The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-17
MERCY CARGO


button received from a single element
in the last year. Mr.. Clausen, well
known banker of that city and etreas-
urer of the Russian Mennonite Relief
asso ciation, gave Biby $1,000 last Fri
day, which was Immediately invested
in the purchase of Newton made flour
from one of the local mills there, two
carloads going forward from there
purchased with this money during the
next two or three days 1t is expected
that the citizens of Newton will more
than duplicate the generosity shown
by the Mennonite association. as the
millers of Newton have advised the
state committee that they will make a
liberal contribution in the campaign,
as the millers of Wichita and Salina
have already done, the millers OF
those two cities each contributing a
carload. State Director Billy advises
that he has already been assured by
Topeka milIers that they will contrib
ute to the mercy cargo when the same
is made up for shipment from To-
peka.
Showing Films Daily.
The 5000 feet of film recently TAX
en- showing the exact conditions as
they exist in Armenia and southern
Russia, which the Kansas state office
has been provided with, are being
shown turnout the state daily, the
showing of which is largely RESPONSE
BILE for the unusual support which is
being extended to the efforts of the
committee at the present time.
Another unusual gift received dur
ing the last ten days was an entire car
load of corn of 1900 bushels from
Charles Chaser of Osawkie being the
fourth substantial contribution of
more than $4,000 in all which Mr..
Chaser has made to the starving people
of the world in the last few months.
His hberality has made possible the
unusual distinction which has come
to Kansas as the nations largest con-
tributor to starving peoples during the
past few months.
Need More Old Clothing.
The state committee also announces
that old clothing is still much desired
and they are now holding a car, al
most filled to its capacity, for ship
ment, which they are anxious to have
go forward within the next three
weeks if at all possible, and any in
dividuals or communities which are
| in a. position to contribute material of
this description are urged to ship same
at once to the Near East Relief state
warehouse, care of the Topeka
Transfer and Storage company, Sixth
! and Adams street.
| TT is hoped that this advance notice
will serve the purpose of having the
different civic clubs fraternaI societies
!
yet made their annual contribution
toward this work, proceed at once to
submit the matter to their different
! bodies to the end that when the in
| tensified effort is put forth in the
actual collection of the foodstuffs a
couple of weeks from now the different
organizations may be ready to con-
tribute, as they no doubt will desire
! to do" Biby says.
| Topeka and Kansas citizens gen
orally appreciate the fact that the
Near East Relief state committee in
its work has adopted and is adhering
strictly to rule which should be en-
couraged by the people of the state
generally, and that is that the quar-
ter of a million quota which the state
committee has assumed is being
equally distributed turnout the diff
ferent cities and counties of the state
instead of loading it upon few cities
/ and counties as unfortunately was
done during the war period and a
while thereafter. And it is this wide
spreading of the quota and organiza-
ton of the efforts to collect contribu-
success which has accrued to the
work in this state the past couple of
Years, .he idea being that if all do
their part consistent with their abil-
Iity so to do a hardship will not be
worked upon anyone and at the same
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dividual part of this public response
bility.
Cost Less Than Per Cent.
Near East Relief, incorporated by
the United States congress for the
purpose Of supervising the distribu-
ton of American philanthropy among
the starving peoples of the world, has
collected and disbursed an average of
one million dollars a month for the
past sixty months at a total of over
head cost of less than five per cent,
and from the smallest among 140 in
terna tiona1 welfare organizations at
I the time of its creation by the United
States congress five years ago, it has
grown to be the largest welfare or
ganization in the world
Among the 179 orphanages which
it maintains and supports in a terri
tory 500 miles wide by 1000 miles
long is one orphanage located at Alex
andropol in Southern Russia, where in
tSe great barrack buildings formerly
used to house soldiers of the Russian
army, Near East Relief has gathered
together the largest assemblage of or
lphans ever accomplished in the his
tory of the world, more than 10000
children being cared for in this single
orphanage alone. They together with
the other hundred thousand children
whom Near East Relief is caring for
would long ago have been dead had
il not been for the charity of generous
America.
The work Of Near East Relief does
not consist of simply feeding tbs