The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-02-09
To Aid Starving Cubans. (

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"A movements for the relief Of the
starving Cubans by means Of carefully
administered industrial enterprise has
Just been started in New York on d
plan suggested by Mr.. William Willard
Howard Nv hich, it's said, has the cordial
Endorsements Of lergymen of$all denoln.
irationa and Of philanthropistsa Itisin.
tended to, substitute opportunities for
honest work, to be paid for at the mar
ket rates for labor, in place.. of indis-
criminates and harmful gifts Of free
soup and old. clothes Z and to avoid
pauperizing the benefciaries and max.
ing the Cubansa nation of beegars
MI. Howard's plan, whicr;' has been
taken up by an association formed for the
purpose-the Cuban Industrial Relief
fund, Tribune building, New York l+-1-is
based on. his two. years experience in
relief work for the Armenians of east.
arm Turkey. In the carrying out of the
plan Mr.. Howard will haveAth assist
ance Of the Rev: Herbert M,,pAllen, who
was his chief associate in Armenian re-
lief work. The plan S official prospectus
In outline is as follows %'ls"S@, ho>@
First.-To secure good fafminga land
where the need Of the poor i'd: ~; .*f'f -
Second. TO station there a capable
american superintendent, with imple-
nents, s~eds and funds sufficient to en-.
ploy considerab BILE number of men. ~
Third. TO set at work all the able
bodied poor and pay them full market
Yates for their labor. 5-'>js'. =,
Fourth.-To raise common food crops,
sell them in the best available market
and with the proceeds continue the en-
ployment as long only as the need ex-
lists, using the same money over and
over again. ',,'Y 49, .
Fifth.-To return the farmers to their
own former homes as soon as they are
physically, mentally and financially
able to re-establish their plantations y,
While inspired by charitable motives,
the whole plan is to be operated purely
as business transaction, III which the
laborer will feel that he has rendered
service for all he has received and that
he has not been robbed Of his manhood
by being treated like beggar.% The
money thus invested land it will be in
vested, not spent) will save the United
States millions that would otherwise be-
used to clothe and feed an idle, though
suffering, population. T.. ',>..' = 4
The success of the plan is assured by
the success of the Industrial relief work
done for the Armenians under the same
auspices, and the practical wisdom and
essential benevoience of this kind of re-
lief explain why the plan has received
the cordial Endorsement Of clergymen Of
all denominations and of philanthropists
generally 81
The responsibility Of Americans for
these suffering Cubans is a direct result
Of the Spanish war. We have saved
them from their former opp1essors, and
we are now bound to save their bodies
from starvation and their manhood
from the degrading effects of pauperism
through unwise charity AS Christian
duty to those for whose deliyerance We
went to war and as patriotic duty to
our own country, which a depopulated3
Gu ba would disgrace before the nations,
it would seem that we should furnish
the Cuban Industrial Relief fund with
the money for it's work-doing iii
promptly in order that the initial pur-
ohases Of implements and seed may be-
made at once. '"s = - .''>' .
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