The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-05-31
FAMINE FUND WORK
AT HALFWAY MARK
Thomas W. Lamont, Chairman,
Tells of Relief Administered
and Task to Be Completed.

The American Committee for Chine
Famine Fund, according to II 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 tho
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 J.OO0,000' through to the June
harvest as has already been sent.
Mr.. Lamont points out that quick
response by America to appeals made
by President Harding and his Lrede-
cessor, President Wilson. has resulted
IN such prompt distribution OF relief
that the threatened magnitude OF the
famine has been checked to marked
extent. continuation of the efforts
80 far made, 1t is declared will place
the famine relief for China among
Amcrica's most effective philnnthro-
pies.
The Waiting Millions
There remain. however, the state.
ment shows, "last 100000" to be
saved, and these people can be saved
only by continuous and volumin0us re-
lief resulting from American s,bscrip.
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-
nnce that the subscriptions from gen
crous America already have served
great humanitarian purpose. iliasmucl:
Gs relief already administered has held
the famine in bounds and made it pos.
Siblc for America to save multitude
OF human beings.
whereas early estimates made 1t
seem that milliSns must perish, we
now are advised that instead Of the
15,C00,000 who, 1t was originally fear
cd, were doomed to death from hunger.
relief at present I'm sight from all
sources, American, Chinese and for
eign, Is sufficient to provide scanty IA.
tions until the June harvest for all cx-
ccpt 100000 people. These last
5,00O,OG0' are destitute, according to
our latest reports from the American
Advisory Committee in Peking and are
dependent for existence upon new
help coming from outside sources, and !
this means America.
From All the People
"lt is the earnest hope Of tho Com.
mittee that the number OF contrlbu-
tions made as we'll as the aggregate
will be such as to make our humanita- |
rlan gift, In a real sense, n gift OF the
American people as whole.
zone way to make individual effort
and generosity contribute toward saw
ing Cltinas starving population Is for
every one responsive to Chinns
need, IN effect, to pick q pal
IN China for a 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, figurativcly, Chi |
ncSe famine victim rs Il friend for n
day and to send what they spend one
day on themselves or an American
friend to the China Famine Fund ci
thei through local committees, banks
or churches or direct to Vernon Mum
City.
NO american Is so poor that he
cannot save n life ut the lowest rate
aNcr quoted, one dollar month. Lifc's
quotations fluctuatc, 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 awayG.000 miles
hut hunger IS hunger, whether around
the corner or beyond the Pacific.
ave appeal to America to make ef-
fective the work already done In
checking the China famine disaster by
saving until harvest those already