Word: harvester
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...Massachusetts State Committee toward their goal of one million dollars. The National Council has passed well beyond the fifteen million dollar mark on its way to the sum of thirty-five million dollars, which is enough to sustain the three and a half million starving children till the next harvest...
...appeals to the American people to save from starvation 3,500,000 innocent children in Europe, born into war and in no way responsible for the distressful conditions which surround their childhood. The lives of these 3,500,000 undernourished children now depend upon America until the next harvest. We can save them or we can let them die. The American conscience will not permit the closing of the door to this great mass of hungry children; it is a service the American people cannot refuse...
...however, by immed at action, relieve the pressure which is causing ruin in one part of the country. That the remedy proposed is regarded is only temporary is shown by the fact that the tariff bill would be in operation for only four or five months--till the next harvest; it would not be permanent legislation for normal times...
...already in every city and town of the United States, a committee is working to collect the funds. This is an object which Harvard men cannot pass by. One dollar given will keep a child alive for a month; ten dollars will keep a child until the next harvest. Even ten cents will be gratefully received and will help nourish one of the starving. No matter, therefore, how restricted a student may be himself, he can contribute his mite to those who need it most. When well-off fellows reflect that the price of a theatre ticket will feed...
...maximum pay has been fixed as 70 cents an hour including board and lodging. There will be no free transportation to and from the harvest field in all probability. In many places threshing will commence immediately after the harvest is completed...