To the Editor of the journ-Ciuna Datty News"
Sin,—First T want to thank you for publishing my Tetter on the Sth instant and thus bringing before the public the ease of the poor old Russian man, The response has been splendid and 1 have been able to hand over to him $80, Many of those who responded could ill afford it and 1 was very touched by some of the kind loiters T received.
Tam sure all those who sent dona tions for him will be glad to knew that their help was really practical, not just keeping him (rom starvation for a short time, but they have actually helped to re-establish him in his little exit business and he can now fo ahead and earn his own living.
It was by sheer hard work that he was able to save the $356 which was stolen from him which he had ae: cumulated by going from door to door selling eggs. Naturally this took him a very long time to acquire s und when he lost It all he had nothing with which to buy more stock, {716921,000000 metric tons as being only probable, leaving us a mere 16,069,000000 " metric tons to get Uhrough a few cold winters.
'There Chinese, Europeans and Americans have written more than 50,000 pages before they more or less nugreed! on a poor 18% thousand mil ions of tons, and here come the Japanese Tad experts, producing not jess than fifty times' that quantity and you dont even give them a If were to be the head of the next Tao expedition to survey the iron reserves of the whole of China, Twould simply take a peep at one of'H. F, Ban's publications, they seem' to be fairly correct ita {ilue too conservative, instead wasting s0 much energy to be 7e-warded only with a few tines under In arrested" vicar of an. unknown German village, for T do. not even believe that you intentionally published that report next the advertisement '9f one of the big purchasers of coal.
Do you think that coal will be Now he is happy and working again and is deeply grateful to all those who have helped him.
Herewith I acknowledge the donations received which altogether come the gratifying total of $20:—
JO$1; GAN, $10; G42; BB, $3; Anon" $%;""Anon. $1; HEA." and EMER, $53; LW, $2: JEM. $32 NAP.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.