Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-28

The chairman OF the board of trustees
who has In charge the disbursement
OF the fund advised he did not believe
the shrinkage would exceed 500 900
They look for little or no shrinkage
In the factories, because the factory
managers have agreed that when an
employe sewers his connection with
the plant his successor will be induced
to take over the pledge
Funds VIII Be Disbursed.
"A committee of Is has been appoint
ed TO act as trustees Of the fund. This
BOARD OF trustees are representative of
the commercial. industrial and SOCIAL
life OF the city and incorporates men
who probably can handle every inf
ence In the city The trustees are
pledged to carry out the statements
presented in the newspapers during
The campaign, to the effect that all
/ charities endorsed and recognized by
the United States government. would
have the attention OF the trustees
Ihey advise that over two hundred
charitable organizations have been
recognized by the government and they
expect the demands upon them to be
! very great. 1t Is understood that
kenosha is a town largely made up of
foreigners. and charitable assistance
will have to be given to every country
1 in Europe suffering as a cause of the
/ war
''They have not barred fraternal or
CARNATIONS in any way Any of them
who are raising funds to care for their
brothers at the front will receive con-
sideration from the board of trustees.
THE cost of the campaign was
( pledged in the beginning not to ex-
coed one per cent of the total amount
raised. This the trustees advise is en-
tirely inadequate. as the cost of the
campaign was S12,500, and that its
maintenance will be around $4,000 to
$500 a year. They have estimated
their total cost around two per cent
of the total amount raised.
"In making disbursements the board
! of trustees has estimated that for
every million dollars raised Kenosha
wuld have to give 1924 as its quota
this based on the governments Liberty
loan estimates.
Well Prepared.
The campaign was given several
weeks preparation before being
launched After the proposition was
ready to present it was given ont
weeks intensive publicity and organ
ization. The entire county was in
cluded in the plan and was canvassed
1t is estimated that about one hun
dred committees participated in thu
work of making the canvass.
"As result of personal observation
and investigation. it would seem tina
the first step in the putting through
Of such a plan would be that of or
ganizing a board Of trustees who's
= first duty would be that of determin
ing the charities which were to bench
by the raising Of such a fund. 1t wa
admittedly mistake at Kenosha no
to organize the board of trustees il
advance Of the campaign, as also wa
= their failure to designate the charlie
= to be benefited. They have cautione
us against making these two mistakes
, This board of trustees would have I
= determine the budgets of each Of thes
: institutions TO be benefited and there
from determine the sum of money t
. be raised, anticipating insofar as pos
. sible the increased demands TO b
made and the setting aside of libers
u amount to be used as a welfare fun
u which would contemplate the carin
r. for wounded soldiers returned froI
q the front"