Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-06-26
PLAN OF FINANCE FOR MISSISS-
IPPI ". G. 4. T..
REPORTED BY COAST CONVENTION, MAY
1st, 1886.
West Point, Mississippi

REPORTED BY COAST CONVENTION, MAY
1st, 1886.
No organization for church, State OF
social purposes can work efectually
without treasury to substantiate its
efforts. Men never otherwise attempt
any object; women cannot better afford
to do so. The necessity for placing the
w. CT. IT,, of Miss. on a solid financial
basis is manifest to every one.in its active
service. There are more than one hun
dred Unions in the State; some have not
yet become auxiliary to the State; many
have not kept their dues fully paid up.
There are large drains upon the treasury
for State work. No State officer or
Superintendent of Department has a
dollar of salary, nor would cent be
taken by any one Of them; theirs is labor
from full hearts. Hitherto much expense
of State work has been met through the
charity of well-wisers; rather, perhaps
we should say through answer to the
prayer offaith. There are Infinite per-
plexities and hinderances by reason of
the emptiness of the treasury.
In the discharge of official duties one
hundred dollars piece would be small
sume to cover expense of postage and
stationary used by each officer and
SUPERINTENDENT. The state must furnish
gratis large supplies of literature for
distribution; must pay printers bills;
must help weak Unions in their struggles
into life: must aid In the expense of local
elections and special conflicts when and
where the cry for help comes; must pay
lawyers, must defray the expenses of
Influential lecturers from abroard.
tf)nly those in Office know the emortify-
inA straits, ,erplexities, anxieties, obsta-
Gle that attend the work, and how nearly
SUI have been disgraaed by not having
on hand the cash expenses of dis
/, = 5agulshed visitor who nave come to help,
W fdsStation We know our White
lbbaners have the hanor and spFosset-
OF the cause TO much In their hearts not
to provide the remedy. We propose as
a basis for action, the accompanying
plan of finance which we cannot urge
too much upon every president and
treasurer Of local Unions to put into
operation at once.
This expresses the gearly obligations
of each member of a local Union. and
which treasurer should collect. All the
items of this schedule are included in re-
port of last State Convention, except
Worlds w. c. L. u, 10 cents and Ma
tional dues, ID cents; thereis, therefore,
but an additiondtyearly e:rpenSeS of %
cents for each member. The strongest
effort should be made by local treasurers
to collect all dues promptly at beginning
of each quarter, and members should
have pride in paying promptly. All
Honory membership fees are retrained
in the Unions for local work, which is
irrelevantly mentioned here as a word
of information;
The National Union has the same diff
fculties to meet that burden the State
There is but one paid National officer
Miss Willard gives her whole time, her
whole heart, her whole brain, without a
dollar salary, nor would she except one;
and provides for her own life by the use
of her talent as lecturer; Her heart
is always burdened with how to meet the
thousand pleas for help from every State
and Territory which pour in to her.
Personally she paid the expenses of one
department of our work in Mississippi
the past year; and only she, herself.
knows of how many more in other States.
All surplus results of her large talent
goes to Temperance; supplies de-
ficiencies in-National Treasury lore
ofcriaq from every White Ribboner of
our State; the shoulder to the wheel"
at its dead point.
Temperance in Mississippi is not only
old enough 'to stand alone now II
nancially, but we have pride in leading
in this matter. We shall ask the Union
Signal to publish the Mississippi scheme
of finance. and other States seeing may
follow on.
The Treasurer of Coast Convention is
requested to forward copy OF finance
Report to State Treasurer, Mrs. +. +.
Steele, Corinth, Miss, with request that
she forward printed copy OF same Treas
urer of each Union promptly, so that as
much result as possible may be obtained
before our State Convention in Septem-
ber
YEARLY EXPENSES.
Membership fee 90
Presidents travelling expenses .6O
District fee 10
Worlds w. c. I. L. ~
National Dues 10
Total $1.5O
This yearly amount ($l .5O) to be paid