The chronicle=news., 1914-12-01
TRINIDAD JOINS
IN SWELLING
THE BELGIUM
FOOD FUND

istdTteu tHe Dali TOlltnk ny contribute
ing the first $500 to the Belgian re-
lief fund that has been subscribed
since the Chronicle-News made Its
appeal few days ago at the initia.
tion OF the Trinidad churches. Sew.
eral other contributions were re.
|ceived and forwarded before the for
nal campaign was launched. For in
stance the Hebrew ladies of the city
raised 32O and the coal miners at va.
rious camps contributed literally out
OF their earnings both to Belgium
relief and the Red Cross fund. The
IChronicle-News again announces
that IT will receive contributions and
turn the money over to the treas
urer named by the local ministers
and church people who held a meet
ing last week. -r.-.-.H
Colorado has done ner part as a
state. A train load Of flour has been
moved. Every state in the union
has heard the tragic appeal for food
for the starving victims of the un-
holy war. Organizations all over
! the country have started crusade
of relief. Every magazine and news
paper has taken up the relief slogan.
l''Help the suffering" In all history
and there have been many wars.
there has never been a more pitiable
plea than is contained in the follow
ing:
The word now comes from the re.
lief workers in Belgium that the
supplies SO far received are entirely
insufficient" to meet this great ma.
tiOnal tragedy. When q nation nun
gers. heroic measures are called for.
Every days delay means all increas-
ingly heavy toll in sickness. suffer-
ing, and DEATH" declares the Bel
gian relief committee, and the Amer
lean minister at The Hague. that "it
seems that Belgium will have to face
the danger Of famine much earlier
than any Of us thought 1t would"
l"If in Belgium a population of six
millions is. 20 be kept alive" says
the women's committee. food mus.
| be sent and at once" u .
Prompt and generous action II
lplainly needed. The need sends its
cry TO every heart. How shall we
meet this appeal? We believe we
know our readers when we say that
every one of them is thrilled with
pity and is anxious to send food to
tine hungry ones So we have de
oided to ask our great family D.
readers. all over the world. to Join
hands in this great life-savine cru.
sade. r. .t-I
What is needed Bread. What
snail we send? Let every OIL. OF us
send barrel Of flour. ten barrels
fifty barrels. a hundred barrels! We
Twill start the barrels rolling with u
contribution of five hundred barrels.
Who will match it? We hope to
print goodly number of the we'll
to-do readers of our magazine who
will meet or. better. outdo 1t.
And the ore-Darrel gifts: Each
| barrel may, in fact will, save a life.
Every pound will make loaf and
a quarter of bread. Every barrel
will feed family of five for two
months What message of love
and life will go to Belgium in every
barrel! Some child, some poor wild
ow, some aged man or woman Is
waiting now for your barrel. Send
a hundred barrels and. save nun
dred families this winter. The re-
lief committees are guaranteeing
that 100 per cent of the food sup
Iplies shall reach the starving Bel
gian women and children. Ever
barrel will reach Belgium without
Iany further transportation charges
lfrOm New York. We shall see to
that Reports have it that England.
Holland and France are already
earring for 100000 OF the refugees.
disputes about the war have no
lplace now When babies are starv-
ling, it is no time for acrimonious
discussions. Save the babies, and
discuss afterward.
Flour varies in price per barrel
but IS will send one. and we will
] rate our campaign on that basis.
II Let us send cargo of 10000 bar.
rels of flour to Belgium at the earli.
! lest possible moment. He gives twice
VINO gives quickly! The Wfe OF the
minister of state of Belgium says ir
an address to the women of America
Seven out of the nine province.
that go to make the kingdom of Bel
GUM have been devastated by the
most dreadful war known to history
! Thousands and thousands of people
have nothing in the world left. not 6
roof over their heads. no money, nc
clothes, and no chance of earning c
living of any sort.
The sight of the poor refugeeI
streaming into Antwerp. womer
with babies in their arms, their old.
er children clinging to their skirts
men wheeling their decrepit fathers
in wheelbarrows or helping along 9
Icrippled brother or SON, is more pit
liable than any words can express"