Show DISCOURAGES PHIL Tho The charge that much of ot the money and supplies given en for tor the benefit of ot earthquake sufferers In Ita Italy I has been stolen by the persons designated to re receive ro- ro and distribute tho the bounty seems s-cc s mJ pretty well t established An Italian of or the highest honor and of ot perfect means for tor information declared declared de de- In bitter condemnation of ot his dishonest countrymen that the tho sufferers had no good reason to complain com corn plain they the they got ten per cent of 01 the money and sent them The rest had been stolen b by officials trusted to make an honest distribution Vcr Very few rew calamities calling for contributions contributions contributions con con- have escaped the thc like scan scan- I dal Even E In San Francisco mone money and food tood and clothing were stolen bythe by bythe bythe the men charged charge with tho sacred duty dut- of or making distribution distribution lon It shames I mankind when such things occur And they occur occur often There Is a certain kind of or human hyena which knows nothing of honor recognizes no sacred obligation assents to no human principle That being too low to receive Its proper designation tion always escapes tho the earthquake the tho winters winter's storm the tho swift lightning and the tho pestilence and lives Jives to rob those who suffered Buttered It discourages discourages' the race It makes men willing to close their ears cars to ap ap- peals And yet ct It If there thero Is Is' Is a calamity worse than the stealing of ot relief funds by trusted agents it would be bo that condition condition con con- of or mens men's minds whore where they would not re respond pond to tho the appeal of a 0 brother In distress Bad men must not be allowed to produce the worse condition |