The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-04
iABoUI SUNSET M[ STOCK FACTS OF RUSSIAN famine

1t entends over twentyHone prov
inces, embracing an era of about
million and a half square miles or
half the territorial extent OF the
United States.
Within this area is a population of
&c; 900 900, practically all OF whom
are dependent upon outside assist
ance to maintain, life until the next
harvest.
! The famine is the greatest and
! most dreadful in the history Of Rus
sia. In the famine of 1901-2, $4,000
persons perished in a single province
This year, unless speedy assistance
is rendered, the death list in that
province viii reach at least two hun
dred thousand.
In the famine district agriculture is
the only occupation; when the crops
fail there is nothing to which the in
habitants can turn to gain liveli-
hood.
harvest whatever last year; even the
seed put in the ground was lost. The
peasants have sold there horses and
COWS and have used the proceeds to
buy bread. They have consumed the
grain held for seed. Thus they have
mortgaged their future by sacrificing
: the means of future tiliage. in, order
to main tain life at present, and now
=, they have exhausted even these
slender resources.
!, Decayed grain and even the seeds
. of noXiOus weeds have been used II
the attempt to preserve life, result
;. ing in disease from these poisonous
products. Even where help is nov
being given, the peasants are forced
to live on one-nfteenth of the average
ration.
Families have been brought t.
. such sufferings that parents hav'
sold their daughters into slavery an
degradation in the harems an
brothels of Turkey in order to maiI
tain life in the remaining member
of the family.
In many place lack of fuel has al
ded danger of death from cold t.
N- that of death from hunger. In man
villages part OF the houses have bee
torn down to provide fuel for the il
lfabitants huddled together in tn
homes still standing
Outside assistance is absolute
needed. 1t is the one means of I
-, lief left. 1t is dictated by the d
mands of humanity. To be effecti'
Nv it must be Immediately forthcomin
Five dollars will maintain the life
~ a resident of the famine districts 4
til next harvest.
The Russian Famine Relief Co
ng It'll, ,,
quarters at 1876 East 18th, So,
-. New York. Bishop Henry C. Pot:
49, is President of the Committee. Sa
uel j. Barrows is the Secretary. .
;. contributions, large of small, sent
the Secretary will be acknOwledg
49,. and receipted for by the Mort
-. Trust Company, which is acting
:. treasurer of the fund.
a All contributions received by
committee will be applied and
GOD pended in the most direct and effe
,,oo tive way. They will not be tur1
tho over to the Russian government.
,oro President Roosevelt has endors
cot. this movement and has persona
contributed to it. So have Cover
.oro Hughes of New York and many p
III. lic-spirited citizens. But to make
fro relief effective, public support m
tho be widespread.
,ons The women of Russia in a LEI
the just received by the committee
peal to the women. of America.
part of their letter is quoted belc
IN AT present the temperature
this village is in the neighborhood
now twenty degrees below zero Fahl
son, heit. Many of the peasants are
that ing in holes dug underground. T
gers are almost naked and they are W
ding out fuel. Their food is sort of br
eatables, to which have been ad
rized little rye meal. Typhus, SC,
with and blindness, resulting from sta
sons ton are on all sides striking d,
caa grown up people and children.
pany is not a single village; there
what thousands like 1t, and these tn
arge. ands OF villages have no hope ur
help can come to them from the
uosd. side. Seventy-five cents will kee]
O,e,e adult alive for a month. 1t is b
ueed, to ask for aims; but 1T is still =
>>-A bitter to look unOn these ag(