Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-28
A Dividend in Cash.
Plan of Relief for the Flood
Sufferers.
THE MONEY Is WHAT Is NEEDED

Stacks OF Things That Are Of No Use
Going Into the Stricken vallsy-The
Relief Committees Plan Presented for
Approval or Rejection-A New Census
Under Way-More Bodies Found and
One Identified.
PITrsBURa, Pa, June ga letter signed
by James McMillen, chairman. and Cyrus
Elder, secretary, of the Johnstown finance
committee, has been addressed to all COM
mittees holding funds for the relief Of suffer
ers by the flood in the Conemaugh valley.
The Money To BE Divided.
The letter states that the community needs
everything which the prompt and wise use of
the funds so generously contributed can alone
supply, and urges that the proper way to re-
lieve is to place the money in the hands Of
the individual members Of the community,
with which they can supply their needs. This
step has been determined upon only after
waiting as long as the committee could for
the committees throughout tho country to
indicate what steps they intend taking, which
thus far they have failed to do.
Had to Adopt Some Plan.
The finance committee has been Obliged to
adopt plan for using its own pittancs, and
will soon have an accurate registration of all
survivors and will divide its money among
them. This amount to be distributed is
small, but win enliven the recipients with
hope that the larger amount will soon be
available by which they can re-establish
themselves in their wrecked homes and lost
employments.
Why the Step Was Taken.
We are making all the arrangements here
that We can make to curtail the free distribu-
ton of suppliesof all sorts-says the commit
tee-in order to check two large evils: First,
waste of money contributed by the nation.
Immense amounts of valuable material ore
coming here, the very things that are not
needed, white the things that are needed the
people are absolutely suffering for. Second,
| to check the demoralizing effect upon the
manhood of our inhabitants. Those who were
good men before the flood are becoming de-
| moralized and upset by the fact that they find
they can live without work. Nor must they
| BE- blamed after what they have gone through;
| it is only human nature. Nevertheless. it is
something to be quickly checked.
Twenty Thousand People in Want.
No committee, however perfect, can salts
| factorily and wisely meet the wants of al
least 00OO people when each of the 2D,0O0 has
different wants. Granted that the nation has
contributed say Sl,O0O,oOO. the quicker that
| money reaches thu sufferers the more of il
/ they wi get. 1t costs money to take care OF
| the organization which distributes. The more
quickly this organization effects its purpose
the greater the percentage of this assumed
| Sl,OO0UO Will reach its proper channel
| An Appeal for Prompt n elton.
| We strongly urge you to consider the plan
we lay before you, and we would beg OF you
| unless you can suggest something bett er to
| at once come TO our aid with your funds. Do
not wait longer on the proposed action of
some one else, but act at once, and for your.
| self. If you do not approve of our plan we
| stand ready to change or amend It. We stand
ready to do anything that will quickly bridge
over the s1ffsriRgs Of this community.
| Send on Your Representative.
We urge you to send your funds here for
| local distribution, AMI to send wi III IL some
| trustworthy representative whom we will add
| to our committee, giving him full power to
speak for the fund you contribute. We urge
| you to send some one prepared to stay with us
| at least sixty days; il not a volunteer, then
some one whom you can employ and pay for
| his services. We may add that our plan has
been submitted to full meeting of the citi.
zens, and has met with their unqualified and
unanimous approval. Please let us hear from
you quickly.
Making Another Registration.
JoHNsrowN, Pa, June 2s-The finance
committee registration for the distribution
of the relief fund of $3.50. 600 began yesterday
in all the wards and districts OF the valley
Ten thousand persons registered for relief
The bureau OF inquiry began to-day an in
vestigation which win be thorough and per.
manent 1t 10 for the purpose Of ascertainine
the number of lives lost and she number oil
survivors in each family and .he value of al
property lost in each family. This is neces
sary that a just and proper distribution Of
the relief money can be made
Five More Corpses Found.
There were five bodies found yesterday
John d. Rose, supposed to have been lost
from the day express, was identified Hi,