New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-01
FOREMOST IN GOOD WORK
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
OF THIS CITY Al WAYS
READY TO GIVE AID.
LARGE SUNS CONTRIBUTED FOR RE
LIEF OF SUFFERERS IN GREAT
CALAMITIES AGGREGATED
NEARLY 100000

With the contributions which the Chamber Of
conrnerce received for the relief the inhabitants
of Martinique and St Vincent the total amount
cf money which has been raised by this assoca-
ZION since its organization for charitable relief
u,orl has almost reached the 100000 mark. Al
though established primarily for the purpose of
guarding the commercial interests of this city and
state and in the language Of its charter TO carry
;nro execution. encourage and promote by just and
,swfuI WAYS and means such measures as will tend
n promote and extend Just and lawful commerce
neyert heIess. the New \ ork Chamber of Commerce
has alN-avs stood ready offer helping hand
70 the needy and destitute in times OF calamity.
The action Of the Chamber in Fastening the
zi5 Of the people Of Martinique and the vicinity
soon as il realized The greatness of the disaster
srs the urgency Of the need OF the thousands of
,c-sors made destitute by the West Indian vol
csnic eruptions is only one instance Of the great
work for humanity which has characterized this
organization since April : l76S, when twenty mer-
chants convened for tine purpose OF establishing
the Nev-York Chamber Of Commerce" As far
hack as the time OF the Revolution its members
more foremost Offering aid II their suffering
fellow patriots and in succoring the unfortunate
Many times since then when community tel
,,roe,ra+e before some great catastrophe the
--,g,sr has been prompt act. - u its phi!an-
7hro7v has known no bias or pre-TGice- IN sUch
times this association has never taken mo
The fact whether the people VINO delAa''u,' an
r,sre o- we're nc, Of their own kin Thus IN the
midst Of the great Civil War, when there "aS q
g. -hs- England was secretly lending aid 10 the
South the Chamber OF Commerce did nor hes'l1'e
10 heed the cry Of the sufferers from 'ile s.
1srcashire fire That disaster was in the year
1862 = wear after the war between the ->oi III az
south began and in spite Of the thousaI1s -
zo,l.re winch the Chan,5er was giving colslah.S
Co. tho relief Of its OWN countrNneh 'Ihs -
raised thu, sum OF Sl50"'' for the ne
Of Lancashire Ill, o,,,.,reed
-, "a, Franco Prussian War. and the inhaol'ai'9
~ France had raised CIV Of suffering oeIaI 80
Of the husbands that had been SIAM anu -
-b., had been ravagei in the snort He'
ziss,ro,s march Of General Won Moltke ana me
- toward the French capital the New
.,,an,ra- Of commerce sent St5e" 10 rams AOi
distribution among the destitute. ,.
.-ra ,aar that marked the close Of the disas'iou
- ror,,seian War was also characterlzeu
+y one of the greatest catastrophes WHICH 1i"S =,
hefsuen any community OF TINS COZ -
,-s tho year Of the great Chicago hre, winch III
The short space OF tlirty-six hours mace mo-
half a million persons homeless anu ..,
Tho Chamber Of Commerce met the oe0"'o' a.. -
-, energy that it succeeded in raising Si''ffS.
-, :; -to 1arpas1 sum which was ever raiseu ~
+,e organization for philanthropic purposes
!, bse already been shown by the acuoh Oh INC
Chamber i'm contributing 10 the rehel % ,- -
oastTro sufferers Of England. its philanthropy Il
=. aa,,s limited 10 the boundaries OF tine
T-.,s S,a.es Indeed. 1t has manifested Worlo-
wide sympathy ,oo 80 100,
Ty-hon for example, the famine OF 1888 WAS i"7
,,e IN North China with such disastrous results.
,ba Chambers contribution toward the releI oA !
7ha unfortunate people amounted to S60,VVo. IN !
1900 al the time that Russia was suherlfg Iiolh
4.,nire the Chamber raised $4,000 Tor the uli-
f,-+,,nares When the news was brought from 'ie
Orient in 1885 that Furis had swept through lhe
Christian province of Armenia killing all those
who were unbelievers in MahometanisIn, the New
York Chamber Of Commerce was among the NIsl |
10 extend a helping hand. Its contribution was |
sac Co Two years later. in 1887, because OF the
great suffering in Crete from the acts OF the |
Turkish Government. the Chamber raised SloVV |
for the relief Of the people
II was in the same year that the Chamber OF |
Commerce took cognizance OF the suffering in cuba
as result of Spanish misrule. To aid the Cubans |
in their cause and chiefly to allay the suffering |
Of the people of the island from famine, the Cham
her contributed $1,000 For the sufferers by the |
Galveston flood two years ago the Chamber con- |
trihuted sI2l 392 while those who survived the
Jacksonville fire So coo given last year
The humanitarian character OF the Chamber /
Of Commerce was perhaps best defined by Charles !
Stewart Smith, formerly president of the organiza-
ton In speaking OF the objects and purposes Of |
the association a recent dinner, Mr.. Smith said:
No matter what may be the nationality of |
community in distress. what its creed. what /