The Morris County chronicle., 1906-05-01
NATIONS PURSE
AIDS STRICKEN CITY.
The Contributions to the San Fran.
cisco Relief Fund Exceed
S2O,OOO,OOO.

New York City.-with a prodigality
unprecedented in this or any other
country riches have been showered into
the hundreds Of relief funds for the
homeless thousands of San Francisco.
The nation, through Congress, added
another S500,00O to its appropriations,
making $2.500, 900 in all. The Legisla-
ture at Albany, N. X, appropriated
$25O,000, the largest gift of any one
State. The funds of the Chamber of
Commerce, the Merchants Association,
the Mayor and the Red Cross all re-
ceived substantial additions.
Besides these four great funds every
one of the exchanges and the various
trades and innumerable organizations
have funds, which are constantly grow
ing. The total already contributed by
New York City exceeds 100000, and
gives promise Of reaching $3,000.000.
The nations contributions Of cash
and valuables Of even greater worth
than money amounts to $15,S00,00O,
and will probably exceed $4,000 600,
This huge contribution is more than
the equivalent of a contribution of
twenty cents from every man, woman
and child of the S0,000,O00 comprising
the entire population of the United
States. If divided pro rata among the
100000 destitute people Of San Fran
cisco it would give each one Sa4 and a
few cents over.
The contributed services of the vari-
Gus railroads in hauling great trains
6 4 +4an ,4v,rr
press speed are figured at So, 400, 900.
The Hartman roads alone, 1t Is fig
ured. are doing relief work which
would cost SIC, 600 daily, and the work
will undoubtedly continue thirty days.
The AtchisOn's share amounts to about
S25, 900 a day. and the Gould roads to
about $4,000 daily. TO run train of
freight on a passenger schedule from
Chicago to San Francisco would cost
a merchant from $4,000 to $4,000.
Nor does the expression of universal
brotherhood halt with money alone.
Provisions Of all kinds are being hur-
ried to the relief of the sufferers ON
scores of trains.
Magnanimity is expressing itself in
unheard-of ways. Merchants are Civ
ing their best without charge, railroads
are shipping stores free and will make
special rates into San Francisco during
her resurrection. The Postoffice De-
partment has ordered all letters out of
that city to go free of postage.
Churches, race track clubs, baseball
aggregations. business organizations,
foreign banks, steamship companies,
theatrical troupes. rich people. poor
people, school children and even chill
dren too young to so to school are vie
ing with each other in their desire to
help.
A striking incident of the relief work
are the heroic efforts being made by
San Francisco citizens to help them
selves. In spite of their terrific losses
the people of the ruined city have
raised the sum of $22S,250. One
wealthy woman, who lost all her in
come-producing property, but had $20,-
600 in cash remaining in the banks,
has given the relief fund one-half, or
$4,000.
Never before has there been a more
spontaneous, nor more generous, nor
more worldwide outpouring of practi-
cal sympathy. Not alone in this coun-
try, but from Americans in London,
Paris and other European cities Is the
money pouring in. The sum of $4,000
was alone cabled by the American coll
ony in London. Canada still shows her
sympathy by cash contributions.
President Roosevelt has refused to
accept offers of assistance from abroad.
He holds that the United States is able
to care for the San Francisco sufferers,
and that contributions from foreign
countries should be declined. His first
refusal was of $25,000 cabled by Mr..
Ballin, of the Hamburg-American Line.
The Canadian Parliament voted
100000 toward the San francisco re-
lief fund. The Toronto Bank of Com
meree sent $25,000. and the Canadian
Salvation Army $3.50.
Every city of any size, and scores of
towns and villages all over the land,
are gathering thousands OF dollars,
which promise to tot,.l many millions
eventually for the relief Of San Fran
cisco and other California cities.