Chapter I: Front Matter

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"BROKE"

_THE MAN WITHOUT THE DIME_

"BROKE"

_THE MAN WITHOUT THE DIME_

BY
EDWIN A. BROWN

ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS

CHICAGO
BROWNE & HOWELL COMPANY
1913

COPYRIGHT, 1913
BY BROWNE & HOWELL COMPANY

_Copyright in England_
_All rights reserved_

PUBLISHED, NOVEMBER, 1913

THE · PLIMPTON · PRESS
NORWOOD · MASS · U·S·A

TO

THAT VAST ARMY, WHO, WITHOUT
ARMS OF BURNISHED STEEL, FIGHT
WITH BARE HANDS FOR EXISTENCE

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED

_What in me is dark
Illumine, what is low raise and support;.
That to the height of this argument
I may assert eternal Providence
And justify the ways of God to men._
--MILTON

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

INTRODUCTORY xi

I MY ITINERARY AND WORKING PLAN 3

II THE WELCOME IN THE CITY BEAUTIFUL TO ITS BUILDERS 8

III CHICAGO--A LANDLORD FOR ITS HOMELESS WORKERS 28

IV THE MERCIFUL AWAKENING OF NEW YORK 42

V HOMELESS--IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL 48

VI LITTLE PITTSBURG OF THE WEST AND ITS GREAT WRONG 57

VII "LATTER-DAY SAINTS" WHO SIN AGAINST SOCIETY 62

VIII KANSAS CITY AND ITS HEAVY LADEN 71

IX THE NEW ENGLAND "CONSCIENCE" 82

X PHILADELPHIA'S "BROTHERLY LOVE" 95

XI PITTSBURG AND THE WOLF 104

XII OMAHA AND HER HOMELESS 117

XIII SAN FRANCISCO--THE MISSION, THE PRISON, AND
THE HOMELESS 123

XIV EXPERIENCES IN LOS ANGELES 136

XV IN PORTLAND 144

XVI TACOMA 160

XVII IN SEATTLE 164

XVIII SPOKANE 172

XIX MINNEAPOLIS 178

XX IN THE GREAT CITY OF NEW YORK 183

XXI NEW YORK STATE--THE OPEN FIELDS 197

XXII THE LABORER THE FARMER'S GREATEST ASSET 207

XXIII ALBANY--IN THE MIDST OF THE FIGHT 218

XXIV CLEVELAND--THE CRIME OF NEGLECT 223

XXV CINCINNATI--NECESSITY'S BRUTAL CHAINS 244

XXVI LOUISVILLE AND THE SOUTH 256

XXVII MEMPHIS--A CITY'S FAULT AND A NATION'S WRONG 279

XXVIII HOUSTON--THE CHURCH AND THE CITY'S SIN AGAINST
SOCIETY 288

XXIX SAN ANTONIO--WHOSE VERY NAME IS MUSIC 296

XXX MILWAUKEE--WILL THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIALISM
END POVERTY? 305

XXXI TOLEDO--THE "GOLDEN RULE" CITY 310

XXXII SPOTLESS DETROIT 314

XXXIII CONCLUSION 318

XXXIV VISIONS 328