The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-16

3s2.572. or more than one person per
acre. The farmers cultivate two or
three acres with spade and hoe. The
greatest coal fields Of Europe outside
OF England are in Belgium. together
with iron and lead deposits SO that
mines and mills furnished work Tor
hundreds Of thousands of persons
The people were the most thrifty and
prosperous in Europe under a very
free and liberal government. Now all
is desolation.' -
Worked Sunday.
Ex-Governor w r. Stubbs, chair
man Of the executive committee. spent
the entire Afternoon Sunday telephon-
ing over the state to leading men 10
get their support in the enterprise.
The degree of enthusiasm unaffected
was even greater tnan was a"e'S'p@ee~
by the COMMITTEES.
where it seems advisable Kansas
orators and other influential citizens
will be sent out to make. speecnes ~
the interets OF the cause In fact, more
than one hundred persons OF proml-
nence-mep and Women-aFo @s@..
able for thie-wOrk.
Ministers VIII Help.
meeting of the Topeka Ministerial
union was held at o'clock this morn
ing at the Topeka COMMERCIAL ciuo
quarters for the purpose OF learning
Of the plans Of tn. committee. WIN =
view to- ORIGINATING the ministry OF the
state-rega a4eseibf1 cgeed Or denomt-
nafion-behind, the pfQpOsitton. The
ministers left The club quarters IN
time to hold thfer regular biWeeKy
meeting in the First Presbyterian
Word was received by Chairman
Stubs from Lawrence that the Ply
mouth CONGREGATIONAL church at tpat
place had contributed 145 parrels o.
Ex-Governor Stubs has issued
call to the wage carriers OF Kansas TO
contribute their wages Tor At least one
day to 60 towards buying flour for the
suffering Belgians. The churcnes are
day for special. offerings for the cause,
nd the women's clubs and societies
are asked to get behind the important
enterprise.
..If every man or woman in Kansas
would give at least one days earn
ings to the cause, 1t would save
child from starving this winter. That's
Just what 1t means-a days pay IN
Kansas is another lie saved IN oel-
GUM.
corn and Pigs Wanted. Too.
IT hope everyone will join-the day
laborer. the clerk, the office manager.
the school teacher, stenograpner'
teamster and the business men. law
yers. doctors and professional men.
the partners and stockholders In every
by giving wheat. corn. pigs caves
or anything else that is raised on the
farm. Well take care of it all. ana
every grain or penny. will help- w. -
Tod of Maple Hill gave us two steers
yesterday. We sold them for $50 cash.
It only takes a little over dollar to
buy q sack of flour. and there was a
lot of flour in those two steers.
Haste Is Imperative.
There is a member of the Kansas
relief committee in every county
There are two things needed-eariy
contributions and the contributions
themselves. Haste is imperative, as
the Belgians have already been suf
fering for days and weeks. and the
suffering il more intense every day:
The executive committee has decided
to ask every minister In Kansas
and every other faith and creed-to
act as members Of the executive COM
mittee.
The ministers Of every church in
Kansas have been, asked to devote
next Sunday to Belgian relief work
Many Of the ministers made the an
nouncements in the churches Sunday.
Each Sunday school class, each Bible
class, brotherhood organization. or
other association in the church. is to
raise us snare OF inc COnbKlOuSAOA1D
Of that church. If each Sunday school
class will raise barrel Of flour 1t
means the relief OF the suffering of
many little children in Belgium
Worse Then Grasshoppers.
''Kansans who have seen the devas-
tation of a tornado. or of floods, or the
loss of their crops during the days
Of the grasshoppers. can appreciate
more than anyone else the devastation
OF Belgium when 1t was overrun with
the German, English and French
armies. The fields of ripening grain
were trampled down. the gardens laid
waste and the homes destroyed. The
women and children and the aged were
fortunate to get away with their lives,
and now they have no food and little
clothing.
This is the greatest cause In the
world right now. and every Kansan
should help. None should neglect an
opportunity 10 felp In the relief OF
suffering women ana children -Df this
stricken hands 80
Kansas ysust Sacrifice.
America has never seen the need OF
assistance AZ the Belgian sufferers need
II. We have had great catastrophes in
small sections of this country. but