The advocate., 1895-01-09

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nation 10 sick. In the midst Of wealth there
is poverty, and in land Of plenty tneHe is
suffering and starvation.
To which the Star, ON behalf Of this
Christian nation, rises 20 question Of per-
sonal privilege 10 ask whore che "starvs-
tiOn" is. Hare are 65 millions of people
able and willing TO relieve any suffering
that may be brought to their notice. Here
is a people that sends ship loads Of food
and clothing to famine stricken lands be-
yond the sea. Here is q land overfoWing
with plenty, peopled with the most gsner-
GUS men and women in the world. II there
is starvation" abroad, il is the right Of
these men and women TO know where 10 is.
10 is the manifest duty of Ex-Governor
Prince, il he knows where this suffering Is
gong on, TO specify the places; TO name the
sufferers; TO point outth starving people.
In Kansas City, for instance, if there are
people starving, the people who will assem-
BILE in the churches TO- morrow and give
thanks that they are 30 we'll clothed and
we'll fed, should know it. They are ready
to relieve any suffering. They will not per-
NIT anyone to starvs or anything like
starve. They are supporting a score Of
charities which givs'Work TO those in need,
and aid TO those who cannot work. Those
orators who fish for thoughtlsss applause
by balanced sentences should come TO this
particular section in the "lana Of plenty"
and point out the starvation" they talk
about 80 loosely. They would do the al
legged "stsrvers' more good than can be
done by whoOping il up in a convention
made up Of delegations who travel in Pull
man cars and eat in lsather.seRted chairs
from hotel silver.
The point, of course, which this particu-
lar orator wished TO make was that law has
caused this iniquitous '1and Of plenty" and
starvation" contrast. But Law or no law,
silver or no silver, g1ld or bonds, high
tariff or free trade, the generous Christian
people Of this country are chiefly interested
in knowing who is starving aud what is the
dreotesb method of relieving the pangs of
hunger. Il isn'b a question Of legislation.
Il is question Of mercy, or a question of
the vsFRCity of the ohesp orators who are
talking for the inboXioasion of hearing their
own voices.
There is also another lestion: Isn't 10
about time TO call down these men who
talk about starvation in thia oouutryP I5n't
it about time TO stop spplauding themP
Isn't it about time TO ask them to prove il
to name names and specify cases and
places? II makes no d Fl Ference whether is
be one Of the lsnkeat of the lean yesrs, or
the plumpest of the fst years, the CRY is al
ways the same. This oratOrioal starvation
is always going on, year in and year out. It
is an old trick that is used in every cause.
It is a piece Of stage property. IL is thread
bare and tiresome. Now is the time TO
throw il aside.
The Star reporter in his account of
the Christmas dinper given to the
poor of the city by the Salvation
army publishes facts which so COM
pletely give the lie to the editorial
above quoted that We are somewhat t
surprised to see it in the columns of
that paper. It certainly must have
missed the eye Of the prosperity edi-
tor. Seven hundred men and women
enjoyed this Christmas dinner given
by the Salvation army. The reporter
says Of them:
The men came in slowly and quietly and
sat down where they we're told to by En-
sign Williams and other members of the