The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13

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n, has l~rn decided that tho hest way
% doing charity ia to help the reoplc IN
help Themselves. and therefore any able
bodird man Win ran SECURE wpfk and refuses
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sxppnse ~ The community Therc will
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wanting the same. and preference will In
given 10 those VIM lived In San Franciscu
before the hrr
Regarding food supplies Tor the destitute
Gen. 0reely nyp he has bread, Vegetables
and meat sufficient for thirty days.
There n No need ~ fear NJ actual suffer-
ing among the homeless for u month ut
least. : he said, but affairs arr in a serious
state and we must appeal To tho press and
the general public to assist in preventing
general looting ~ supplies. What ] mean
h that undeserving people ara taking the
food Of the needy. Relief stores and food
are being stolen and diverted. 1mpostures
and repeating are unblushingly practised.
not alone by the hopelessly poor but by
people Of means.
Conditions nave developed which oblige
the United States Army to ask the aid Of
the self-respacting mon Of San Francisco.
The cheerfulness, courage and ETH cheney
with which this community faced the dis
aster Of fire and earthquake afford ex-
amples ~unequalled in history OF manly
virtue. While death and starvation con-
fronted them the irresponsible element OF
the city merged into the stronger and nobler
majority. Now, with improved physical
conditions. the temporary morals OF the ig-
noble have vanished.
sThe applicants for free food equal half
the population of San Francisco and daily
tens Of thousands are purloining food
needed by the hungry. There is serious
trouble ahead for some Of these people who
are robbinR the destitute"
To-day saw the last Of the daily distribu-
ton OF food supplies. Hereafter food will
be given out every other day, with the ex-
ception OF meals served on tickets issued
by the Red Cross Society. To-day also
marked the opening Of the great kitchens
which the military authorities have erected
at the centre of the settlements. each one
Of which, 1t is expected, will feed 5000
people.
In speaking about this arrangement DR..
Edward T.. Devine, representative OF the
Red Cross in this city, said to-day:
we think we see In this a solution Of the
great problem that has confronted us-the
feeding Of the destitute and conserving of
supplies to the last degree. By this means
no one can carry away more than he needs,
and those who can pay must do 80. Already
there has been considerable money taken
In at the kitchen at Lobos Square. These
meals are wholesome and within reach of
tne RTeab majority II "c Noh Ecb pVopiO
to pay in a great number OF instances We
can continue work indefinitely"
With less than a months existence
behind any Of them, each of the FIVE refugee
camps within the Presidio's boundaries
already exhibits distinct communal traits.
Camp No. 1, for instance, regards Camp No.
2 much in the same light Of rivalry with
which Chicago and st. Louis once viewed
one another. Each is boastful OF its own
advantages and envious Of those Of the
other.
One may hear the inhabitants Of No. 1
complain of neglect in the matter Of ~rations,
but II you value your self-esteem don't hint
that No. or No. 8 is better cared for. 1t
is a queer sociological study. Camp No. 1
again, for instance, consists of 1850 per-
sons, who for the most part were complete
strangers in all except misf fortune when fate
huddled them together. To-day they are
az firmly bound by neighborly ties as are
the inhabitants OF the Oldest New England
villages OF like population.
Not the least remarkable phase Of study
thus presented is the absence of anything
upon which local patriotism might logically
be based. Camp No. 1 10 located within
the military reservation and is virtually
under military control, It's dwellings, food,
water, DeOQlnB, CObulnS duu Ill olier
living essentials are distributed by soldiers,
and It's health is preserved by military
enforcement. II il owned the land it ocou-
pies and the soldiers were merely is menials
II could not be more resentful Of belittling
sThey tell mo-" said q swarthy matron,
erstwhile resident in the Latin quarter,
sthat they had butter for dime yesterday
IN camp
Don't you believe all you hear re-
eponded DR.. Bine, sanitary in speotor Of
Camp /, to whom the remark was addressed.
you bet ! don't was the re olnder.
aT'm not from Missouri, but when any
ene says that Camp s is faring better than
we are he's just got to show me-
As was forecasted yesterday, the Police
Commissioners acted promptly on the sug-
gestion Of the Mayor in the matter Of re-
voking saloon licenses Every permit In
the city has been cancelled, and hereafter
any person or persons convicted OF selling
LIQUOR will suffer the extreme penalty OF
law, There was some discussion as to
restaurants selling liquor with meals, and
corner grocery bars, but the Mayor main
tanned his ~position-no liquor whatever
shall be sold.
By revoking every license. IN the city
the commission solves the problem with
which the police have been struggling.
Hereafter the sale Of liquor will be In viola
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