of conditions Wherever want is reported, and by regis tering useful facts concerning the families aided. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.