The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-07-19
FEED The STARVING
The Following Letter Which Has
Just Been Received BY The Soun-
ty Agent Speaks For Itself.

The following cablegram has JUS
recently been received from the re
! preventative of the Near East Re
! lief ORGANIZATION in Constantinople
Your cable indicating reduced
| contribution received. What shal
We omit? Slall We turn our chill
! dren from OrphanageS, close hospitals
G: stop feeding the recent refugees
| Give us orders. We obey; but per
| sonaIy unwilling TO assume moral
responsibility such act involves"
| (Signed) JAQUITH.
Such 4 message presents truly
| horrible situation for those who nave
assumed the tremendous task OF saw
! ing from starvation the thousands OF
victims of Wars ravageS in the Near
East.
The outbreak of hostilities between
The Greek forces and the Turks has
resulted in tremendous increase in
the demands upon the resources OF
,he Near East Relief because OF u
iniluN or refugees from the war
crCS.
The call has come for America to
furnish almost unlimited quantities
Of foodstuffs and supplies at the ear
liest possible moment. Delay means
countless deaths.
The people of Maryland are asked
{ } give corn and wheat. Farmers
are urged to give a sack of wheat or
! barrel of corn. Flour is prefera-
lie; but if the grain is supplied it
an be converted into flour for the
Tamished thousands dying for lack
Of food.
The middle west and far west al
ready responded most literally. Cal
iiornia has sent two GhiplOads OF
aisins dried beans, dried peaches,
AIMED milk, jams, preserves and
other foodstuffs. The South has sent
over three thousand tons of rice.
from Iowa have come train load af-
ter train load of corn.
The Government has arranged for
free warehouse space and the rail
roads have hauled the gift trains free
Of charge. All agencies have been
cooperating in this stupendous chari-
", and yet Maryland has given al
most nothing in the way of food
while food products have seldom
oeen so abundant.
campaign will be waged in
Maryland from August 1st to 18th
C enable every farmer of Maryland
0 contribute wheat or corn, Each
person has the opportunity to give
food direct to the starving. The
Near East Relief Organization under
lakes to put the food into the mouths
of the destitute practically without
cost and in the shortest time posi-
Die.
The farmers organizations of the
! 5everal counties are asked to appoint
local committees and the County Or
gaization to appoint County Com
mittees who will arrange for solicit.
ing the grain and for collecting il
dt central points in the County, Re
presentatives of the Near East Re
lief will arrange for shipments ef the
grain to the Seaboard and across the
Seas.
We are urging County Agent and
Home Demonstration Agents Il 80
operate with Oranges, ComhSfhfl /,
Clubs, Farmers Clubs and Count,
| Federations in working out plans
Tor conducting the campaign in theil
respective Counties.
Tags to be attached to the gift
grain sacks, together with literature
| portraying conditions in the Neal
East will be supplied by the Mary
| land Headquarters, Near East Re
lief, II Franklin street, Baltimore
| Maryland.
Will you not make it your specia
business to see that your County is
| organized SO that every farmer
whether large or small may hear ot
| the opportunity to give tithe of his
abundance to the starving men
| women and children of the ole
| world?
Understanding this is food cam
paign. The Commission needs
| money to buy medicines and Other
supplies. But at this time, food is
asked for from those who grow it
| The man with a small patch of grain
has the same opportunity to give as
has the man with hundreds Of acres
The time is short. Immediate &C