The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-08-29
NATIONAL COMMITTEES APP
PEAL,
The National Committee has issu,

The National Committee has issued
the following letter:
Tit effort to secure a regular income fo1
organizing work has met with a generous
response. Before our proposition was put
in type the intimation OF our purpose
brought two liberal pledges, one for 500 per
month for twenty-four months. and one for
$40 per month for seventeen months.
These, with q number OF smaller pledges,
make an excellent beginning. The impor-
lance of this undertaking cannot be over
estimated. 1t ought to reach speedy sue
, cess. To organize our party and put it
, upon a basis of s~elf-supporting operations
in the new and unorganized States is neither
a small nor unimportant matter. Nor will
the benefit Of such work be confined to these
States alone.
Growth anywhere stimulates everywhere,
and progress in the South will be especially
helpful in the North.
AS soon as this fund is assured, it is our
purpose to commenCc an energetic organic
Ing campaign upon substantially the fol-
lowing plan: Take, for example, North Car
DINA, a State that would come early upon
our list.
We propose, in corporation with our
workers in that State, to arrange and widely
advertise a series OF Congressional confer
ences, each conference to cover two oven
1ngs and one day, the evenings being
utilized for mass meetings, while the day
sessions are devoted to practical discussion
OF plans OF work, including organizing,
finance, and literature.
So far as possible these Congressional con-
ferences will be attended by the Chairman
OF this committee. and all OF them either
by the Chairman or some representative Of
the National Committee. No effort will be
spared to make them thoroughly practical
In their character, so as to leave behind
them, not only enthusiasm, but clear-cut
and efini plans for continuous and ag-
gressive work.
The series of Congressional conferences
will eliminate with a State conference, de-
signed to bring all the more active workers
together, to organize or r~eorganize II neces-
sary the State Committee, who should select
a State organizer, decide upon a plan Of
finance and of complete county organization,
and provide In connection with the National
Committee for u continuous prosecution OF
the work throughout the entire State.
Unless this work can be persistently fol-
lowed up 1t is useless to commence 1t. In q
number Of the States the work must be lone
under the direction OF the National Com
mittec, partly, at least, at our expense, and
must be continued until such time as the
State organization has reached a s~elf-sus-
tanning basis.
To do this we need a reliable revenue.
Even with q liberal amount in the treas
ury we cannot enter upon such an UNDER
taking, uncertain as to our ability to con-
SAA eSy - o. III Ia
reached.
With a reliable monthly income we can
accomplish the desired end. Let every one
who want the work don come promptly to
our assistance. This is a personal and ur-
gent appeal to every reader. 1t is to you,
not to your %neighbor.
II you cannot contribute 500 per month,
give less, but give something. Remember
we are seeking to secure 1900 per month
for seventeen months. Remember, also,
that every pledge is conditioned upon reach
ing not less than 81 200 per month.
We ask no man to give unless we can as
sure him that his contribution helps to make
the effort o success.
Here are the points:
l.. We ask pledges Of monthly payments
from August, 1890, to December, 1891, in
elusive.
2. No pledge is binding unless we secure
$1,000 per month.
3. We request all contributors, especially
those who are business men, to permit us to
draw upon them monthly. We do not in
sist upon this, contenting ourselves with the
suggestion, and leaving each contributor to
decide upon his own method OF. payment.
4. We are extremely anxious to reach sue
cess quickly, and trust that without wait
ing for a more personal appeal all who can
assist will give us immediate assurance Of
their support. Respectfully,
SAMUEL DICKIE, Chairman,
80 East Fourteenth street, New York.