Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-04
A SHORTAGE IN
THE FOOD SUPPLY
FEELING AKIN TO CoNsTERNA-
TON IN SAN FRANCISCO.
THE FINANCIAL PROBLEM
The Vas Contributions Do Not Seem
10 he Flowing Very Rapidly
lntO the Hands of the Re.
lief COmSiittec

kin to CONSERVATION was created at the
meeting of the general municipal COM
nittee Monday, when Mayor Schmitz
stated that the city faced a shortage in
the food supply. 1t had been the pop
ular belief, and that of many officials
also, that San Francisco, through the
generous aid CT the nation, had been
placed in a position above want for a
long time to come, and the mayors
declaration came In the nature Of q
painful surprise.
Relief Supplies in Oakland.
1t was decided at a conference held
by Gov. Pardee, Congressman Kahn,
Gen. Greedy and Mayor Mott of Oakland
that the distribution of relief supplies
in Oakland should be also placed under
military direction similar to that in
San Francisco. Oakland being the "a
est place of refuge from this city, has
been obliged to attend to the task OF
feeding ard housing thousands Of IN.
fortunate people, and it is stated that
the same misuse Of food by unscrupu-
lous ard mercenary' persons as ex.
perienceG here has been unearthed there.
Under Gen. Greely's Plan.
The plan of Gen. Greedy for distribu.
ting food to people in want was com.
menced in q number of newly-created
districts, and there was some diminu-
tion noticeable In the output of goods.
An Unfortunate AFFAIR.
An unfortunate happening, Monday,
was the destruction CT a number Of
homes in the saved section of Van Ness
e Tho blasting gang was mott.
fed that certain insecure walls were a
menace to pedestrians, and In order to
blow up an unusually solidly construct
cd facade was obliged to use a large
quantity of dynamite. AS a result Of
the tremendous explosion four houses
on the other side of the city's broadest
t~horoughfare were utterly wrecked.
Renewal Of Industrial Activity.
Signs of renewal Of Industrial activity
are apparent in many parts Of the
burned districts, and the work of clear
ing away debris preparatory to rebuild
ing is in progress in a score Of places.
1t was said that plans for over so large
ouIiNIASS AdNo DCCh uidWu dIlu Will DS
submitted to the authorities immedi-
ately after the building laws are pro
mulgated.
To Prepare For RecOnstructiOn.
The mayor notified the board of su-
pervisors that he would appoint a COM
mittee consisting Of engineers, archi.
tects, builders and lawyers to prepare
plans for laying out streets and boule-
wards and reconstructing San Fran
cisco.
Street car lines are being extended
in all directions, and the United Rail-
ways has promised to give the people,
within q short time, a better system Of
transit than existed before the fire.
The Financial Problem.
San Francisco, May 1.-At the meet.
ing of the finance committee, Monday,
Chairman Phelan announced that he
has been unable to cash drafts amount
ing to s450,000 in Oakland, but that he
had made arrangements with the SUBJ
treasury to obtain the money.
Chairman Phelan also said he had as
yet received no reply to his telegram to
Secretary Of War Taft, asking what the
relief committee might expect out Of
the fund of 81, 5000 0 appropriated by
congress, and in the absence Of such
reply continued to assume that this
money would be available. He had
information, however. that the $780,
600 transmitted Saturday by Secretary
Taft was given by him as president Of
the National Red Cross.
A. to Private Funds.
As to private funds which had been
placed In the hands Of individuals here,
he had received $25 600 from Gen. Fun
ston, being part Of the Guggenheim
contribution. In transmitting this, the
general had said that he saw no further
reason for any great expenditure on his
part. ard preferred to have the money
disbursed by the relief finance commit.
tee.
Gen. GreeIy's supply Estimate.
Basing his calculations upon reports
received within "a hours. Gen. Greedy
stated that the entire available food
supply, including shipments on hand
and those en- route, would be sufficient
for the present population during a pc
riod of Is days. This reckoning II
made upon the rate at shich supplies
have been consumed since the fire. I'm
der the army ration system. that will
hereafter prevail, Gen. Greedy stated