ice foreman for a job.

And, finally, Mr. O'Neil says: "The humane and generous treatment
which this city has accorded the great army of homeless unfortunates
has made it the victim of wholesale imposition, and this well-
intended policy of kindness has resulted in making Chicago the
winter Mecca of a vast and undesirable floating population." That
is to say, because of her kindness, Chicago had more than her fair
share of tramps; because she was humane and generous she suffered
whole-sale imposition. From this we must conclude that it does not
do to be HUMANE and GENEROUS to our fellow-men--when they are
tramps. Mr. O'Neil is right, and that this is no sophism it is the
intention of this article, among other things, to show.

In a general way we may draw the following inferences from the
remarks of Mr. O'Neil: (1) The tramp is stronger than organized
society and cannot be put down; (2) The tramp is "shabby,"
"tattered," "homeless," "unfortunate"; (3) There is a "vast" number
of tramps; (4) Very few tramps are willing to do honest work; (5)
Those tramps who are willing to do honest work have to hunt very
hard to find it; (6) The tramp is undesirable.

To this last let the contention be appended that the tramp is only
PERSONALLY undesirable; that he is NEGATIVELY desirable; that the
function he performs in society is a negative function; and that he
is the by-product of economic necessity.

It is very easy to demonstrate that there are more men than there is
work for men to do. For instance, what would happen tomorrow if one
hundred thousand tramps should become suddenly inspired with an