Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-07
EMPIRES AvARIcE.


Inv NnIlhllHn ntlNlU, Wllcn TOOK
advantage Of DR., Sheldons as.Christ-
would newspaper sensation TO Odver-
tlse the lIernld's scheme TO rnise
money for the relief Of suffering In In
din, has issued u pamphlet appealing
for aid for the famine sufferers. Az
u supplement 20 the pamphlet the
Christian Herald sends out the fol-
lowing:
"The half has not been told In the
enclosed pamphlet Our courage has
failed us 10 present all the shocking
details, Every time the clock strikes
the hour IL tolls the dcnth linell Of at
least 800 victims In India who have
died for the want Of n crust, The
cable operates quickly and your con-
tributlon to-day may save scores, hun
dreds, yes, thousands, of lives to-
morrow,
"llow many Ewes will you save?
"rwo cents a day will support one
life
"One dollar will save life for two
months,
"rwo dollars win snve life until
the harvest.
give dollars win save u man, wife
and child until the next crop Is gath
| cred
"ren dollars win save whole fam
! lily from death.
"Twenty dollars will save ten lives
for four months.
"Twenty-tiye dollars will save them
and afford them the comfort of blank
cts during the rainy and cold season
Fifty dollars would save five fami-
lies.
"One hundred dollars would save n
small community"
The Philadelphia North American,
John Wauamaker's paper, comment
ing ON the foregoing, says;
"God forbid that we should do any
thing TO check for one instant the
flow Of American benevolence toward
a tortured people betrayed in their
desperate need by their rightful pro-
tectors. But Is impossible TO read this
appeal without rejecting on the re-
sponsibiltes of those who make IL
necessary.
India is part Of the British em-
pire. The British government is
spending SjOO,0OO,OOO to subiugnte Il
little group of farmers just outside Of
its dominions while its own subjects
are dying by millions for lack of as
sistnnce which is amply able 10 fur
nish. Turning the Christian Hernld's
table into another shape, we may say;
1.-Two rife cartridges n day will sup
port one life,
"one siX-pounder shell will save
life for two months,
"One 12-pounder shell will save
life until the harvest.
"One pair of cavalry boots will save
man, wife and child until the next
crop is gathered,
"One minutes discharge Of Maxim
gun will save Il whole family from
death.
"rhe cost Of the war for one second
will save ten lives for four months.
"Two rifles will save them and af-
ford them the comfort of blankets
during the rainy and cold season
"rhc cost Of firing one shot from n
siX-inch gun would save five families.
Zone scrub baggage-train horse
would save small community
"One-hfth Of the cost of attempting
TO conquer the Beers would save the
entire 5O,OOOOOO Of England's starving
sub ectS in India.
"'rhc rescue of these lives is simply
a matter of money. There Is food
enough in India. All that is necessary
is the means of buying il. "The cable
operates quickly says the Christian
Herald, and your contribution to-day
may save scores, hundreds, yes, thou
sands of lives Tomorrow The cable
would operate just as quickly at the
command of the British government
as that Of benevolent Americans. II
it be true that every one of us who
contribute two dollars save the life
of some wretched Hindoo who would
die but for that succor, then every
human being in India who perishes
for lack of such assistance is MUIR
dered by the government that Is
able to supply 1t, but pre-
fers to devote the price of ten Hndoo
lives per second to the extinction Of
in South Africa. That
is the price that staggers humanity"