The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-08
Contributions to Jacksonville.

To the Editor Of The Press:
| Although writing with another object in
view | cannot forbear again expressing my
appreciation Of the munifcence Of Portland's 8
| gift to Jacksonville.
1t far exceeds my expectations formed,
when Mayor Chapman and the Board Of
Trade so cheerfully signifed their willing
| ness to take energetic steps in the matter,
and so wise have been their methods and so
earnestly have those methods been pushed
that the metropolis OF the Pine Tree State
takes her place in the front rank Of contrib
utors and in my judgment, occasions Of this
kind, thus nobly met, are powerful factors
in strengthing ths growing feelings of fra
ternity between the North and the South.
When Affections have come to other cities
in the past, Jacksonville was only growing
village with little means with which to re-
spond, very large portion of her CONNER
cial growth'being the product of the last five
or eight years. The last census UsSo) indi-
Gated a population Of only about 1900 while
her directory for 'SS shows 81, 400, and have
no doubt that when In the providence Of
God the stroke may fall upon one Of her sis
ter cities her response will be prompt and
emphatic.
Many people cannot understand the need
Of so much money as Is being poured into
the treasury of the relief committee. In
former communication l explained these
needs and wish to add that for months they
will be as imperative and almost as large as
they are now. Business is PROSTATE, col
lections cannot be made for long time, and
in mo No fafa oil Tho tfHa Of
to the Land Of Flowers this winter will be
small, thousands Of people must be idle and
idleness means suffering and starvation, un-
less there Is financial aid and the medical
bureau estimates that two months Of hard
and expensive work Will be required TO
| properly cleanse and dislnfect the city after
/ the fever wears itself out or Is killed by the
| frost.
make these statements to assure the cit
| citizens Of Portland that they are not vast
| Ing money as we often do in so called chari-
| ty, indiscriminately bestowed. Many per-
| sonal inquiries have come to me as to the
| agencies through which this money Is being
| distributed and how much / thought would
cling to the hands of the agents, and my
answer has Deen...not penny except for
| legitimate expenditures.
1st-At this end-In nay work in Maine in
| suggesting, inaugurating and aiding the
movements to raise these funds do not re-
ceiye even my expenses, the payment Of those
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| 2d-At the Jacksonville end-These funds
are administered by large committee Of as
able and honest men as the State Of Florida
l Tor any other State) affords. The president
/ of the Citizens Executive Committee, until
his recent lamented death, was Col. j. j.
Daniel, a leading member Of st. Johns Pro-
testant Episcopal church, and man whose
/ life was honOred and whose memory Is re-
| vered by all classes Of citizens, and he is
| succeeded by gentleman of unquestioned
integrity, ex-Mayor McQuaide. The chair
man Of the committee through which the sup
| plies are distributed was first one of our
municipal judges and later the president Of
| the Young Mems Christian Association, a
personal friend whose character | know to
be above reproach. The chairman of the
finance committee is James M. Schumacher,
president of its First National Bank, and /
think also of the Jacksonville & Atlantic
railroad.
In word. it, as if in similar affiiction,
Portland should select its best known, most
highly honored and most fully trusted eiti
zens from all departments of life to manage
It's affairs. The rank and file of these COM
mittees are Of the same material as the chair
me to whom / have alluded.
Having generously given this money you
may be perfectly at rest in regard to its wise
and honest expenditure. H. K. Foss.
Portland, Oct. 8.