Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-12

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We know 30 little OF China aad the
Chinese. yet have grown so unoon-
sciously familiar with the stipend
Gus calamities which from time 20
timo afflitt that great country that
only the Intermittent alarm Of fire.
queut famine stories brinss 90 rs a
real sense OF the horrors the sur
fering and death in the great flood
stricken area ot China horrors not
alone OF mere starvation bGt of that
stalliug CHASTITY famine fever We
Call typhus and the raging smallpox
which has already laid its black hand
upon many OF thc impoverished,
starving uult.tudcs
Ia period of 1000 years China
/ has had over 500 famiues yet prac-
ltsalg 400 uf these have been un-
known to tho world 40 large The
Great famine of 1875, taking Us ter
rihle toll of nine 10 thirteen million
lives. aroused tho attention and SYM
pathy of 'he ah hole world and the gen.
erout response which followed the
appeal of q Famine Committee at
that time d.l much 90 break down the
barriers OF arr-'oreign feeling which
up 10 then had been lnsurmountable.
The present famine unlike tine
drought famine of 1875. has been
due 10 excessive rains, followed by
tlnhoong and floods affecting an area
OF over 10000 square miles and a
population of over B COO 600 people
Past experience has rendered pos
sibIe me distribution OF famine re-
lief ON "a most sssiomatic and eco
nomicaI basis The pauperiling ef-
feet rosIluns D some extent from
relief operation. Iu other famines.
due toa'tor1.n. support 90 thousands
duuna rr1Du..I periods of enforced
.Id.eH. Na. bod. practically 'l.mn-
lated m th's
The famine. uH a being n~.pt
eI m mma.u. th, famine s.f.
..r.,. .Y reconstruct fHe.r own dykes
land m.H. destroyed Posi- tho fools
ums M. Id. .aJ dcspmr.rg people
ar. enabled f1 earn % living while
Vaur. mr another harvest. and ere
Too on. u.s time helping % Ics'nr"
normal conditions and 70 prevent 600.
mn. occurrences of this ra'ur"
Was,s arc paid in food only ana
This reward s necessarily go limited
ls 20 offer Inducements only 10 those
truly deserving 10 save and sustain
life is me- object of famine relief. and
since the means never equals th"
need the rations must bee carilllf
distributed and those who are suffer
Ing least. ignored for those whose
necessities are vital Thee extreme
cases make no demonstration icy
have gotten beyond that They do
not even beg, but are mute and no"
tionless. the spark OF life hardly
struggling TO retain its hold upon
their cmaciated forms. Sometimes
when they understand that the ticket
given them means food and lie 'cars
roll down their cheeks Tickets for
food are given only IN tho home, eN-
cept In exchange for labor. the nee
esrities Of each family being Judged,
not By the home. but by the faces OF
It's inmates man NAV u, hungry
and suffering for food, bat Unless
his face is swollen from anemia n
must be passed by for those ;1ors te
rioly needy. Were it not that
through centuries OF poverty and eN-
rene hardship only the strong have
half the three million now
suffering would have died In the frs.
months Of tie famine
II is difficult for us to roalie the
real horror of these extensive Tam
mes. confined almost wholly to China,
india and Russia Under the best
.onditions the Chinese live O1t 4
,ordid life. devoid OF mary things
Se would regard as necessary TO eX-
Silence and with every form OF Tx
nv unknown-for what the Chinese
,uow as prosperity, VIC should recard
,s the seyerest hardship as II means
coarse and meagre liyinc a cramp
ID and cherries hut and the mos
irving toll from the rising OF the sun
utu the fall of darkness Nilk AMI |
iuttcr are practically unknown meat |
s rarely tasted ofteucr than once . /
,e,k and then only under prosperous .
Conditions. and In the fat years. there /
s. little surplus 10 be saved Tor the /
can Years Of famine Hence when .
brought or flood destroy the crops. F.
here lis nothing for the hard working I
armers 10 fall back upon.
a large family Is often divided I
art GOES off as refugees. part STAY I
,t home. Those remaining take .
stock of what they have. They per-
laps find sufficient grain for the F.
i've mouths that are lelt for four F.
months II they eat but a small guam /
ity. but the farmer knows that now /
he four months supply must last |
hem seven months, and, therefore. I
hey Immediately begin 70 make their +
God thin. that is, they eat Cruel Ia /
,tead OF dry Dread. Thus tens OF