Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-29
One Load of Corn Was Asked For,
and Nearly Enough Money to
Buy Two Was Subscrib-
ed-Mexico People
Charitable.

our meeting here tonight is to formu-
late and get under headway some plan
to alleviate the sufferings of the mil
lions of people living In India who are
starving to death. In ~the famine of
1877 in India there were 100000
human beings died of starvation, and
it is said the present famine is even
worse than that of earlier days. You
have all seen pictures of the gaunt
frames Of the sufferers and read of the
children trying to exc out a miserable
existence by picking grains of rice and
garbage from between the cobble
stones of the streets. Think of the
suffering mothers pressing starving
babes to their breasts with the bread
winner seated miserably by, with no
means of obtaining food for the suste-
nance of his starving family.
"You all, no doubt, read the letter
sent to Mexico by the India Relief
Headquarters in New York City to the
effect that a car of corn would feed
1000 people in India for month. The
corn will be, as understand it, taken
to New York City by the railroads
free of charge and at New York City
will be loaded upon United States
government boat, provided for that
purpose, and sent directly to India.
"If the same state of affairs existed
next door to us you all know how
quick we would be co fly to our neigh
bors' relief. But where is the material
difference? Shey as well as we are hu-
man. The excess over one car, if not
enough to provide for two cars, will
bo disposed OF as the pooPie 200 At.-~I
think now that nominations are in
order for chairman"
Rev. N. r. Pittman nominated 8. P.
Emmons for chairman and he was
elected and took the chair. Mr.. Wal
lace nominated Mr.. A. @. Barnes for
secretary and he was also elected. q.
F. CLARK then nominated Geo. Mar
shall for treasurer, who was elected.
Mr.. Emmons then addressed the meet
ing as follows:
"We are here as Christians to help
the many of our brethren who are
suffering. Some eighteen hundred or
two thousand years ago we were
taught the lesson of brotherly love by
Jesus Christ. The full meaning of the
law was never explained until the
coming of Christ, and according to
his divine teachings we learned that
the Interpretation of the word neigh
Dor was 'One in need The suffering
ones in India are our neighbors and
we owe it to our God to help them as
much as we may be able.
"We want to raise money enough
to send at least car of corn to these
people and brother Wallace informs
us that a car consists of between 500
and 700 bushels, which will call for
about $125.
Rev. N. r. Pittman then made a
most excellent speech in behalf Of the
sufferers. Among other things he
said:
sSince the Pastors Association is
sued the call for this meeting I have
had a talk with a number of our citi-
zens on the subject and have met witt
some encouragement in the matter.
One man said it was England's busi-
ness to attend to her starving sub
jects and so it is, but they don't do it.
1t was their business to attend to us
once in our history, but they didn't. l
think, too, that it is England's busi-
ness to take care of them, but if they
don't, should we stand by and see
them starye?
"Another said that he thought we
should be helping our flood sufferers
but remember the flood sufferers are
not dying of starvation. We have a
liberal government which is doing al
in its power to make their suffering
less. They will need help when the
water goes down and they try to raise
a crop; then they will need help, and
as far as am concerned they will get
it when the proper time arrives.
"Still another said: Don't YOU
know lots of people around here who
need help% Yes, know we have the
poor ones in our community and as fal
as that's concerned will always have
them, but do you know of any who are
STARRING near here?
"Another, a 275 pound man, sale
that he was poor himself, but he die
not look like he was hungry.
sNow let us get together and raise
enough money to help these poor suf'