St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-15
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Special to the Globe.
BUXTON, \. D., Nov. 1S.-As agita-
ton about needy DakOtians is becoming
somewhat widespread and notorious,
cast my little crumb on the waters ac-
companied by such instantaneous views
as happened to drop from my mind.
Charity is a chain of hearts girdiing the
world to hold it together. When the
world draws harder on one link Of the
chain than another. the response to that
extra draft is charity. Very beautiful,
this chain of hearts. We are told there
is an extra pressure at present on some
of the Dakata links in the grand cir
die. which. if not relieved soon, may
cause it to break. Charity Is delicate
and tender subject to handle. and mat
ter over which there should be no frie-
ton. Friction mars and takes all the
sweetness out of it. This letter is not
written for the purpose Of marring or
destroying any of the sweetness COLI
nected with charity, but to strengthen
and add more real beauty to its noble
character. The truth never wronged
-yOne. 1t is very Hnple asant to hear,
sometimes. and frequently sends men
70 the penitentiary and the gal
lows. Then, on the other hand,
1t frequently raises people up,
elevates them TO high places and brings
great Joy.
A Quaker missionary in Philadelphia
once used to make it his business to
visit all the iOckups in the city. to see
that men arrested for criminal offences
had fair trials, and that no advantage
was taken of them on account of being
poor and accused of crime.
One day he saw the police taking
man down the alley to the station house.
When they reached the door the pris-
oner struggled most desperately not to
go in. He spread his hands and
legs aud chung to the door with
all the power he could muster.
the missionary seeing the struggle went
TO him and said: Friend, 90 in. go in,
I will see that thee has Justice"
Greatly to the good missionary's sur
prise, the man answered. THAT is Just
what l don't want" There are great
many other people in the same fix.
They
DON'T WANT JUSTICE,
nor they don't wish to hear the truth.
Then, on the other hand, there are
others who do. believe the majority
of people are in favor of charity
in the broadcast and most lib
eral sense. At the same time they
might honestly and conscieHtiousIy
differ as to the manner of bestowIng it;
and as to who were the most natural
ones to put in practice. The old saying
that it begins at home undoubtedly ap-
plies to giving as much as receiving
those at home able to give should act
first and exhaust their own powers and
means before calling on or allowing the
outside world to come in and assume
the burdens. While people at home in
tereSted in the country, and abund-
antiy able to give, stood by and looked
on with apparent Indifference, there is
something about this so entirely unnatu-
raj and unlike the people of North Dakota
that it leads one to think there must be
something wrong somewhere. Ii might
appear TO the outside world that every
body in the state was suffering for want
of bread. and was looking for outside
they had plenty on hand. The lowest
estimate of the wheat yield in the Da-
kotas this year is
100000 BUSHELS.
One pound out of each buShel, st the
rate of 90 cents per buShel, would
amount to S4O0,OO0, enough TO start
sixteen national banks. a quarter of
pound out OF each bushel would be
100000. Enough to start four national
banks: and the outside world is inter-
ested in sending aid TO the DakUtas.
] may be mistaken, or not sufficiently
informed TO express an Intelligent opin-
ion, but TO me there is something that
not only looks wrong, but disgraeeful
In the whole matter aud situation.
Every elevator in the Red river valley
is running over full of as fine quality of
wheat as ever grew-the rolling stock
of the railroads is taxed to the fullest
capacity, so much SO that there are
plenty of shippers who would be
glad to pay premium on
the use of box cars to move their
abundant products: and still. boards of
trade, churches, little Sunday school
children. chambers of commerce and
private individuals are being impOr-
tuned from the pulpit and through the
press, for aid for the DakOtaS- If there
IS man living IN NOrtn DdhOGd WHO
has had a ham rind to grease his lips
with, to say nothing about the extrava-
gance and luxury of swallowing it, he
ought to be ashamed and hang his
head and blush over the situation
There is something wrong some,
where and diSgracefully wrong too
A quarter of a pound of wheat out of
each bHshel raised. making fund of
100000. would relieve all the suffering
in North Dakota. and the people would
never miss the money. This 10000. 900
of wheat. at 60 cents per buShel, is
S24.O00.0J0 to the farmers. In addition
to this the railroads and elevators will
take out of it, for handling and hauling,
S1O.O00. 600 more. Here is $4,000. 600 for
the crop of the Dakotas. Every rail-
road hauling this wheat either runs to
Duluth, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and they
all pass through miles of heavily
wooded forests Oh the way, where wood
can be had for the simple price of call
ing, and in direct communication with
all the coal fields of the earth: and still
a few people in the most productive
and the richest garden spot of the