"Shame-faced Poor"

Jeremiah Jenks, political economy expert of New York University, recently returned to Germany, reported that Hugo Stinnes, Master of Coke, "is employing two secretaries with a staff of assistants solely to look after his widespread relief work. Stinnes provides the entire upkeep of the municipal kitchens, foundlings' home and a home for nursing mothers in Muehlheim, adjoining his own house, and contributes to a long list of hospitals, institutions, students' and middle-class canteens and scientific research institutions throughout Germany. Large numbers of shamefaced poor, including needy artists, writers and 'disabled officers, owe their existence to him in the present crisis. Under no circumstances does Herr Stinnes permit his name to be used in connection with his relief work, which cannot be computed in cash."

According to Prof. Jenks, August Thyssen, another potent German industrialist, "is supporting fresh-air homes for 3,000 children, most of whom he knows by name."