The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-17
INIIED CHARITIES
MAKING An APPEAL
,,z,tion Finds Itself In Need OF
assistance to Carry on Work
At IT should be Done
Here.
WANT MORE MEMBERS
n,-.otors Believe That orsarization
Has Shown Its Economic Value
to Community and That
Help viii Come.

rho United Charities is meeting
..;s;s in its history Beginning It's
e ca.;Eities a wear ago last February, It
met with the hearty approval and CO.
oneration of many of our citizens. us
man Of work, so practical and SO eco.
nomical, has appealed to the GOOD
sense of business men and women
Who have shown their interest IN the
organization by their contributions
and their good will.
Pe,iayine that the time had arrived
whom concerted action was advisable
IN The giving of relief and the up
building of character and having In
mind the most economical distribution
nj charity. the United Charities came
into existence not as new char1t-
ohio organization but rather as a
clearing house for all charitable or
ganizations and charitable individuals
IN our CITY. It's aim was not to usurp
any of the privileges or prerogatives
Of any existing body, but rather to
coordinate the benevolent forces of
our community and thus prevent over
lapping in the distribution of charity
and to aid through its workers In the
prevention of waste and the driving
out of our community the fraudulent
teggars and mendicants.
secretary was engaged and at the
expiration OF his term of engagement
last February was re-engaged for an
other year as his work had been emf
nenty satisfactory in every respect.
/
Retrenchment IL Necessary.
At the time of our organization the
tty commissioners engaged the SER
vices Of our secretary as an official of
the health department. thus enabling
| the board OF directors Of the United
Charities to finance the organization
without the need OF general appeal
to our citizens. Because OF this help
from the city, the budget Of expense.
was small and continues so to be and
was easily provided for by al OF
our philanthropic citizens. re-
Gently the finances of the city ..,eo-
knk, as is well known to our clIizens,
have come to such state that the
council found 1t necessary in their
judgment to discharge a number of
officials, among them the secretary OF
the United Charities, who was serv-
ing as health officer. This discharge
was not caused by any friction or feel
ing on the part of the commissioners
mat the work of our secretary was
lnef'lclent or not useful. rather did
they commend his work and would
undoubtedly have continued him in
once # the financial condition of the
city would have justified it. The cut
Ii0o Off 0f tt1i, ~ % Ior 80
me secretary has placed upon the
beard OF directors of the United Char
l,les the necessity of an appeal to our
.luzens to more generally support
viii Appeal to People.
we nave not in the past made any
general appeal to the large mass Of
our people, as we did not find 1t
necessary. But we believe that the
Noik mas proved of such value to our
community that no citizen will be-
drudge small contribution for its
maintenance. At the last meeting OF
lle board of directors the decision
was arrived at to make plain state
neht OF our purposes and needs to
our fellow citizens with the hope that
We would secure at least one thou
sanu members of our organization at
nominal fee of s1.00 per year
IN series of short articles to be
ppuohshed in this paper from day to
.as' through the courtesy of the edi-
VI inc work of our organization will
" plainly indicated to those who
.aie 10 see what we are attempting
~ accomplish and what we have done
~ tne past. We believe that citizens
..duing these articles and under
standing the work of the United