The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-24
North Shore Bulletin, of
Chicago, Publishes Review
Of Work of the Patriots
Fund Committee.
.FLAN IS MOST ECONOMICAL
Greatest Number of Relief organiza-
lions Helped at the Least Amount
for Organization, Collec-
ton and Disbursement

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for raising funds for war relief, the
North Shore Bulletin for October says:
The Kenosha Plan has been in
operation since November, 1917.
Through the courtesy of NJ. L. Dowse,
assistant secretary and treasurer of
| the Patriots Fund Committee of Ken
osha county, we are in receipt of a,
neatly printed report setting forth the
purposes of the General Fund plan, to-
/ gether with complete statement of
the collections and disbursements and
pledges secured up to May 81, 1918.
The General Fund Plan and the
efficient manner in which it has been
organized and put into effect is a
credit to the citizens of Kenosha In
looking over the column of disburse-
ments, two things stand out promi-
nently, namely, the great number of
worthy war objects which have been
helped and the extremely small cost of
organization, collection and disburse-
ment expenses. We are so accustomed
| to find in all kinds Of charitable work
such a large proportion Of the collec-
lions used up in the way of distribu-
ton, that the Kenosha Plan presents
a remarkable and pleasing contrast.
"Out of total disbursements of
$153,3S4, the report shows less than
bursements expenses, furniture and
$4,000 spent for organization and dis
| fixtures. On the other hand it is
shown that donations were made to
twenty-three separate war objects in
amounts ranging from 500, 800 to the
| American Red Gross to 800 to the
Belgian Children s Milk Fund Among
the larger amounts disbursed are $685.
4 600 to the National War Works Coun-
Gil, Y. M. G. A.; So, 500 to the K. Of G.
| War Fund; $12,500 to the Local Branch
of the Red Cross; $4,000 to the Y. w.
G, A. War Fund and 1920 to the
Fatherless Children Of France Fund.
"No worthy war object seems to
have been overlooked by the Kenosha
committee and the method of making
collections is so well organized that
this patriotic community will be able
to ego over the top' in every cam
paign and continue to do so indef-
nitely. The money always is there, or
at least pledged, and it does away
with the continual drives which
arouse enthusiasm for a day or two
and are forgotten when the particular
/ object has been accomplished.
Employees in work shops and fac
tories pledge themselves to give sum
equivalent to one half hours wages
each week to the General War Relief
Fund. On the basis Of ifty-hour
week this is equal to l per cent of the
regular wages and the employers do
nate an emount equal to the total do
nations Of their employees. By this
Iplan when an employe donates ST for
some war object he knows that 50 in
reality will go to the fund.
"Not only does the plan insure a
permanent fund from which donations
can be drawn promptly when the call
comes, but it does away with the loss
of time and duplicated effort which
/ continual canvasses OF shops and Offices
entail. The plan has the additional
value of being a permanent reminder
that the country is engaged in war
| which calls for the best effort of every
man and woman. On Wednesday Of
every week the half-hour from 1870
4 to 1900 O'Clock is set aside by a proc
lamation Of the Mayor as the time
when everyone is working for the sol
diers and sailors.
fThe people of Kenosha city and
county are working in thorough ac-
cord with the Patriots Fund Commit
tee. In occupations like the building
trades, where work is irregular and it
would not be practical for employers
to collect a half hour s wages, the
unions in the various crafts make the
collections and turn them in to the
committee.
/ Kenosha is to be congratulated on
the splendid work it is doing and on
the selection of an efficient committee
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