Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-10-04
DEPLoRABLE CONDITION.
People In Country District. Need Help
and That BADLY.


country people, who were rendered des.
titute by the recent storm to enable
them to rebuild their homes aud subsist
until they cal.r,aise another crop is the
most serious problem that has yet arisen
A. result Of tie storm.
Captain S. Taliferro, who was APP
pointed by Governor sayers TO take
charge Of the relief work for BrazoriA
county aud Galveston county mainland
few weeks ago. having done all that
he could under the appointment, has
closed his Office here and within the
next few days will prorate and distri.
butte the remainder ~ the money placed
In his hands among the different local
titles around here.
Captain Taliferro's Office having been
closed the question naturally arises con.
sidering that there is yet much destitu.
ton throughout the country. rs TO
where these people are to look for more
assistance. The question Is one tina,
seems exceedingly difficult 20 solve,
though It Is plainly apparent that il
must be solved and hat quickly too.
Captain Taliferro makes the following
statement:
This isa very serious problem and
one which am unable to solve. have
been furnished for tina. territory the
sum of o., 1906. % OF that amoun, about
s56, 10 has been sent TO the committees
organized at the different points in this
territory. Supplies for these same points
have been purchased and shipped TO the
amount Of about Sl3.iI9.7S, leaving "A
balance In my hands Of about s23, 900 TO
pay the few remaining bills still out and
10 BE- distributed to the different points
in these two counties.
"What the people will do whom these
amounts Of money are expended | can
not say. They arc in most helpless
condition; their crops aro destroyed:
their houses are blown down; their local
credit destroyed; all are dependent upon
their farms truck gardens for a living
and thore Is not sufficient timo 20 plant
and raise anything for subsistence be-.
fore next spring. How these people are
70 live during the winter is more than I
can tell, unless further assistance is
given them.
III the amounts Of money sent 20 10. I
cal committees could be- used entirely 10
assist the peoplo in reinstating their
houses and preparation for another crop
they would bein position to help them.
selves next spring. But II this amount |
Of money has TO be expended for food |
supplies they will not be able 70 do 80. 4
"Therc Is no question but that there /
Is more suffering and more need Of as. !
sistance Tor the places in the country |
by the storm than there is in |
the cities. People In towns and cities
can earn wages. There is no wages 10 |
earn in the country. Persons congre.
eating in the cities can help each other. |
those ia the country must shift for
themselves.
IL think that the territory covered BY |
Harris county, Galveston mainland, [
Bnz1ria, Fort Bend and Waller
counties is the territory which stands
moro IN need OF assistance than any
other part Of the country reached by
the storm
Il can sea but one or two ways in
which these people can be- fed during
the coming winter. one u by state aid
quickly furnished; the other By the
charity Of the pcoplc Mt large. But
something must b. done quickly or this
territory which | have named will bo
practically depopulated.
"The public should understand that
these people have neither money. homes
except that provided since the storm nor
any way Of earning dollar. In these
respects they aro much worse of in the
country districts than in the cities aud
large towns"
The official reports ara not complete.
but they place the number Of people r..
ferred 10 by Captain Taliierro in excess
of 10000