Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-14

The Philad dsphia city-wids paper-sa wing
campaign, which was officially ,naugurated
on Saturday afternoon with the first collec-
zion of paper is big, bouncing success
from every standpoint, save only one.
The one drawback was in the scarcity of
automobiles for the collection of the paper.
The machines which were on the routes
were able to cover only little over half
.her territory.
AS 1t was. they collected more than three
tons and delivered 1t az the paper houses
which are buying Il. with sufficient num-
Der OF automobiles the total amount could
have been run to nearly ter tons. so that
the income would be about 5000. 1t seems
safe to estimate now that w.en the final
details Of the campaign and the proper sys-
tenn of collecting paper are completed the
campaign ill deliver to the Red Cross be-
tween 5000 and $500 n week
The actual number of persons saving
paper and giving ii to the Red Cross
through the EVENING LEDGER's campaign
plan only runs little more than 500. OF
course there are few more than this, Ow-
Ing to the fact that some men. women, boys
and girs collected from their entire neigh
eorhoods.
MORE AUTOMOBILES
Two tuings must be done 10 make the
campaign the big and well-orGani:ed affair
II should be:
There must he more automobiies--indi-
cars for day or half day to assist with
the collection. This Is a serious PROPOSE
ton. II is one which should command the
approval and support of every citizen.
The other is the demand for cooperation
OH the part Of the donors of paper Al
newspapers. magazines and loose paper
should he tied In separate bundles. strong
string should he used. The collectors were
seriously hampered owing to the fact that
many of those Who gave paper had not tied
II in bundles. l. very difficult for the
volunteer autoists and truck men and the
Boy Scouts to handle the loose newspapers
and magazines and as Il result their work
was much s over than ,eces'niy.
- e.. BOY SCOUTS HELPED
Had it not been for the Willingness OF
tie Boy Scouts. two Of whom were with
each automobile and truck, to get into the
harness and do real work, the collection
of paper would not have reached any
thing like the proportions il did. These
boys willingly went into cellars back rooms
Easements and other out-of-the-way places
and scooped up loose paper, loose newSpa'
pers and loose magazines until their ma
chimes We're completely loaded. Two Boy
Scouts and the driver of big Federal mo,
tortruck brought in load OF about 1900
pounds at one time. The Vim truck. which
also had two scouts. made three trips. re-
moving about l00O> pounds of paper from
the home of one donor at the first
The Autocar. the Peerless truck and the
Internationa. Harvester Company trucks
were the first to finish their districts
Though they had big territories to cover
they able to get over them more
quickly than some of the others. because
they were not so fortunate as some in run
ming into large collections, They were also
more fortunate in finding the paper they
called for tied in bundles
On the other hand the GarfOrd track
driver and the two Boy Scouts accompany
Ing him brought in two big loads between
10 o'clock and o'clock in the afternoon
when the warehouses of the paper compa-
MES closed forcing the collectors to stor
for the day. All of the above -ment ioned
trucks were furnished by the agencies sell
ing or manufacturing them in Philadel
phia. The drivers We're either paid by the
truck companies in each case or were vol
unteer drivers from the works of the truck
companies
PLEASURE CAR SERVICE
W. A. Taylor. who used his pleasure car
worked as hard the truck men. lie
made four trips in his district each time
piling every pound Of paper into the ma
chine that would stick there. on his last
trip he came to the warehouse with his
Boy Scout helper holding the paper in the
rear of the car 1t was piled right up to
the top.