The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-02-09

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made some progress. as there has been
some recup eratiou IN economic lffe this
burden has become less. and today -
is three and one-haIf millions of child
ren- With the nest harvest and with
the normal progress Of agricultural re-
cover3. i should diminish by more
than one-ha!f
Nov. indeed, this is. The last para
graph Of great chapter that we can
hand down 10 our children With pride.
and q chapter that we cannot hand on
unless we 90 complete. When tho his
| tory of this war $ written In the dis
lance. II will stand out that while tho
lives Of fifteen millions Of men were
sacrificed in the battleheid American
charity presented Europe with the Ii
YES OF fifteen miliions Of children IN
their place. and indeed IS Il not worth
our completing that task? We are
| asking Cor thirty-th-ee millions %
dollars
! We have rhree and one half millions
| OF children, and IS ten dollars too
much FOR the life o. any child" And
| in this service Ne have underworld
TO assure that there a an organiza-
| tlon and an administration that will
not be 81 biect to challenge. All these
societies have insisted on a common
! policy in their relationships TO Eur
! ope, IN that they have insisted that
the primary responsibility for all chill
/ dren shall rest upon the local com
/ r1unfty. tha. the women and the men
/ OF these communities shall charge
! themselves with the care OF The chil-
| dren OF their race. and their response
/ In this appeal has been no less than
| Il would have been in the United Sta
/ tes in the game circumstances. Today
! upwards OF TWO hundred thousands Of
women give their daily service from
early morn until late a night in the
care Of these children. They provide
/ tho shelter. they provide the service.
| lhei~ governments provide the tran
! sportstion America Is contributing
not one solitary penny except those
| com unodties in food and clothing. and
medical supplies that cannot be found
~ those COUNTRIES. or that cannot
/ even be purchased bs thoir govern
naerts.
OUR GRANERIEs Full.
/ However. We have set more than one
| limitation on tile cal Of American
| charity No: only mlst there be the
= necessity Of the community itself but
/ we have insisted that we VIII not
continue our serrce Fl the government
concerned has TIE Strength TO pu~ch-
ase these supplies abroad. Anu
would ask you. those 81 700 who know
the international situation. If you
/ thins the governments a. Tdtnlsn IA.
% the Poles. IA t'o Czecho-Sl Of
Austria hungary and Tia others. are
Z Bile today 10 norroye dime in thc
American ua-Set, sd IS the who
o. Internal 'onal economic relstionsh p
has broken down che &c OF their
children is threatened unless Aneri-
ca can continue tats seeeice.
We are some t.mes met witA the
| complaint that we have many bur
dens OF our own that indeed in this
time OF depression we cannot az
ford to carry this burden. that charity
must begin a home, and thousand
| other reasons. but there are some out
standing economic facts with regard
| to the United States that arc neon
troyertible. One u them is We have
Within our borders today = food sup
ply for our people for = ghteeu months
and only eight months on from snoth-
| er harvest. that We have on our shell
ves and In our factories either the tex
tiles manufactured or toe raw mater
! isi OF clothing lot oar peon'o fs~ q
/ years without another stitch. upon =
better basis tasn any country IN Eu--
| ope. We nave ample Suel. We have
ample shelter FOR our population, and
| IL anyone shall 90 hungry or under
/ clad in the United states during this
winter. surely something is wrong
! with our social economical or our
political system. and f. We cannot a.
men solve this minor 4nd trivial qIes-
ton ar feeding our own people when
nc are in the midst OF q gigantic 81
| plus rottine n our warehouses We do
not deserve tic name of America.
! applause.
! But even beyond This surplus 20
care for our own people we nave a
surplus far beyond our possible con-
sumption and yet within four hours
reach Of the United states By cable
people in great masses are hungry.
| Our warehouse arc bursting with
food and food + 3tug in the hand