The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-07
ny JAMES H. COLLINS.

Right on the heels OF the first Liberty
loan came the Red Cross asking Tor
500 100000 And close behind the sec
ond loan, which ran into food pledge
week, comes the Y M. {. A., asking
for $5s,ON0OO. Which seems TO show
that in war times there is something
going on all the while
Just few months ago the Y. NJ, {.
A, asked for $S.O0O0O0 and got it. So
this new campaign raises two ques
tions which the average citizen may
reasonably ask before writing out the
check for his contribution.
First--Why S35,000,0OO2 And, second
What did they do with that 5000
O0Oi
First Stationary.
Let as see IL We can answer the last
question first--perhaps the answer t.
one will be the answer TO the other
An excited salesman, tearing mp the
street the other day in New York, ran
into friend
"I have just landed big order, he
said. "Soid 5000 worth OF letter
heads to the Y. NJ c. A."
He is connected with a big ltho-
graphic concern. Both of them though.
that y pretty big order, for il will keep
the presses busy for weeks. But IT IS
only part OF the total lettcfAcad order
Of the Y. M. C. A., for in the camps
today something like one million sheets
OF letter paper are used by the soldiers
and sailors every day
One thing is fundamental about the
soldier everywhere. He likes to re-.
ceive letters, and he wants to write
home. He has mighty few facilities Tor
writing because he cannot carry paper
ard enveloDes with him. and postage
stamps would be spoiled in his pocket.
in a day, and there is no place around
an army cantonmcnt for him to write
even IL he had stationery. excent the
Y. M. G. A. tent OF building. Soldier
have written letters on the backs ot
labels soaked from beef cans, and on
the margins OF newspapers, or anv other
old scrap of paper that they could lay
their hands on So. one OF the best
examples of how the Y. NJ G. A. sepndS
money is found. in this letter writing
service for the soldier. which Is only
one OF its manv activities
Million Sheets.
A million sheets OF paper daily calls
for half a million cnvelooes and a mil
lion postage stamps. Suppose YOU got
as close a price as quarter OF cent
per sheet OF letter paper and per en-
ve'ooc. That would amount to hrtwccr
$4,000 and ss0O0 day or Sl,5O00OO
year, not counting SUNDAYS. II take
time to print all this stationery, shin
il TO the different camps Considerable
sunnIie' have to he carried ahead
Probably there Is Sl00n00 tied up in
stationery all the time Ther there are
the postage stamps From 500 70 S4Sn
worth OF postage stamps are sold daih'
in each Y NJ c. A. building alta bio
cantonment and as some M these can
tonments have from six t8~Nn separat"
buildings tic daily sales run from
5000 10 SSnno At the very reasonable
estimateoof 800 worth Of stamns sold
daily in SN y NJ. c. A. buildings
there is 100000 involved Which !,
money tied up permanently, for Uncle
Sam gives no credit on postage stamps
and several days supplies must be car,
Iied ahead.
g.. The Y NJ {. A. has whole division
devoted TO the purchase and diStribu-
tion of supplies and equipment to II
500 buildings in this country, and ar
immense floor space in Madison SQUARE
Garden. New York, has been used for
storing and serving out the stuff Earn
building or tent must have an outfi,
consisting Of nearly 100 separate item,
such as its stock Of paper, STAMPS pen
ellis, pens, postcards. pocket testament,
and other things sold or given 10 the
soldiers and also niano IA movinc