The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-09-20
ruB SALVATION ARMY



the Organization.
NJ man in EulIAud j. rising more
ra idly IN pubic estimation than Gen.
a IN. Booth tue h,ad nf the S ovation
Army N man bus been better abuseu
the most ~ wrIfu pa P. in Eng sid
headed by b. l. on Times useil--ha,
den unced hi his me.h ds an hi.
associates unspsrngly md unces.inply
The diRnltaries Of the E-tsb ished Church
have sssai ed hun with virulcnce quite
remark kable in such exalted and eminently
respectable per,ouaRes, md even centifc
mel like Huxley have ined in the clamur
gainst man wbOse chief off-nse seems to
b. that he chooses to DO IN immense m unit
of good in very noisy and sensations
way. Unshaken by this torrent of personal
decrisl he has gone on his way constantly
extending t e Fl ~ uselu ness his
remarkable organization, winning sue cess
in every effort, and producing most aston.
ishing results in retaining the fallen
reforming the vicious, and elevaiing the
debas- d. There can he no sort f duubr
that the Salvation Army is doing more real
good among the poor people England
than AL the other church agencies com
bned. This the people of England see
so clearly with their own eyes that the
virulent assaults Of the ristocratic church.
men and their coniederates fall harmless.
Ooe of the most powerful of these rs
sauts was the charge that Booth was en-
richirg himself family, and intimate as
s1ciates cut of the stream of money poured
into the Golfers of the Salvation Army,
after the publication of Booths sensational
but only loo true book, "In Darkest Eng
land" The churchmen tad substan ial
grievance to en- bitter them this subject,
for large portion tf the millions Of dollars
contributed by chHri sbe people had pre-.
viously been sent to them for expenditure
The reaction is setting in, and General
Booth is finding plel ty of defenders among
he educated and wealthy. Careful inves-
cations have been made of the Salvation
Army's business methods by expert ac-
countants, not at al friendly TO it, an1
their verdict is that there is not railway
back, or factory in England which Keeps
its acc, unts more rgidy and clearly than
the Salvation Army. General Booth re-
ceives no salary whatever from the Saliva
to Army His living is proyid for b
a md contributed by some friends, and he
only draws from the Salvation Army
r ssury funds for travelling in the plsnest
possible Style Every shilling G so drawn i.
car fully covered by vouchers, checked and
rscheCked some iou- or five times by in
dependent bureaus. AL the letters ad
| dressed to him-except the few marked
/ "strictly persoua"-are opened by the
Army's clerks. Every contribution goe
through the same mill. and is checked and
eounterchecked, beyond The faint st chance
of misappropriaton. The only member ot
the Booth family who receives salary il
Bramwell Booth, who gets 81 600 year
and a small bou.e. Business men familiar
with him say that he has abilities which
would justify any considerable firm in
paving him $40 600 a year.
The Var Cry, the official organ of the
Salvation Army, and edited by the Booths
pays profit of $50 600 year, and the sale
ot In Darkest England" has already re.
turned profit OF $4,000 all of which is
turned into the general fund. The Farm
Culouy," which was started in 1891 hs,
already cost about S400 000 the City
Colony" 100000 and Sl25 coo has beer
set aside Tor establishing the "Over-the Sef
Colony" Though these experimen have
but recently been begun, they have haC
enough success to encourage the projectors