SECTARIAN TAXES.
A prominent New York journal calls
attention to the fact that of the total sum
of $1,142,222.61 assessed in that city
for charitable purposes for the present
year, more than one-half will go to support
sectarian charities, the figures standing:
Nonsectarian, . . . . . . . .
$510,092.38
Sectarian, . . . . . . . . .
632,130.23
——————
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . 1,142,222.61
This immense sum appropriated to sectarian
purposes is made up as follows:—
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL.
The Children's Fold of the
City of New York, . . . . . . $17,680.00
Protestant Episcopal House of
Mercy, . . . . . . . . . . . .
9,134.63
The Shepherd's Fold of the
Protestant Episcopal Church
in the State of New York, . .
5,000.00
—————
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . $31,814.63
JEWISH.
Hebrew Benevolent Society of
the City of New York, . . . . $60,000.00
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
Association for Befriending
Children and Young Girls . . .
$7,280.00
St. Joseph's Institution for the
Improved Instruction of
Deaf Mutes . . . . . . . . . .
20,700.00
Foundling Asylum of the
Sisters of Charity . . . . . . 252,345.60
New York Catholic Protectory . 254,000.00
Roman Catholic House of the
Good Shepherd . . . . . . . .
6,000.00
—————-
Total . . . . . . . . . . . .
$540,325.60
Thus, at the expense of the public, over half a million dollars per year are spent to prove to the world the great benevolence of the CHURCH OF ROME.
We highly approve of real generosity and benevolence, but the people have a right to demand that public taxes be devoted to public and not to sectarian religious purposes. The influence of this money goes to spread or to support the errors of the systems dispensing the sum. How these large sums of money are spent, the public never knows, for no reports are required of these as of the city charities.