The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-03
FRIsco's cay FOR HELP.

The snpu.fs from san FIauciscp I..
utterly di,IuyJia ng The mos -u
scryativr estimate Be- that cDntriIu
'ions in cash and supplies have reach
80 total ~ ylsU00.U00 The state.
m.ut Of d. Dcyinc of the Red Gross
iutimate- that sufficient aid has not
been contributed. says ;he Houston
Post o. seems. therefore. that there Is
o. Misunderstanding between the pub
De- and tho relief authorities at San
Francisco az to just what the peonl"
Of the country have undertaken 20 do
Here is what DR. Deviuo says:
"a is important for the entire corn
try to understand that the loss 81
homes aud property boz San Francisco
huy. NOT been exaggerated, cNpocta
tIons have been aroused and plans
have boon made based on tclograms
and newspaper reports ~ iarg- contri
buttons for relief and the expectations
should NOT Doe disappointed
The distribution ~ food viii have 'n
be- continued until there are enough
stores in which 10 buy ON q moncy
basis. and then it can gradually Do"
diminished. but relief 90 other kinds
Is now and will bc required Tor weeks
tp come Sick and delicate persons
viii. need care for months Inmates
Of institutions which have been burn.
I'D and destroyed must be- established
elsewhere and In some plan yet 10 Dc
devised Families which cannot get
started otherwise may have 10 be
given a helping hand
1t is not intended TO discourage
chronic dependence. but quick, gen
crous aul effective relief Is needed
here for q very large lumber OF ler
sons whose homes and means Of lly-
ing have been destroyed The danger
is not that the fund will oc too large.
hut that h will be- insufficient"
The question Is, how Is relief being
administered al San Francisco. Are
people who are arTc to pay being sup
piled at public expenses? II so, the
relief authorities owe II 10 the people
of the country to stop this sort o'
| imposition a. once People who haya
mun,y ought not Ia be- supplied free,
| oven from the food contributions II
stores arc lacking then Def those who
have means pay the relief department
for their supplies II IL ho the relief
policy to distribute relief supplies
| Tree to thos, who are able to pay. i'
is evident that it will Dee impossible
for men tu establish stores with any
hope of competing with a free relief
department. and the demand for con.
| lributiuns will continue indefinitely
Reports from san Francisco tell rs
that some $4,000 people have lC't the
city. This is bound TO curlail the de
mnnd for relief greatly other reports
announce that thousands Of men are
employed lu The wor, Of restoration
aud that the number thus ompluyod
| is being increased by thousands daily
| Surely these men are drawing pay
| n they arc AZ it is an imposition oo h'
generous people of the country "a
permit them 10 draw supplies free
Vet % seems that Is just what thcy
are doing
The relief department must permi
the red atGlishmontol logitima'" has
mess as rapidly as possible The wa,
40 do this IS 10 withhold free supple.
from those who have money or are
earning Il Such people can purchase
from the stores and the stores viii
this class of patronage can resume
business.
II was never contemplated by M
people that they woulJ he called M
on to restore the former status O.
san Francisco The object ~ the as
sis,ancc preferred 80 layishly was Il
help the people until they could hell
themselves. The rcbuldug of Sal
Francisco is q matter which the propl,
off san Francisco themselves mus
accomplish
rhc pc,plt do not forget The srea
wealth Of California Fully hail Of n,
savings bank depositors, who carr!
aggregate deposits n s2jO,U00 liv'