Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-03-18
RELIEF FOR THE
STARVING CHINESE
PEOPLE HERE ASKED TO CONTRI
Butte TO FUND-ALLOT-
MENT Is $500 --',


lief for starving China is made by N.
N Bergheim, president of the Civic
League, which organization is taking
up collection for same here. The peo-
pie Of this city and vicinity are asked
to contribute $500, which is but small
portion of the allotment which would
be asked were the campaign basis Of
50 per capita to be asked. The follow
ing from Mr.. Bergheim explains the
situation fully:
'tThe Worlds Work" for March has
the following to say about the famine
in China:
ffIn China, there is famine which
threatens to become the most appalling
catastrophe of it's kind in modern his
tory. Drought has sucked the moisture
from the fertile coastal plains of North
China. Two lean years followed by a
rainless growing season have brought
the people of this region and the noun
tains that bound it on the west beyond
their margin of safety. The earth of
the fields has been sifted until only
dust remains. The beams that prop up
mud brick walls Of the farmers cottag-
es have been wrenched out for fuel, and
houses are crumbling into earth. All
saleable clothing was sold or pawned
long ago. Without food, without fire,
without clothing in the middle of the
hard winter of North China, more than
$4,000 are dying daily. The full horror
of the situation measured in statistics,
is beyond the comprehension Of people
unacquainted with famine.
t'The five northern provinces affected
by the drought are: Chilli, Shensi,
Shansi, Honan and Shantung, with a
combined area of about 5000 square
miles and a population Of about 100000
600.
"The American committee for the
China Famine fund, Thomas W. La
mont, chairman, is at present concen-
trating on the Immediate need on rails
ing funds for relief. If this great use
full population of China is to be saved,
it must get immediate help to keep it
alive until July or August. It will take
5000, 100000 to accomplish this.'
The Civic League, has, at the request
Of the State Committee, taken charge
of the local collection. We do not in
tend to make house to house canvas
but we do appeal to the people of Little
Falls to contribute something. The
amount to be raised in America is two
hundred million dollars; this is an av'
erage Of approximately two dollars per
head for every man, woman and child
in the United States. From these fig
ures. one will get an idea Of how much
Little Falls might be called upon to
raise. We do not expect to raise any
where near that amount, but we should
make some showing and an allotment
of $500 for our city is not too much.
We ask all the Sunday schools in the
city to donate one Sunday $ collection; /;
we ask all the churches to do the same;
we ask all the lodges in the city to take
up. a collection or make an appropria
tion Of some amount. and we ask every
person living in Little Falls or in Nor.
rison county to come to nv Office and
make some donation for this fund. One
Sunday school in the city has already
taken up collection and raised $14.21,
and one individual has given $500.
All donations win be published as soon
as the campaign is closed which viii
be done one week after Easter.
The Civic League,
BY N. N. Bergheim, president
Office: Is Realty Block.
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