Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-12-06
More Prosperity.

The Kansas City Star of last Satur-
day contained an article with these
headlines: Tales of Suffering.
dreds of People are Applying to the
Proyident Association for Food" In
the comments it says: There are hun
dreds Of families without means of sup
port, and the space left for statement
| OF weekly income is often left blank
while the Abace for articles needed Of
ten contains dozen words covering a
great variety of things" Yet the Star
is supporter of the contraction policy
that has brought such conditions, and
maintained loud and long that prosper,
ItY would follow repeal. And this is
some of it.
The Chicago Tribune, another gold
standard, honest money" paper, re.
Gently contained the following in an
account of the poor of that great city
| The landlords who own many Of the
| tenement houses in the poorer sections
of the city have become tired of wait
| for their rent. 1t is now overdue in
some cases several months. Some of
| the landlords have evicted tenants al
! ready. and have served notice for Il
| great number 10 vacate a once OF pay
/ rent. Ii is Impossible for many people
! to get enough To eat. and to pay rert j.
! out OF 1he question. If these threaten
| ed evicliGE6 are carried ont. today will
find hundreds OF people without shelter
| in the streets. Those who are thrown
out Of one place teceuse of inability To
Il a
| loro8 10 take them in. Investigation.
| shows that there are nov many fani
lies, Including small children. sleeping
/ in The streets. Every day Humber
! OF evlctions are reported. Stories Of
| heartieSS crGeitles on the part of land
! lords are numerous. Seine exaggsra-
! ton on The part OF tenants as regards
/ their side Of lie story Is probable but
! no one can see the actual condition
without being awakened 10 the fact
| the situation is serious. In addition "a
the general suffering ana poverty there
/ are Individual cases Of sickness where
the unfortunate need medical attend
ance. nourishing food and good care
Instead they have received the fatal
notice from the landlord.
a dispatch in the daily papers OF
Sunday reads:
Reports today from Western Kansas
indicates great deal of suffering there
among the people. A blizzard swept
across the barren plains all last night
where hundreds OF families are without
fuel to keep them warm. James Willis
| OF Cheyenne county, in the extreme
northwestern part the state says hun,
dreds Of families in the northwestern
counties are in need of fuel and have
no. dollar with which to buy it. oil
the necessarles of life. They are the
| poorer classes and they have not beer
aba TO leave me country. Willis says
the blizzard drove many into the village
! where they were allowed TO keep ware
around the stoves in the stores. 9th
ers are trying 10 Keep warm over fires
made from twisted buffalo grass and
dried manure from stables. He sas
/ the situation is serious for many req
! pie, who will fSeeze and suffer from
hunger il tfeT do net get immediate
aid. Appeals have been made 10 the
railroads to ship coal free. but there is
/ no coal. unless it IS contributed nv the
people of eastern Kansas. A heavy
fall of snow covers all this country and
| stock win starye. In Morton county in