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Show I WHERE MEN AND WOMEN STARVE In the twentieth century there I should be no starving. :n an;, part of L i he world. Nations are closely brought together by the transportation fae ili ! lies of modern days and. where hun j ger appears among large numbers of i people, means should be available tbj afford succor. W hile this coufttrj is enjoying har-j I vests so large thai prices of farm prod- ' ucts arc dropping HpIovv the average price of other commodiiie-, fhe press dispatches tell of entire districts alone; the Grand canal in China where there is famine. 'Men arc selling their i lothes to ward off hunger for a week and in many communities death stalks. There should be some international means of proteciing great masses of people from starvation. The credit of many nations should be made opera ; tive so that in time of crop failure assistance as-sistance could be rendered and then j ihe money spent be returned in sea-1 6ons of plenty. Something of this kind would help balance ihe world end keep civilization free from the dreadful dread-ful extremes which have brought the inequalities of great wealth and dlr? distress. It is almosy beyond our power to dualize the poverty of whole regions in China where at best there is none too much, and an unfavorable harvest brings the wolf of hunger to every door. a Too many Chinese are forced to exist ex-ist in a comparatively small 'area. There 1? no elbow room for tire mil lions and adversity brings famine, pes tilence and deal About the cheapest animal in China is man. and. with the exception of a few, the common folk eke out a raiser able existence , To be born a pla.ln Chinaman in China is to be fated to struggle against poverty |