The Washington herald., 1917-12-20
SUNDAY FUND
STILL $4,000
BEHIND GOAL
Committee Urges Guaran-
tors Of $4,000 to Come
Forward with Pledges.
ny ARTHUR JOYCE.

The Washington committee In
charge of the Billy Sunday campaign
needs approximately 5000 in pledges
to complete a guarantee fund of $4,000
for the revival. 1t needs about $500
to wind UP a cash fund Of $4,000.
The difference between the guaran-
tee fund and the cash fund is that
subscribers TO the guarantee account
merely underwrite the campaign ex-
penses up to $4,000 They will prob
ably not be called on to make the
actual subscription. Billy Sunday has
campaigned in more than fifty cities
and in no instance has he called
upon his guarantors to make good
their subscriptions.
The cash fund is an out-and-out
voluntary subscription to the cam
paign committee. 1t is used to pay
current expenses Of the preliminary
campaign.
The method adopted usually by the
Sunday campaigners in connection
with the guarantee fund Is to have
sum sufficient to cover the esti-
mated expenses deposited in one Of
the big banks. In Washington. this
fund is estimated at $4,000. This
includes the cost of construction of
the tabernacle and the estimated ex-
penses OF the Sunday party during
its stay in Washington. The COM
mittee pays two-thirds Of the sal
aries Of the members OF the Sunday
party; Bill Sunday pays the rest.
The money obtained through the cash
fund subscriptions Is used for clerk
hire, printing and stationery, etc.
IN connection with the preliminary
campaign work.
When Billy Sunday starts his cam
paign, collections are taken up at
each of the meetings. These COL
lections continue until the guarantee
| fund-s5O,O0 in the case of Wash
| ington-shall have been absorbed
Then the collections cease. The
money taken in by the ushers at
! the tabernacle is turned over to the
Washington finance committee, head
ed by Byron S. Adams. and is re-
! turned back to the bank from which
1t was drawn on the strength of the
guarantees" advanced by those who
subscribed to the fund.
Guarantors' Position.
The result is. that the guarantors
merely lend the committee the use of
their names to borrow stipulated sums
and are not called on to advance
any money. The only provision at
tached to the guarantee is that. in the
event of the death Of Mr.. Sunday
while in Washington, they will be re-
sponsible for their pro rata share of
their stipulated guarantee to meet ac-
tuaI EXPENSES incurred
None Of this money" Mr.. Adams
| explained yesterday, goes to the
evangelist. He comes here without
any money guarantee of any sort. We
don't agree to pay Mr.. Sunday one
cent. He gets only what the visi-
tors at the tabernacle choose to give
hip on the very last day of the cam
paign. The general public is asked
to give Mr.. Sunday a free-will offer
ing and that's all he gets in the way
of a financial return.
I'VE are anxious to get the guaran-
tee fund and the cash fund straighten-
ed out as quickly as we can and we
suggest that those persons in Wash
ington wanting to make either a cash
donation to the campaign or to lend
the finance committee the use of their
names on which to draw for our ex-
pense account. get in touch with the
officers at Sunday headquarters. 5l4
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Building"