The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-19
Salvation Army Congress.
Seven Hundred Delegates Who Will
Go to London Next June Have Been
Hoarding Their Pennies for Ten
Years to Meet Expenses of Trip

procured transportation to China for
him."
All the second class accommodate ion
on the Olympic and part Of the third
has been preempted for the trip. And
II Is in no sense "junket." 1t rep
resents for the delegates years Of effort.
self-denial and extremely hard work.
They are not travelling at the expense
Of the organization. There Is no avail
able money in the treasury for such a
purpose. Practically all the delegates
are paying their own expenses.
Two hundred dollars per delegate il
the modest estimate Of the cost Of the
journey. Some Of these have been saw.
ing their odd pennies for ten years 40
as to be financially able to attend the
conference
1T is asserted in some quarters I
understand" said Col. William Peart.
chief secretary Of the Salvation Army
in the United States. that our people
show undue extravaganza In making
this journey. But IL you will analyze It
gance it represents the most touching
self-sacrifice and devotion. The dele.
gates who are going to London expect
to acquire a sort of a post graduate
education in Salvation Army warfare.
In order to do this they have denied
themselves. in some instances at least,
the very necessaries OF life
I'm many cases the 5000 will rep
resent ten years OF careful saving
This means $50 q year. or about 40
cents a week, not much surely to spend
in pleasure. As none Of our people
smoke or attend theatres It might be
said that they are entitled to this pleas
ure, which comes at most only once in
ten years"
Many and diverse methods have been
| adopted to raise the necessary money
| to equip the delegates for the journey.
Some have spent their evenings SELL
ing fountain pens taking orders for
books or assisting some lively insurance
| agent in his work of seeking risks"
for his company. For this they have
received compensation and the money
has been set aside for the purpose Of
defraying the expenses OF the trip.
| Others have raised the cash by SELL
ing tea. The Salvation Army, it might
be said has two seats on the Tea FIX
change in London and has managed In
this industry to get "in on the ground
floor" This project was successfully
engineered by Commissioner Booth
Tucker who has spent the greater part
of his life in India.
Lleut.-Col. Jenkins. who directs the
trade department. is in charge Of the
Army's tea depot in this country. The
delegates who have made their fare to
the congress by selling tea have sue
ceeded largely because Of the advice
given by the Colonel.
I'VE went into the tea business be-
cause We have SO many homes and
institutions throughout the world" said
Col. Jenkins. Consumption Of this
beverage in these establishments IL In
the aggregate enormous. We rather
encourage tea drinking because there
Is little OF the irritant about 1t and we
find In our establishments where former
drunkards are taken care OF that tea
drinking Is less harmful than other
table beverages"
Buying direct. the Salvation Army Is
able to successfully compete with mer-
chants everywhere. But it confines its
sales almost entirely to its own MEM
bers. These. for the past year or So
have been especially urged to drink
tea and the result il a surprising in
crease In consumption OF what the Bos-
tonans threw overheard.
Then small commission IL allowed
on sales OF Salvation Army publica-
tons over and above certain quantity
The prospect Of attending the congress
has stimulated the efforts OF the pros
pectiNe delegates to a marvellous de-
gree. In spite OF financial depression
and commercial inactivity. they have
added greatly to their sales and In this
way have been enabled to save money
FOR the big religious event