The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-24
Red CROSS SEALS HELP
Christmas Seals Purchased in Kenosha
Will Help Fight Ravages Of White
Plague in Wisconsin - Association
Outlines Years Plan.

Red Cross Christmas Seals sold bet
ter in Wisconsin IL 1918 than they
ever did before and in spite of the
war, the work of stamping out the
'wbite plague" will be carried on by
the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Asso-
Gallon as effectively as in the past
year. No regular campaign was in
stituted in Kenosha because the mat
ter was automatically taken care of by
the Patriot Is Fund Committee but the
Association has recently published q
statement of the general results of the
campaign and of the plan for the work
OF the entire year. This statement is
Of interest to every Kenoshan who is
a subscriber to the Patriots Fund or
who made individual purchases of the
Red Cross Christmas seals.
The Wisconsin nti-Tuberculosis AS
sociation, seeing in the big increase in
the 1917 sale of Red Cross Christmas
stamps over preceding years an obi
cation to carry on the fight more vigor-
ously than ever before, is making plans
for the biggest year in the history
Of the organized movement for better
health conditions. In a statement is
sued following meeting of this com
mittee for receiving a tentative re-
port Of the seal sale and for the trans
action of other business, the members
NJ 4bn 4basr o-xran1a
ton of the continued and increased
support and their Interpretation of that
support as demand for more extern
sive service during the coming year.
The following is the statement issued:
While seal sale reports are far
from complete at the present time,
there is every indication that the in
crease over the 1916 sale will probably
run from 40 to so per cent. The fact
that in some cities as in Milwaukee,
people are still making remittances for
seals received through the mail sale
makes great deal of delay in the
submitting of final reports by campaign
managers. FOrty-one managers, how
ever, have sent in their remittances
and only one of the forty-one reported
lower sale than in 1916. One com
munity sold the same number of seals
as in 1916, two made fair sales that
had no sales the preceding year, and
the balance made increases ranging
from lS to 1852 per cent. The aver.
age increase was 1917 per cent but this
of course, will not hold throughout the
state.
As members of the executive com
mittee Of the Wisconsin Anti-Tuber
culosis Association we are deeply i'm.
pressed by the splendid responsiveness
of the people of the state to the appeal
Of the anti-tuberculosis campaign g war
needs and by their recognition of the
Importance of that campaign as war
measure. Doubtless half of our in
creased sale has been directly due tt
the great patriotic impulse which is
teaching people that giving is an op
portunity for service and which is de-
AhUuSM dIlAS budt Tue more OIb6n PEG
pie give the more largely and the more
willingly they give. The other half, we
believe, is the normal gain which has
made possible the growth Of the work
year by year ever since the beginning
of the state movement.
In expressing to the people of Wis
consin our appreciation of their inspir
ing endorsement Of what has already
been accomplished and Of the incen
tive to push forward in the fight which
their increasing support gives, we wisl
also to assure them that we are equally
appreciative of the large responsibility
which this increased support carrie
with it. Plans are already under wa,
for the biggest, broadcast and most OK
tensive health educational work in tn
history oof the state association an,
for meeting the new and imperative
health demands that are sure to be mad
upon the association during the com
ing year"