The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-24
COUNTY IN relief
Shawnee Campaign for Flour
Opens Wednesday.
Supreme Effort to Raise |, 1000
Barrels Here.

Shawnee county will make supreme
effort to raise 5000 barrels of flour for
Belgian relief Wednesday. Every citi-
zen should have q part in this cam
paign. The rich should not feel con-
tent with giving a mere sack OK -FOUR
Hundreds of working men and women
will give in sack lots, and they Will
rive until the giving 10 felt. Tne wnoie
community should shoulder the enter
prise.
Topeka has been districted. ana
township organizations nave Dee pee.
formed II for some reason. MT. Citl-
zen you are sighted in the canvass:
1ust send in your money to J. wan
Kelley. secretary OF the Commerclal
club.
Topekans are asked to have their
money ready Wednesday morning. so
that those who have volunteered 10
spend their time soliciting will not I'M
necessarily be delayed. house-to-
house canvass will be made. Those VINO
are RESPONSIBLE for the work are asked
TO report to the Shawnee county heau-
quarters at the Commercial club De1ore
night. Judge Frank Doster Is CHAIR
man Of the Shawnee committee,
Statement by Dillon.
Charles Dillon, secretary of the Kan
sas Belgian Relief Fund, issued the fol-
lowing statement: oa
THE expression barrels being used
in this campaign does not mean just
that" explained Charles Dillon, secre-
tary Of the Kansas Belgian Relief
Fund. ''The flour must be in sacks
Barrels cannot be used for shipping.
Belgium does not require the hlgn
patent flours Any ordinary export
flour will answer the purpose.
"A telegram today from Lindon BATES
adyises us that secondhand clothing
sent and intended for the Belgians
Will be segregated in New York, and
distributed among the Belgians IN
England and Holland. New clothing
will be sent into Belgium. One club
new clothes with the money they col
lected. They intended to purchase
overalls and jumpers and warm coats.
things lined with wool or some other
warm material.
where Are the Cities?
where are the cities? Where are
the wealthy men Of Kansas? Where
marvellous wheat crop? Some where
within the precincts of this great state
there IL a wheat crop worth about
1872 million dollars. The war in Europe
added fifty millions to its value. Is
Kansas about to give one million OF
this gigantic treasure to help the hun
cry and helpless and homeless of Bel
GUM? 1t Is not. Not unless 1t starts
pretty soon.
"Facts are needed sometimes.
Let's have a few. like facts. Here
are four little towns. The latest Brad
street report shows the .,ulation to
be-: Hamilton. 315: Morganville. 2S5;
Severance, asa; Clifton, GA. Every
one of the four contributes a car Of
flour to the BeIgians! The little town
of Hoyt, population 250-you must re-
member this includes children-gives
$142. Two little clubs at Ellis sent
me $262.70! Surely this generosity Is
on a par with the widows mite
Isn't it fine? Salina shipped the first
car Of -four last Saturday, the first car
to lea the state, and Governor
~ three weeks ago asking the people
to help! We began ten days ago the
1iveliest campaign OF public appeal the
country e er has seen, and Kansas
has shipped one car OF flour. I know
there's more flour ready, but e have
nothing tcda. to show that Kansas
has more than fifty cars of flour in
prospect right now for :he Belgians.
Failing Short OF Mark?
take much of the million dollars I
mentioned. A car Of flour, suspect.
costs about $1,000. Kansas certainly
hasn't contributed much more than
$4,000 or $4,000.
''The small places that do the quick
''The small places do the quick
to canvass block in Topeka the peo-
buy three carloads Of flour. Beloit
gets two, Fort Scott one, Larned one,
and SO on down the line Don't you
see how far short we are falling of
the mark at which we aimed? Will
we get zoo cars of flour in Kansas"