Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-20


suona 10 our mtiful appeal and lend q helping
hand to relieve the poor drouih striker SET
tiers OF our devastated region, Tor we are sore
In in need OF your assistance.
We know that so prosperous people aS li's
Oreron,ans are. would not turn :. deai car 10
The enireatles OF a sister state. We are IN
destitute condition. and afe in need % S'e"'
Il ed. clothing, and fuel. and mn!ess AID comes
soon the wolf wiz lie at our door Nolting
lint heip by contributors from orr sister states
will stop the already fearful SGilernG OF our
neou)c. As n people we hate 10 beg. for as
Americans we are proud bit 10 Iooi> on t'ii
sides and see our state b;,rrcl and oti iaiR!les
locking pleuiingly in chr faces and SAVING
..where is our next bread, coai. and c!othIns
coming fromo' that tries the heart
Fer the last three years oar crops have 'a'leo
the prairie lire has taken It's turn a Eeip'hg
The hot winGs and Glouth I" deN%S';t'e or
state and community SO we appeal iothe 5eher-
osity OF your citizens for help.
ANY contributions youmay send please Tor
ward TO the address below and send them Tree
for we have not money enough 10 pay lfeiSh'
charges,
The address given Ivy ,lic writer is L NJ Brown
Wcssington springs. .Iclauld county, ID
Mr. w Powers of Yiliilstnl!, $ ~ arrived in the
city IA few days ago Mr. Powers is president OF
the Yankton Chamber oi Commerce. He has
been visiting his old friend. Mr. W j Bruce OF
East Portland. Speaking 30 reporter Sester-
day in regard 10 Mr Broy ) letter to Manor
ncLashma,t to the effect ,Il,.t great restitution
pre-, allied in South Dakota Mr Powers said:
desire to correct thai statmcnt and at The
same time disabuse.h the public mind here. The
matter has bee greatly exaggerated by MI.
Brown. do not know who lie is. never
he:rt; of him before. He seemsto he acting
without authority in this matter Times have
been pretty hard in some portions oi Sntih
Dakota and a%ood many poor neop!e have
been pnched But wish it distinctly under
stood that we ask no assistance whatever from
The outside We 3re :ihundantly able to- look
out for or own poor and needy people aiid we
are willing to do il. We &re doing II. Three
carloads OF 1ood and clothing We're sent 10
these people not long ago and more VIII be sent
soon Whenever and wherever ii is required.
We will take care Of orr own people and not
ask assistancc frou, anyone o%tsidc al oar
state. The good people OF Portland should
pay no attention whatever TO Mr. Browns APP
peal: .lscy should no, send anything. should
Iilzrio know who authorized Mr. Brown 10
write such II lriter 10 your Mayor. |. sd was
required OF the ciiiXens of Portland am sure
an appeal would I've made in :. very different
way 1t would be srnrd by :: responsible
committee OF the mayor OF some town.
The question was asked us "lS there
such 4 man as + Nj Brown and was
he authorized to make such appeals Z"
There is such q ll;,n and Was probably
authorized blythe farmers alliance TO
solicit aid. We think the alliance is
PURSUING, Il very narrow, selfish. and
unworthy course in their efforts to So
cure feed and seed" for the needy
farmers OF South Dakota. The state
alliance organized a relief committee
which sent out solicitors and we dc
| know whether Mr. Brown was one 81
these or not, he may only have been
appointed by the .Jerauld county alii-
ance to beg feed. seed. money. cloth
ing" anything. These solicitors went
before the general public, secured aid
sent it to the \ lliance Relief Commit
tee who dealt if out, not to the needy
and destitute but only to the members
Of the Farmers Alliance. That was
originally their Intentions at least, fol
Mrs DR. Ne1tie G. Hall, a solicitor who
went from thlscounty was so hottie.
by the secretary oil the state commit
tee. She is q Wido&. owns {, farm ant
is eligiole to membership il the ALI
ance. but WAS blackaalled, yet whe1
they wanted some begging done 10
the benefits OF those same member
She was thought good enough to d.
that This method OF securing aid i
Ill wro.g. III the committee want
the prodaceto go to the members O
the alliance let the solicitors beg onl
OF alliances OF other states but not g
us Mrs Hall did, into the city 0
Milwaukee. Wis. and seek aid trol
benevolent soci,tiAs and the genera
, public. send it out here to be give
only 30 a privileged few, the aflianc
members when there were other
just as needy ANA should be en'itIe
l. to some OF the assistance Nhe
! everybody contributes, everyone Wh
!. is needy should receive hclpregardleS
/. of his civic connections Mr. Power
= of YankJon is right, that all solicitor
= should go forth with some authorit
from proper authorities. But M
Powers is wrong IN regard to IL
F, ability of the state to supply IL
ne Ids of the farmers for seed III
feed. Yanktoh is in Il prosperol
part of the state and no doubt h;
plenty and tospare and has done mnt
to relieve the wants OF the sniferln
II it as he says then our people wou
be glad to have enough to feed the
a teams while seeding us well as see
grain.
We are tired of having private cit
. Zens going out and begging public
for themselves and their friends. RI
County Commissioners are the owe