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Show THE INDIA FAMINES. The Tiihuns has frequently said thnt the famines In India are famines of money, not of food This l fully con-Armed con-Armed by th returned medical mis-slonary mis-slonary from Portland, Ore., Dr Maud Allen. She ha been ln India for seven years, whence she has Just returned, re-turned, nnd says that It Is Idle to send food to India, because there Is never any renl dearth of grain In the country, but that It Is the rapacity ot the money-lenders that causes the distress. dis-tress. These "banyas" have the money they got a "corner" on the supplies and fix tho prices at prohlbltlvo rates. In seven years Dr Allen has seen two famines, but Itry were confined to certain cer-tain districts, the rest ot India could supply these districts with wheat, for the warehouses are full, ir the people had the money to buy It. The doctor has wondered why the American people did not know this Hut they did know It. As we sold above, we have repeatedly re-peatedly proclaimed It It was known In all the world that India was exporting export-ing wheat In shiploads at the very time that the ravages of tho famine were reported re-ported Hie worst. At the same time, it Is true that there was a real dearth of food In th districts where the famine pievalled Thore wero mighty distributions distri-butions ot fond Iiv the llrltlsh authorities, authori-ties, the starving were fed on a scale never liefore seen In any famines before, be-fore, Ir the world's history, but the food lo do this did not need to be sent to India, In-dia, there was plenty there, and If the people had had money wherewith to buy, If they could have softened the hearts of the usurers so that money could have been had, there would have been 110 lack anywhere. |