New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-01
4 PEu4PEIBLE RECORD.

Tho work of The Tribune Coal and Food
Fund has been closed after twelve weeks vi
most effective and successful operation. The
first appeal was made on the last DAY Oh 'he
old voor and generous and sympathetic support
was received from the outset. The maj report
which is published in another column SHOWS
that the receipts have been S2l,o3G ~. Ibis Is
n record Of public beneiccncc which me ltd
mes circle of readers may reasonably reSaru
with gratitude and honest pride. IL Is large
amount of money to be collected III so SNORT
time for public charity. The result does HOT
sunrise The Tribune which has recorded year
after wear the wonderful work or the fresil-a'l
Fund. that most popular as well as useIul vi
public charities The public, to when the irs'
anpcal was addressed. had the assurance 'hat
the same methods which had been employer
in the successful midsummer work would DC
repcatcd in the midwintcr emergency. lhat
suficod 70 secure an immediate and generous
rcsnonsc The public understood the methodS
and heartily approved Of them
The certificate of the auditors representing
those who have cO-opcratcd with Inc irioune
In its winter and summer RELIEF WORK SHOWS
that the pledge made to the puDhc mas peen
redeemed With the exception OF Il smaii p''i-
oncc which Is turned over to the fresn-Air
Fund the receipts have been applied direcu!
70 the relief Of the suffering poor. NO EXPENSES
have been charged against the fund except
those involved by the actual cost OF coal anu
food and other direct methods OF rcicl. All
incidental expenses. such rs transportation oi
sunnles the managers salary, clerical hlre' c'c''
have been met privately by the group OF gentle
mon who have been cooperating win Inc
Tr;buno in this work OF mercy. Every dollar
contributed has been used in actual rellcf worh.
Under these conditions the results nave oech
most remarkable As many as 13,1W5 families
bovo hocn assisted Coal has been delivered 10
2o3 families and T., 1G7 families have received
ai,113 nounds Of provisions The magnitude
If those results can hardly fail to surprise even
readers of The Tribune, who have read from
day to day the accounts puplisheu vi 'he op'i"
tion of the Coal and Food Fund
While this exhibit Of the thoroughncss' GIL
cicncy and economy with which the fthd ior
winter relief has been conducted by the man
orer. the Rev Willard Parsons, inspires IL leei-
inc, Of gratitude that The Tribune, with the alu
of IFS generous readers and the agents OF nearly
all the established charities OF the city, mas pceh
able TO accomplish so great work III Il season
of dire necessity we cannot refrain from laylnE
stress upon the utility Of the methods. In VIII
for as in summer The Tribune in its rcllef
worl, has demonstrated how large measure "i
popular support can be secured when the pubic
rocoivos tho assurance that every penny OF
ovcrv dollar will 90 directly to charity. ms
Is at once most philanthropic and most
| nroctical age Never were men and women
more generous in their impulses; and never nave
they been more painstaking, systematic ana
careful in bcstowng charity. They are very
ouick and liberal in responding to appeals wheh
they have guarantees that their money VIII not
hc wasted that the machinery of organization
will not absorb large portion OF the pcheh-
ccnce of the public. and that thorough methods
| of investigation will accompany RELIEF WORK.