Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-05-19

ot,ors and sisters and daughters - -
would be able to walk out at any tinio 90
and be heiu as 9"'' - fiji
our own firesides. III
But the quick cessation OF roooely
and theft in San Francisco was not uie o,
civ lesson of good government 10 De q
loorned amid those smoking ruins. Inc =,
NV laws or the martial laws not ohiy a
Aoc,orad "Thou shalt not steal" pue :,
.,,o,, also affirmed. Thou shalt not Oe
an extortioner," and Thou snai' ho' 9
take an unfair advantage OF he "eaA- =
nosses of thy neighbors," ," for just Us y
Tho murderers and the thieves "ero c
readv to loot their victims at Tue poii'
90 tbe nIstol the extortioners We're
Uaodv 70 squeeze the lifeblood out OF
their victims if they could 90 ~ ~ "
legal way. WI =. nc FOR a
moment picture ourselves IN this puln %
od city. The flames In the pusin1so
nortion seem to be everywhere lno
wafer mines and the gas pipes ana ule
electric wires are broken. Inc esT"p
ing gas has been ignited by tne llYe
,,Sros The fire engines are helpless
Cor the water supply Is gone Inc
eomes are creeping nearer ana nearer
.i"-- house You rush forth fran
tIcally to hunt up an exp[essin"n,
GLOW much?" you ask. WIZ YOU
carry nv trunks out OF the reach =,
dorSor2; "GIve me fifty or hundreu
dollars" IS the answer. cant you
40 q FOR lessfv mo-" he says; "there
+ GRO only a few wagons, and we can get
onr mice we ask" Or the flames nave
r burned themselves out ana there arc
onIv few bakery stores left. You
q ontor one and ask for bread. "Ho"
= much ia q loafT zone dollar says
y tho baker Cant you sell the preau
i Gov ,ese9" "No. can raise my price,
/ and instead Of getting 3 cents ioai
J. I am going to get dollar. In'9 ,,o 20" .,
e the condition confronting the peoPle "
m Can francisco during and Immediately
10 ostor the conhagration. Now "iiat
v honnenedP Why, General Funston sens
IN sortb orders something like this: II
n. INV man who has a horse ana WAGON
m t. found overcharging confiscate us
ut .r,oaon and horse. If any man VINO
re owns a bakery store is tounu W.
ed charging take away his store and driV'
en- h,no ont from behind the counter
a ,rhrs we find that in the darkest uay'
lIs % tho San Francisco horror the paAe
ITS ros NOT allowed to charge more lil"i
nd on honest. fair price for his preau ~
ill tha expressman to overcharge ioi i,
lbs ,,ob,clas The extortionist was no. .ne
vel ,ornitted TO fatten upon the hreDioo
are Of his neighbors. - 90,
md prt there was still another Lay
is rrh,cb wonderfully impressed me aill
not those ruins. Though there were 81 so
les, mean and contemplate people il'il
les. e. San francisco, as there are med
SEQ, opd contemplate people living III Q
rks cities, yet the vast majority wete =
not h,o IN heart and deed and were rea'
int. - 90 forth and help those VINO cou
cry NOT help themselves. NO man Wv
ona- annreciate this self sacrlnce 80 nc q
S to os the outsiders who came to =
ness FRANCISCO during the first re" y"
.isco after the city had been burned ou,,
s Of won't from feeding station 10 Ieeui
,per- station. There / found men ana "o
~, otondinp in line awaiting their tu
They were there by the scores, W
eard hundreds and the thousands. Sohe
that those men and women were dresseu
want - ,.,,,orts of wealth. Some had
: In DonsIor ~ lamb coats. Some wore g
ele- s,,in sacks. Behind them were u
) the Tho wore dressed in the clothes Oh
jun n.,,,,,Io Ioborer. They all were eq'
dis now. Their money was gone III ~
lter's Gases They had lost their I'll
San oo,,Id lose no more But VINO
lis Of these neople who are distributing
horn food and the clothingT' | asked az
moral nnd again "Who are these men
lcisco oro rrnninp the automobiles ana
N the r ..I,a the sick to the hospitals
awful looking after the city| "Ihey are
mon who like ourselves, have ioSt
build would come back the answer. Llh
NAM when they want food, they take
IN the n,ocas In line to get It, but as 500
e IKE they are fed they go on tne reiieL
s than mIttees. If they have houses
RS and standing they open them to take j.
Of the horoIess II was the grandest sl
began ovor saw. Having lost their all
arvest! wore thousands upon thousands
lsco Is not only suffered In silence, but q
.ch It," some time gave their substance
s con- energy to care for others. 1hls
n. No was not given by people OF ohi.
start to soo,al station but Of all stations.
; rifles oristocrat was there working si'
IS. No side with the plebeian, the college
le tum- nate with the illiterate man.
he gold thov were all working side by S
y were help each other.
met. 1t Rut 7 cannot close without one
a dozen word of Generalization as well
coward ,,,orn,ng No sooner did the cry
always como from the burning city l.
in fear once clothing and breads'uHs
II away nouring In. Within few hours
md hun manto sent her donations. 1nen
In other los Angeles with her carloaus
10 quick the Portland and the Denver
allied with food supplies came
In while off in the distance We
nj down hoor the revolving wheels OF
| 90
safe as a coming from ciIies y, w 80,
mothers San Francisco would have stal
2. "With death had not this help come.
400 as an nlentifully did it come that l
.,ties any there was not hungry man.
Why Will or child in all tnc ol'' oontr,
o holdup there. BY the benehcent cohtrl
+ alleys? of her sister cities San Francs
Iecherous not only fed, but well fed; 90
tcb forth ed was l with this fact tnat'
urest wo had in my pocket some money ..
n,oz did me to distribute to the sun
4 as San found no one hungry and no
WHY will ked cold
,nisbment ri Now, what did 1 dof l salc
stol Of a self: "San Francisco Is hayiht
e and de- time now, but the hardest ''ln'
y we also those days that are ahead. /