The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-03-01
APPEAL IN BEHALF
OF BELGIAN CHILDREN

(By J. E. Werlein, Portland, 0re.)
lThis is an appeal on behalf of little
children, and / want to reach:
The wheat growers east of the Cascade
mountains,
The cowboys of the same district,
The fishermen of the rivers of Oregon,
The dairymen in the valleys west of
the Cascade mountains,
The mothers and fathers and the
school children of every school dis
triet in the state.
want to remind you wheat men and
you COW men, dairymen and home
builders of the unprecedented prosper
ity that has been yours during the past
two years, and to:point out that it is
possible for you to enjoy the good
things of life because (and for no other
reas0n) of the most awful war in the
history of the world.
In the pathway of that contest stood
q little country which was unfortunate
enough to oppose the advance of an in
vading army. 1t was Belgium.
To-day the little children of Belgium
Il, 900, 600 of them-are paying the
price. Innocent the children Of any
wrong doing, but nevertheless they
pay.
Four million Belgian children are
hungry today. A large percentage of
them are starving, and will die regard
less of the haste with which money is
raised and rushed to them to buy food.
But q large percentage of them can
be saved.
Will you try to get this picture in
your minds? Imagine long bread
line; every child in it is hungry; some
Of them starving, and there is not
enough food for all. An officer comes
down the line. He examines each child
and he separates the hungry from the
starving, and the hungry" are pulled
out of the line, screaming and kicking.
Get that again. The hungry" are
separated from the Starving"
That is a true picture, and it is the
basis of this appeal to all Oregonians
who have received big pay for their
products sent to the war zone.
We ask you to pay back little sum
of money to send those childen, 80 that
all may have sufficient food to keep
them alive until the war is over. We
appeal for any sum you may wish to
give, but send it quickly.
All remittances should be made to S.
L. Eddy, care of the Ladd & Tilton
bank, Portland, Oregon. 1t will reach
the committee in charge of the Belgi-
an Children's Food Fund, and will be
promptly forwarded.
The committee can keep Belgian
child alive at cost of 81 per month,
or little over 3 cents a day. One
hundred dollars will feed 100 children
one month 81, 900 will feed, 1000 chill
dren one month. The children will
only have three slices of bread spread
with grease and bowl of vegetable
soup, but it will sustain life.
| want to ask some big-hearted fell
low in every town where my appeal is
printed to read this appeal and to then
get right out and pass the hat for con-
tributions. Don't wait for some other
fellow to do it do it yourself.
Iwant to ask every school in Oregon
to undertake the support of as many
Belgian children as the pupils think
they can care for. A fund of SIS a
month from every school in Oregon
would be caring for several thousand
hungry kiddies.
Sunday, March 4, has been desig-
mated as Belgian Children's Relief
Fund Day. ! urge every minister and
every priest to speak of the conditions
in Belgium, and to take up collection
to buy food for the little ones.
l urge every mayor, every county
school superintendent, every CONNER
cial organization, to help in this work.
Call meetings and organize to save
these innocent lives. Each community
should 20 at the work in its own way,
but all remittances should be sent to
Mr.. Eddy. They will be acknowl-
edged, and full credit given each town
and city for what it does.