Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-06
RELIEF FUND FOR wRokIse
MEN SUGGESTED HERE

Mexico, Mo, Oct 2sth. 1915.
r. NJ. White and L NJ. White.
Editors
/, Dear sirs:
Through your valuable paper | war
to write what has been upon my min
for the last few DAYS.
The other night ! had been dream
ing about the hospital at Mexico.
and when l awoke this vas on my
mind. Cant we have a relief fund for
the benefit of the poor tailoring
class of people7
It impressed my mind like this;
Suppose I would have to undergo an
Operation; what would L do? Could
expect to have the same care in nurs
ing and the best OF skilled doctors to
perform the operation as a man
would have that had the ready cash
to pay when the work was done7
may. verify.
And then the answer came TO me
Eyes"
So the plan came 10 me like this.
Let the poor class Of people organize
what you might call a Mexico Re
lief Fund Association, with a Presi-
dent. Secretary and Treasurer. each
officer 70 draw a small salary by fun
shing bond. Each porson who ma,
want TO become a member shall moi
be sick o crippled at the time he OF
she may desire membership. The
membership to be Is or 6oc as the az
sociation might deem best and the
same amount each month thereafter.
II a member fails to pay his month
y dues, he or she shall not hav,
the benefit Of the association fund
until be or she has fully paid up.
You see, We pay so much a month
on our Hfe insurance that is for dealt
benefit. but this viii benefit US while
We live and possibly proIong our i've
10 some extent, here.
Suppose there are one thousand per.
sons whowiH become members Of This
Relief Fund Association by paying
soc, There Is $4,000 10 start with,
six thousand dollars a year. Nov
how would it benefit the poor? II
comes to mo this way. Every mem
Der of the relief fund association or
his wife as children who are in good
standing may be 80 unfortunate as
TO have 10 be operated on shall have
their expenses paid out of the treas.
ury Of the Relief Fund. Yon see, v
cant tell how soon you or ! or some
Of u families will have to undergo
an operation and If the money is in
the treasury for that purpose you
will have the same attention at the
Hospital as a rich man, because the
doctor knows he win get his money.
don't you see?
Or course, II the membership gets
strong enough. then the members
ran cease paying their monthly dues
for a period.
O course, any one can become a
member that wants 10. rich or poor.
But am making an appeal to the
poor laboring class who need the ben
eft of this fund.
The weil-to-do don't especially need
It because they have the ready cash
in a a $ Of that kind and the poor
haven't.
The time has come when We have
to do something. We all can pay %
or 50r a month into something like
this that will benefit u.s.. and not on.
ly our " individual selves, but our
and children when We are gone.
Come. laboring friends. let us take
our money that We buy booze with
and put ii in something that will
MS some good now and in time to
You help me aud I will help
you.
Dear editors, this may find its last
'esting place in your waste basket.
You most generally get what you'll
% after, 70 10 you think this is
Worth noticing. please kindly men.
in your valuable pspperI
Respectfully submitted,
c. s. DUTY.
Rouhe 7. MEXICO. Mo.