The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-16
MISSION MONEY
HARD TO SECURE
LARGER INTEREST ON PART OF
LAYMEN SHOWS NO EFFECT
ON FINAN cEs.

New York, April lG.-Men whose life
work is inducing others to give money
to Christian missions and benevolence
continue in their assertions, made a
y ear ago. repeated four or five months
ago, that difficulties about inducing
men and women 10 give are greater
than they have been for years. They
assert that as much effort has now 10
| he expended to raise $4,000 as for
merly brought in three or four times
that amount. In other words. the ex-
pense of money raising for beneyolencc
has advanced along with the cost of
living.
There are men, the financiers Of
well known christian enterprises. who
induce others 10 give 500. 900 to $500.
coo year There are many moro who
succeed in getting in $4,000 to $780,
600 year There has come to ne
profession Of sucs nlen-there are no
women in it AS Set. But nearly all OF
them are away behind their records in
amounts secured, The few that are
not onfess to exceptional luck or say
they have worked harder than ever IN
their lives, and expended far larger
proportions OF receipts upon the effort
Asked their eXplanat ton OF this con.
dition of affairs these men profess To
he unable TO give any. They say there
are flush times and dull ones. when
people are ready TO give and when
they are not Why there should be
they confess inability 10 tell. Al the
moment none are found who think
they see any Improvement ahead.
Finances Of Four Great Boards.
Prcsbytcrians. Raptists ard Metho-
dists have the largest missionary socie-
ties in America, and the Methodist for
cign is the largest in he world in point
OF receipts. Presbyterian home and
foreign. and Baptist home have just
announced their financial figures for
last year, and the Methodist foreign
has made up and announced it's re-
ceipts for presentation to the general
conference at Minneapolis. These are
four of the seven large societies clos
ing their financial book this spring. and
all four admit they see no appreclable
increase in receipts because OF sup
posed larger interest I'm missions on the |
part Of laymen.
The Methodist foreign falls off $s3,- |
600 IN receipts TO it's general fund, al
though IL gains in its total receipts be-
cause of special gifts. The Baptist |
home actually falls into larger debt |
The Methodist board shows for the |
four years since the last general con-
ference, receipts Of S5,65S, PSI, a great |
growth in total. and a growth in regu-
lar Gifts in all of the four years. save
last year The Baptist home took on
q debt of $4,000 a year ago. and this
year adds $4,000 to IT,
The Presbyterian board Of foreign
missions, Just closing it's book, is cele-
lratlng its seventy-ffth anniversary
this year. Its receipts exceed 1880
900. In 1897, its first year its receipts
were $4,000. More of this large amount
received last year came from the Ken
nedy legacy. There has been used dur
ing the year $3.50. 900 Of that legacy, but
u is n separate account. OF the re-
ceipts last year. which are far ahead
of any previous year. $4,000 came
from legacies. a gain of $4,000 over
ordinary years, and 5000 900 from the
women, raised chieny as result of
the womens jubilee. Presbyterian
women took over from their official