Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-03-16
PAYING ALLIANCE DUES.
How . Jealous PrehtbAtion Worker
Gets Them without Asllng.


How . Jealous Prohth1t10n WORKER
=, Gets Them without Asdag.
As I seek to answer the question.
How collect Alliance Dues" there
come to my mind other questions. such
rs "why" and when" and where" do
collect Alliance dues7 And the ques-
lions must all be answered in telling
how I collect dues.
First comes the question Of why" I
collect dues. In this great reform. the
prohibition Of the licensed liquor traf-
DC. the problem Of finance is q very
important factor. and MS the work pro
crosses this feature becomes the more
important. Speakers are to be sent
out, literature distributed and cam
paigns inaugurated and carried to a
successful close. and these things can
not be done without money. One Of the
best ways to keep people interested In
any cause and induce them to give WILL
ingly and generously to its needs is to
keep them well informed on the sub.
5ect. especially when 1t accomplishes as
much aud has as hopeful an outlook as
has the Prohibition Alliance. Being
Intensely interested In the work. nat
urally read all the Prohibition news
and SO am prepared to give items Of In
terest and encouragement to members
Of whom collect dues. 1t is also a
habit with me to save clippings Of Pro-
hibition Victories and encouraging
events and show them to Alliance
members and to others who think
have not read them. People generally
do not like to lend their support and
give of their mems when they do not
feel sure that the project to which
they give Is accomplishing that for
which 1t was intended. go when l ap-
proach an Alliance member with the
Intention of collecting dues make sure
to present to him the encouraging side
Of the work. Suppose l meet men,
be- Of the Alliance and say: Cant
yol pay your dues today7 We are
needing money badly. The saloon men
have gained another victory in one
place and routed the temperance peo-
pla in another place. and it looks like
they Will go, the best Of us all around
II We don't do more to help the work. -
How will that person feel? He will
feel like it is Of no use to give and give
month after month when he hears of
no visible good being done and nothing
important accomplished.
But suppose when meet that man l
say: Look here, will you? Just read
this! More than half of Texas under
Prohibition and counties going dry all
the time. State dispensary movement
Is defeated in Florida. Liquor dealers
press greatly concerned over the rapid
spread Of Prohibition sentiment. Many
Prohibition officers elected. tell you,
the question is coming to the front, and
the Alliance Is going to be one of the
most important factors in the work for
Prohibition"
Greeted thus. the Alliance member
will likely say: Good! By the way,
how about my dues? Better pay, l
guess. And, say, l might take few
more shares. Wish could do better"
And he goes off feeling that something
is being done and that he's helping to
do it.
With regard to when and where
to collect dues. would say that keep
myself in readiness to collect or receive
dues at any time and in my pocket q
liof NJ A Alltoy,co ,,,ov, i,oru opd n roonrd
Of dues.
For this purpose l use small book
about 21a by 4 inches in size. conven'
lent for the vest pocket In this write
the names of the Alliance members, In.
dex fashion, setting apart two leaves
for each letter Of the alphabet. Then !
rule the page 80 az to have fourteen
square spaces after each name. In the
first space write the kind Of member
ship. the second the number Of shares
subscribed for. and the other twelve are
left for the record Of monthly pay
ments. This makes handy, simple
and accurate record. which may be cur
eied without trouble and from which
can tell in moment Just how any
member stands with regard to dues. II
q member wishes to pay he may hand
me the money, and 1t is recorded in q
moment in his presence. with no possi
bility Of mistake or forgetting about
It. Besides this small book I keep a,
home large one. similarly ruled, into
which copy all payments on the firsl
Of the month.
In sending the dues to headquarters
make 1t point to send same on or be
fore the 10th Of the month that they
may arrive before the rush which usu
ally comes at the close OF the month.
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