Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-04-29
Plan Outlined to
Handle War Work
10 the Editor:


the May issue of the Delineator to
an article headed Put Your Town
on a War-Work Basis" 1t is de-
tailed account of how New Jersey
town, Nutley, handles its war work
charities. This plan has been adopt
ed in slightly differing details by
other cities and, insofar as i can
learn, with gratifying success. In
the last ten months Ashland has,
in common with all other cities of
the same size, been called upon to
subscribe to the various Liberty
:oans, to the Red Cross, Y.M.C.A.
Belgian Relief, Y.W.C.A., Armenian
Relief, War Library Fund, etc.
Each campaign involved separate
organization with its executive COM
mittee and the necessary sub-commit-
tees. / feel sure that very many
who willingly subscribed to these
charities when called upon have no
conception of the work involved in
perfecting the organization of these
various drives.
We have every reason to believe
that for a long time to come we will
have to continue giving in the sup
port of these worthy causes and It
is certainly advisable to adopt some
plan for the raising of funds thai
will eliminated some of the dupli-
Gated work of the past year and re-
lieve our solicitors and the solicited,
as we'll, from some Of the inconven-
fences and the work involved in these
repeated drives. see no reason why
Ashland cannot inaugurate the Nut
ley plan with some changes, of
course, to suit local conditions. ]
quote from the Nutley plan:
Each citizen will be asked to sub
scribe $1.OO at stated intervals, to-
ward general fund, which we have
called Nutley's Patriotic fund. Some
OF our citizens will doubtless be will
ing to subscribe at the rate of one
dollar per day, others at the rate
of $100 per week fortnight, n
month, every two months or every
three months. A subscription Of $1.00
every three months is little more
than one cent per day, and we think
shat this minimum subscription can
be made even by those whose re-
sources are of the slightest"
Quoting further: while the slo-
gan of the fund is '$1.00 per month
per home, many citizens give more,
although the maximum is not high,
SO per month being the largest
emount pledged to date, by any one
family"
OF the total income to the Nutley |
fund about three-fifths is received |
from the family assessments and two
fifths from the business houses. AS
arguments in favor of the adoption
of this new plan the Nutley citizens
in charge of the move advanced these
reasons:
"First-We believe that citizens
can more conveniently adjust their fl
RANGES to a regular small payment
that to sposmodic requests for larg-
er amount coming at unexpected
times.
"Second-The appointment of nu-
merous committees and the organiza-
tion of these committees causes loss
Of time together with a dulication
OF effort in the way Of preparing
pledges, circularizing the town, car
Iying on correspondence and keep
ing records.
"Third-We believe 1t would be
more agreeable to the citizens to
avoid the numerous calls from
many committees and to have ef-
forts in this line concentrated"
Why cannot Ashland inaugurate
this plan? 1t will involve a good deal
OF work to get 1t started but, we'll
systemized, it should result in a de- !,
cided saving of work after it is in
working order.
l submit the following outline of
an organization that 1t seems to me
could be worked out satisfactorily,
anyway 1t will furnish a basis for
suggestions and changes from those
who are interested in helping aud
who take pride in having Ashland do
fits full shore:
All subscriptions shall be paid in
TO what shall be known as Ashland's ,
Patriotic Fund. This fund shall be
used to pay
First-Toward maintaining the
Ashland Red Cross branch,
Second-For taking care of any
relatives and dependents of any
Ashland soldier who may need our
help while he is away fighting our
battles,
Third = For contributing such
amounts toward the maintenance of