The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29
Want THE RED CROSS FUNDS
san FRANCISCANS HERE TO SEE
WHAT CAN BE DONE.
ES-MSyOr PheIan and NJ. II. De YOung Think
100000 10 Coming to San Francisco
Red Gross wants 20 Retain . Per.
manent Fund Conditions I'm the City.

00OOyOOO 10 Coming 20 q Francisco
Red CFoss wants 10 Retain . Per-
manent Fund~- Conditions in the City.
James ID. Phelan, ex-Mayor Of San Fran
cisco. and Michael H. de Young Of the
San Francisco Chronicle rave been in New
York for several days with an idea among
other things Of discovering what the Ma
tional Red Cross intends doing with $780, 900
more or less Of the fund contributed for
the relief Of San Francisco. They are MEM
bers Of the committee OF Ave which had
general control over the outlay Of the funds
contributed directly to San Francisco as
well as supplied through the Red Cross.
Mr.. de Young said yesterday that ex-
Mayor Phelan had received a message
from Warrington to assure him that San
Francisco would get the money which had
been turned over for no other purpose
h for the relief Of the city. However,
it was indicated that the National Red Cross
would like to reserve a part as a sort OF
contingency fund, 80 that should there
be a big fire anywhere in the United States
the Red Cross could go TO work at once.
They AVE no right to this money
said Mr.. de Young, nor had they any right
to withhold it from us from April until
November Of last year az they did. Last
September at their regular meeting they
we're going to decide TO turn it over to us,
but Mr.. Taft was away from Washington
and that wasn't done, They did get
together the next month. however. and
informed us hat II we made out a monthly
budget OF our expenses they would a
it and send us some money.
in each case with the monthly budget
h. IA RtNAl ~aNN Ia H0VKra Inr
the rehabilitation OF hospitals and charities
maintained by religious associations and
then divided the sum which remained
exactly in half. The half was what we got
from Washington each month.
They simply made il q point that their
money was to he devote | to direct relief
OF individuals. They did not want it spent
Tor institutions. However, as IL was not
their money at all they really had no right
to make conditions OF any sort. They
gave III half OF what was left after they
made their deduction because they figured
out that we had enough coming to us from
other sources to get along. In obedience
to their wishes. so that they would not
hold up our money, we did not spend the
sums they sent on any OF the so-called
forbidden objects.
But we did spend Our other money in
that way. 1t required a lot Of bookkeeping,
but we did it. Whenever there was a case
OF a church hospital in damaged condition
OF OF n CnuTCn cHaTlty neeullR luuuS lllcy
were helped out by the COMMITTEES not.
OF course, through Red Cross money"
Mr.. De Young said that at this time there
were in San Francisco only 585 persons
who we're being supported by the city
absolutely. They We're persons whose
places Of business or homes were wiped
out by the fire and who were unable TO do
any work. Mr.. De Young said that the
rehabilitation committee had set up in
business 1900 persons whose vocations
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a sort Of card index system Of investigation.
The applicant stated the nature of his
business, naming the number Of the street
where he had his shop or the persons for
whom he worked. They were seen by the
investigators and they reported as TO the
ACCESSIBILITY of starting up the person
mentioned in business.
This work was done by a special COM
mittee, the money chiefly employed being
that sent by the New York Chamber OF
Commerce.
Mr.. De Young took a very rosy view
OF affairs In San Francisco. The labor
strike he explained away with a wave OF
the hand. He said that a lot OF the big
stores had entered into contracts for new
buildings that would cost altogether sos
600 900. They had two and three year
leases on the ground they occupied at
present, which was not in the regular
shopping district and retail precinct. They
were in no hurry for their new buildings
and for that reason there was little actual
construction work being done. They didn't
want it done, he said.
AS for the buildings actually held up,
that is because they cant get the steel
construction necessary. That is the same
case right here in the East > said Mr.. De
Young, 80 that there is no reason to point
out San Francisco especially. Further
more, suppose that wages have doubled
from 50 to 100 per cent. just because the
labor unions nave their grip on the city,
aren't the workmen spending it all in the
stores? 1t is making business for the San
Francisco merchants, which Is better than
il was before the fire. Every one is making
money. the city Is nearly rebuilt and every
thing is on the DOOM