The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-18

MEMORIAL or Inn tHAMnrn OF COMMERCE or THE
pENr oF TIE UNITED srArEs.
The Of New YORK solicit le relief Of
ssrs BY he reis rn sn % a. sao
which has devastated the most beautiful the most subsan-
pass Of the category caames susceptible Of
sa nat dssse aemsnns a. o.
community claim as 70 Se he feSre
sentavea that tie Chief fxecu nation, so rci ard
o" ana for the sna s sh 70 Of
the tens Of thousands 50 suddenly bcreaycd Of their homes
ana OF the heccs saries OF NE and property.
IN our city in other OF the Union tho CIV Of
houssloa ana, passing ont q the ordinary channels and
an has or Wealth. to the honor of
The directors and trustees Of public Institutions, Of
divers others. seeing how Inadequate to be
by private contributions only meet the great emergency,
have jone! in the general movement e ing the
Of an enshenei constituency sustain them in this
bodies. acting under similar responsibility have -an their
o Five 10 ws ns.s ae mali,
Of your menorais.s attest the spirit tat acua,cs
but moiety Of what has been raised New YORK alone
large increase % the fund may yet he exnecsd from Great
Your menoasts these things for the prp 40 or
showing that the Of charity is not connedo private
individuals in the present emergency hut pervades
better the President than your nemoriaIsts
and municipal in the advancement Of tins bensvoient
work The prompt by the city vi Brooklyn OF
Your melnoralists, gratefully acknowledge the wide
spread contributions made great
exgency deem 10 be their duty invoke such
aid from the general government the crisis may
iremorlass further that the painful
tdinas from Chicago have been supplemented
from the Northwestern section that
less distressing Fires commencing in the forests said
have extended portions OF FIVE different States,
ravalng thousands OF miles OF territory sweeping
private dwellings, stores of grain, villages and
towns and involving In their rapid stretch loss of life and
property the extent of which Il present ncaculabe. II
FOR time the public attention has been diverted from these
destructive agratious and lost the misery
that must be consequent herepon Is simply owing the
Overshadowiug magnitude OF the disaster to Chicago
Your mcmorasts respectfully submit that view OF the
general effort 10 mitigate the suerncs Ot those who have
been destitute the latter the
large heMeans Of communities which
il to fear will be Impossible to the streams
Of bounty should and extensive claims arise. Hence
there much csuse to apprehend that the recent
fires referred to will peceseitate such relief the
afford and to this end memorial
lists would by their counsel and by their prayer
and invoke the President to act in concert with the heads
departments IN providing food clothing and shelter for the
hungry naked and houseess who wandering in a
region that il stripped Of food and habitasi What the
law necessv thus requires Congress, when II meets
Doubtless cordially approve
Finally. memOrlAs AK eavc 10 refer 10 the accom-
pany!ng Appea the Publ to when the Of the
entire committee are appended
GEOR'lE OPDYKE.
WILLIAM N. VERMILYE,
s. y. ClIITTENDEN,
JACKSON $. SCHULTZ,
SAMUEL u. BABCOCK,
JOHN TAYLOR JOHNSTON,
JAMES NJ. BROWN,
HENRY CLEWS,
FREDERICK s. WINSTON.
The above memorial was forwarded to the PresI-
dent yesterday.