The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-28
PURPOSE OF SALE
OF RED CROSS
SEALS IS TOLD
Money From Stamp Sale in
Wayne Will Support Pub
lie Health Nurse.
LContributedl

The sale Of the Red Cross Christ
mas seals has, as usual, raised the
question in the minds Of many as to
what becomes Of the money and why
the tuberculosis societies sell the
seals issued by the Red Cross.
The Red Cross has long realized the
great importance to the country of the
tuberculosis problem and has given
aid In every possible way to all the
movements toward its prevention. In
1903 1t conceived the idea Of the pub
LEGATION and sale of the seals as a
means of raising money for this pre-
ventive work and as a means also of
calling the attention of the public to
the importance of the problem.
The national Society for the Pre-
vention of Tuberculosis was made the
distributing agency for the seals and
the actual sale was conducted by
the state and county societies. Since
1908 the income from the sale of the
seals has exceeded four million dol
lars and has been practicaT-~ the en-
state and county tuberculosis societies
Added Interest This Year
This year the sale will be conducted
as usual but there should be more
than the usual interest in it owing. to
war conditions for it has been the
experience of the warning nations that
the tuberculosis problem has been
greatly intensified not only among the
armies but among the civilian popula-
ton as we'll.
The Red Cross is anxious that the
public should know exactly what be-
comes of the money received for the
seals for there have been rumors of
large commissions acruing to individ-
uals interested In their SALE The ma
tional Red Cross prints and distributes
the seals and retains ten per cent of
the income to cover this cost II the
expense involved is less than ten per-
cent, the profit is divided between the
National Red Cross and the National
tuberculosis society. Ninety percent
Of the income remains in the state
where the seals are sold, fifty percent
being retained by the county and forty
percent by the state society to be used
in carrying on its work.
The sale of seals in Wayne county
is of particular Importance this year
not only on account of the probable
increase in tuberculosis as a result oil
the war but more especially in connec
ton with the county tuberculosis hos
pital now under process of organiza
ton
The money coming to the Wayne
County Society for the Prevention o
tuberculosis is to be used for the sup
port of county public health nurse
and the success Of the hospital viii
| depend to a large degree on the edu
cation Of the citizens Of, the county
as to the Importance of the tuberculo
sis problem to the community ant
as to the great value of hospital treat
ment as means Of aresting the earl,
cases.
The Wayne County chapter OF tn,
Red Cross, while it has no financia
/ interest in the sale Of the seals, IS i
common with all Red Cross chapter
throughout the country, arranging t
assist the sale in every possible wa.
through its local headquarters and it
branches in the county. From the ez
per1ence OF other nations it is expects
that in the civilian relief work to b
done by the Red Cross, tubercu1osi
will be encountered in many home
and it is therefore particularly inter
ested in the success Of this importan
work toward meeting the general tt
| berculosis problem.