Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-16

The city-wide waste paper saving cam
paign, founded BY the EVENING LEDGER as
means OF raising money for the Red
Cross, has now grown to permanency.
The EVENING Ledger has turned over
the matter of handling the details of the
campaign to the Red Cross. John G. Wal
lick. Philadelphia representative of the Hill
Pump Company. has volunteered to per-
feet a permanent organization for handling
the proposition. The EVENING LEDGER will
continue to give complete publicity to the
movement and to assist in keeping the pub
lie Informed of the events previously.
In future all letters reporting paper for
collection and all telephone messages
should be sent TO the Red Cross head
quarters, 221 South Eighteenth street. In
order that letters may reach the right de-
partment they should be addressed IN care
Of Mr. Mann. This will insure that they
will be quickly reported so that addresses
will be put on the lists for the earliest pos
eible collection.
f. H. Phillips Of the Commercial Truck
Company, got into communication with the
EVENING LEDGER this morning and volun-
teered the use of a tive-ton commercial
truck. His offer is welcome one. as the
question of a sufficient number of trucks
and automobiles Is still burdensome one
Mr.. Phillips has not only volunteered the
! use of the truck---he has suggested that II
can be used more than one day week from
now until the time when there are sufl-
ctent automobiles aud trucks to take care
Of the situation without calling repeatedly
upon the same donors.
Edwin II. Smith. Of Edwin II Smith G.
Co, 10l7 Frankford avenue has volun-
teered the Use Of two Of his trucks His
drivers. who ordinarily do not work on Sat.
urday afternoon. have volunteered to take
turns driving the trucks In order to assist
this movement. Mr.. Smith, as an individual
owner Of trucks. has set an example which
1t is hoped will be followed by many other
concerns both large and small There are
Thousands of trucks owned By individuals
and firms in Philadelphia, yet Mr. Smith is
the first Of all the owners to come to the
front in time to assist with next Saturdays
collection.
Letters are still pouring in from persons
In every section of the city notifying the
Red Cross Of collections of paper. A mum.
ber of persons have done much for the ca use
by organizing their entire neghborhoods
into paper-saving communities. bringing all
OF the paper from the community together
st one house so as to facilitate the collec-
tion.
Mrs. Fred Balmer ,Ir.. 1916 South Peach
street, gave an excellent demonstration of
how this could be accomplished last Satur-
day She had collected about 1900 pounds
of paper in the neighborhood of her mothers
home In West Philadelphia, near 5s2d Trim
fty place Sne nau nearly all OF tne cnll-
dren in the vicinity helping her with the
collection. She suggested in her letter that
she regretted that she did moi have more
paper collected and promised that she
would have a bigger collection next Satur-
day II every community would profit by
Mrs. Balmer's energetic example the Red
Cross could soon feel that its financial situa-
ton was secure and the young men who are
going to Europe to fight the battles of the
republic could rest assured OF excellent Red
Cross attention every day CT their stay
there.
which was collected in the section of the
city between the two rivers and between
Market street and $500 north. which has
no name marked on 1t. If the owner will
write the Red Cross department of the EVE
Nrro LEDGER this bag will be returned by
parcel post.