The Little River news., 1921-04-20
FAsAI|N'!E FUND WORK
 AT HALFWAY MARK
Thomas w. Lamont, Chairman, Tells of Relief Administered and Task to Be Completed.

The American Committee for China Famine Fund, according to state ment issued by Thomas W. Lamont, chairman, has reached the second stage of It's mission of mercy of send ing funds from America to feed the millions of starving famine victims in the far eastern republic. At the low est estimate, the statement says, just as much more is needed to carry ''the last 5,O00,OOO' through to the June harvest as has already been sent.
 MT Lamont points out that quick response by America to appeals made by President Harding and his prede- cessor, President Wilson, has resulted in such prompt distribution of relief that the threatened magnitude of the famine has been checked to q marked extent A continuation of the efforts so far made, it is declared, will place the famine relief for China among America's most effective philanthro- pies.
 The Waiting Millions
 There remain, however, the state ment shows Hast 5,000,000" to be saved, and these people can be saved only by continuous and voluminous re- lief resulting from American subscrip- tions.
 The statement, in part, follows;
 Quick response to the appeal of the American Committee for China Fam inc Fund gives us at the halfway point in our work the cheering assur- ance that the subscriptions from gen erous America already have served a great humanitarian purpose, inasmuch as relief already administered has held the famine in bounds and made it pos sible for America to save multitude of human beings.
 Whereas early estimates made it seem that millions must perish, we now are advised that instead of the 15,000OO0 who, 1t was originally fear ed, were doomed to death from hunger, relief at present in sight from all sources, American, Chinese and for eign, is sufficient to provide scanty ra- tions until the June harvest for all ex- cept 5,O0O,OOO people. These Hast 5,OO0OOO are destitute, according to our latest reports from the American Advisory Committee in Picking and are dependent for existence upon new help coming from outside sources, and this means America.
 From All the People l Ut Is the earnest hope of the Com mittee that the number of contribu- tions made as well as the aggregate will be such as to make our humanita- rian gift, in real sense, gift of the American people as whole.
 "One way to make individual effort and generosity contribute toward saw ing China's starving population is for every one responsive to China's need. in effect, Ito pick pal in China for day. The thought behind this special appeal in connec- tion with the latter part of our effort will be for American men, women and children to choose, nguratively, Chi nese famine victim as friend for a day and to send what they spend one day on themselves or an American friend to the China Famine Fund ei- ther through local committees, banks  or churches or direct to Vernon Mum roe, treasurer, Bible House, New York City.
 "No American Is so poor that he cannot save life at the lowest rate ever quoted, one dollar month. Life's quotations fluctuate. sometimes in one nation, sometimes in another, but the lower the quotation the greater the opportunity of humanity, the opportu- nifty of human beings to save human life. China is far away-6,00O miles, but hunger Is hunger, whether around the corner or beyond the Pacific.
 We appeal to America to make ef- fective the work already done in checking the China famine disaster by saving until harvest those already saved from death."