Baltimore Convention Addresses the Tramp Nuisance
The tramp nuisance in the United States has assumed immense proportions, and the people, led by the most prominent citizens, are trying to devise means to check it. An exchange tells of a State convention held recently in Baltimore, to consider the tramp nuisance: “Hon. Montgomery Blair presided and made a brief address. He estimated the number of tramps in the country at 1,200,000. As a remedy, he said, we must have the co-operation of the churches, and the aid of business men with their millions of capital and acres of idle land. He recommended the organization of colonies and the establishment of manufactories to give them employment. Other speakers advocated a law compelling tramps to either work or leave the State.”