The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-14
The Ardmorelte'
HOME FORUM
AN APPEAL FOR
FAMINE STRICKEN CHINA


n In looking from my window ] note
& the beautiful white blanket of snow
covering all the ugly defects that
may mar the lovely aud esthetic set
ting of my panorama, and bringing
to mind some of tho sublime thoughts
suggested by the reading of the
Word. "Ho giveth snow like wool! He
scattereth the hoar frost like ashes,
He casteth forth his ice like morsels;
who can stand before his cold?" And
suddenly 1t occurs to me the question
who can without any preparation,
without food, without shelter, without
clothes, and yet we are informed
through the press that 100000 of
Chinese men, women and children
are even now in the throes of want,
starvation and necessarily death As
We retire TO our pleasant warTn1
rooms to seek repose beneath our
soft blankets there are millions OF
Inothers with babes in their arms out
in tho bitter relentless fury of the
winters OF northern China. for north
trn China is in the same latitude as
New York.
For sometime / have been watching
the columns of the ArdmCt,itc with an
expectancy. born of desire 10 see some
cne appear as champion of cause
$, Gecerving, but so far | have been
doomed to disappointment and il no
one will say it. then | must say it.
rs there someway in which the good
people of Ardmore may join forces ana
send relief to these poor suffering,
dying pcople?" May we as citizens do
our share In relieving what is prob
ably the worst famine in the history of
;he world.
Teachers Of Sunday school classes
nay tell the story of Chna's des--
rcration. perhaps you can persuade
the class to keep alive one little boy
or girl, by contributing 81 month
during the winter. Peradventurc the
Ladies' Aid Societies OF the different
churches will, they have many calls
it Is true, but certainly none that
are so urgent and of such desperate
need as this
Then our Women's Missionary So
ciotics have noted that the mission
aries in China, representing tho diff
iercnt church boards have been COM
PEELED to give all dhcir time to relief
work. VIII the pastors of The differ
cnt denominations mention the rel.ef
fund and need for it at he church
services Perhaps the church board
would consent to set aside a part of
the collections as a contribution to the
fund. VIII not our Chamber of Com
mcrce become interested to the eXtent
of some contribution substantial
enough to represent the real humani
tartan spirit of the town?
l would suggest n local committee
.lnterdenominational in character. to
emphasize the general appeal to be
made to the community.
Remember that 40 millions are in
need. The number is so vast as 10 be
almost incomprchensibc, but those
suffering millions are There and in
dire distress. If every man and boy
In the United states were to die to-
day. their number would be about
that of the Chinese in the famine
area. They have begun TO die at the
rate of $4,000 Il day. and winter has
scarcely begun.
We all understand the relation OF
cause 10 effect \ pestilence always
follows famine, we are so closely
connected by service of steamship
and railway that We cannot escape.
Remember shc great world war slew
seven million five hundred thousand,
hut how much greater were The vic.
TINS Of the "flu."
statistics dealing with the Chinese
famine give the following:
The Chinese famine area covers
as .0O0 square miles. OF this 100. .O0O
square miles form the actual hunger
zone. This last Is equal in size 10
the states of New York. New Jersey
and Pennsylvania.
In the entire acrO there are $1,000.
OO0 Chinese. In the hunger zone are
100000 directly affected. This mum
her is greater than the urban popula.
ton Gowns - $500 and up) Of United
states G2.5O0OO) and equals the pop.
ulation OF Great Britain
10 OO0, 900 Chinese are in immediate
danger ii starvation This is twice
the population ol New England states
G.3SO,OO0) or twice the population OF
Belgium C7.4gO.OO0l
These 100000 will die but for our
hclp. before the next harvest IN June.
This Is ten lines the annual death,
rate of thc United States u.i0O .O0OD
The famine Victims are now dying
at the mtc of $4,000 day This IL
one every seconds. The daily toll
would make line. standing shoulder
TO- shoulder. nearly three miles long.
/, would crowd 100 street cars.
Rice costs about 3c mound. ono
pound makes lhrcc Chinese bowls. and
j. { days mminc ration. 81 month
viii Gyc litc, $500 a month wilt
kcoN q family alive, These Chinese
must be- helped until June. the mex,
harvest timc. Otherwise the 1900 600
and probably morc, will die.
china proper has $40. 600 OOO inhabl-
iants, our trade In 1919 with China
cumc 10 s960 o0O OO0 China T. a vast
potential market FOR our products. II
We help thom now Il win help our
commercial future.
The Chinese famine. II not avcrted