Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-03-15
NOT A LIVING CHILD
UNDER 8 IN POLAND
ALL HAVE SuccuADEoETos Stan
vArIoN, WHICH WE COULD
HAVE ALLRvlArEo.
CRYING FOR BREAD Ne WASTE

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Clearance Poe in Progressive Farmer)
She was" good woman and she
talked much about how good the Lord
had been to her and to her children.
hut 1t the-sa time she said: mo
0satlssb and wheatless days for mo!
I've got wheat enough and I've rot
meat eneaEh laid up in my pantry,
and my children like it, and they are
going to 4ave'it as often a. they want
It, and as much OF it - they want"
After hearing this well-meaninR
woman talk he writer picked up that
night . European paper that comes to
the home aad read this paragraph:
II 10 said that there is net 4 iivtno
child Ia Poland under, eight years Of
age.
Mot atliving child in Poland under
eight years OF age!" With little bod.
les unable to endure the hardships
and starvation of a,warruined land.
they have~s:sd BY Thousands and tens
OF thousands. Thousands and tens 81
thousands Of mothers as good as tho
woman who made this thoughtless re.
mark, mothers who loved their chill.
dren ~ much as this mother loved
hers-they with heart-breakine help
lessness have seen their children
slowly starve before their eyes, while
American mothers say, mo, 1 will
not even vary my diet in 4 harmless
way, will not even make substitu-
tons to save meat and wheat, in order
mat part OF it may save the lives OF
starving babies and little ones In Eu-
rope!"
NO, We don't mean that any Ameri.
can mother fs saying this in words.
Certainly the good wsman of whom
We write would not have said 1t or
thought it-and yet by her acts, that
was what she was saying. II someone
could have shown her a PHOTOGRAPH
OF one starving Polish child, with van.
Dinched face and hollow eyes. crvins
to Its mother for bread she did not
have-oh. how quickly this American
mother would have said: Eyes. I
nave plenty OF wheat and have
plenty of meat, and I'll gladly
divide my last crust to save the lives
OF little ones like that" With such
. picture before her eyes, how quick
~ would this American mother. have
called to mind the Last Judgments
awful curse on all the uncarinr and
hard OF heart, Il was an-hunxered and
70 gave me no meat"
But she didn't know. And thu.
again the Lord she tries to worship
might lament as OF old over His peo.
ple. Israel doth not know! nv peo.
ple doth not consider!" To this rood
woman the Hoover rules for neatles.
days and wheatless days were simplv
Government regulations-simply OH.
osl red tape. She didn't know thew
were meant to save the lives of nttla
ones encs ~ fair, - merry, Is brixht-
e5s1. Is lovelnspiriag % her own
dear boys and girls!
And today there are theusande a.
others like this mother wAe DO not
Know! Weli!ntsnttonsd people, good.
hearted people, Cod-fearing psopla.
But they simply do not kaow." :
friends and readers. It 10 eur duty
to help those people knew! Let u
stvs OF our raoney, but lot "a also rive
OK our time and effort for q eanpaiRa
OF education in these matters-te
SHOW the need OF fosd regulation, war
Sav1nEs Stamps. Liberty Bonds. Red
Cross work, 7. II. c. A. AID 7. ~ G.
4. campaigns! We must save food
Tor the starving; We must give monev
TO protect the wounded and to provide
wholesome moral recreation for our
soldiers instead Of unwholesome and
immoral dissipation. And II our
1ar0ers-as 10 20 often chareed-have
not supported these movements a.
they should, 1t Is not because they ara
moro selfish, more hard-hearted. les.
patriotic, than city people. It Is onlv
because they have not been Informed
And oil OF u who Dc really under.
stand must here and now resolve "a
neip INFORM them. In svery school in
every Sunday school. IN every farm.
ers' club. In every farm woman's club.
and oven rs a part OF almost everv
church service, our men and women
q Hight and leading must do their
part to arouse rural America. In tho
Revolutionary war It was the "embat.
tied, farmers" 1t Lexington who fired
tie shot heard around the worldr' IN
the Civil War It was the stubborn
courage Of our farm men ana thu
steadfastness of our country women
that won the worlds applause for
Confederate heroisn!
Because this war IL q h&tle farther
from our doors 10 no reason why va
should play less noble part. And
shsrs 10 little time to lose. Many peo-
PIE think that twelve months hence
pscae viii b IN sight Let Us resolve