Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-08

8 ~. u, June "a Dudeet CT
S6?8,030.69 has been presented 10 the
erica for consideration at the conven-
tici. nov under way in Fargo, 1t Was
announced today by S. III. .Holstad,
chairman of the budget committee.
The budget question probably will get
attention at the Monday sessions.
The budget, the committee report
discloses, is $~134,525.69 greater than
the. budget of last year, but the COM
mittee points. out that this sum is abb
solutely necessary If the church wish
es to- maintain the standard Of it's
work. If the budget be cut, the COM
mittee says. then the work of the
church will be correspondingly weak
ened:
There is a net deficit in the church
1852. The general treasury shows
q deficit Of $~17.572.83; the foreign
missions show a deficit OF. $~25,175.65.
while the home mission board shows
a surplus Of $1S,706.89 and the board
Of charities shows a. surplus of ST.
241.s7. leaving the net deficit Of $16,-
1882.
when we take into consideration
the. conditions under which the
church has had to work this. the first
year after the union, and during war
time with, all it's attendant. difficult
ties, we have no reason to be 'asham-
ed Of the condition of our finances"
says the. budget commission.
Presenting in brief form the In
crease in the budget proposed for the
coming year, the commission says.
The budget represents the actual
needs Of the different institutions and
activities. and the committee can
conscientiously say that it has. tried
to exercise the. utmost economy and
car in mfking its estimates. No re-
duction should be made in any case
unless the church its willing to re-
duce the work correspondingly.
1.-The increase, exclusive Of any de-
hcit or surplus, in the general reas-
ury amounts to ~$11,,950.1O; in the
home mission treasury to $64,136;
and in the foreign mission treasury.
$34,398. The largest increase comes
in the home missions treasury, 'but
those who are familiar with the OPP
portunity which the church has to. do
and the fact that. the appropriation
last year was less than the amount
used by the former. synods, will feel
that it is not large. The board of
charities does not have a budget, as Is
the case with other boards. The
budget committee a under consid-
GRAFTON the question of the advisabili-
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budget system, and would recommend
to the church that this be done, not
this coming year. but for the year
191s-1s20."
Increases in the salaries Of the gen.
eral president and the district presi-
emit are proposed. while 1t is pointed
out that in the event the convention
endorses the board Of education rec
ommendation for more liberal aid for
academies, the educational fund will
be increased by about $1,000.
In the event that city city mission
work is removed from the board OF
the committee points out that the
budget of the home mission body
would be reduced about SIS. 900, and
the budget for the charity work in.
creased by the same amount. Il
The budget commission also advises
that the conference take steps tc
bring about uniform support. Of the
general church work. to the end that
all CONGREGATIONS and all members OF
the denomination share equitably the
cost Of the general church work.
For the general treasury, the budg-
ct commission advises an a%ppropria-
tion. Of s23,sS6:
owned by the church. the commission
advises total appropriations of $780,
802.93, which sur also provides for
taxing up q deficit Of $~17.572.a3. The
appropriation is apportioned as fol-
loySs: Luther seminary. tSt.I4Anthony
Park and Hamline) net appropria-
ticn, -$28 .291.68: gross appropriation.
S~34.491.6S: income from independent
sources, $1,000. S@
Luther college, gross appropriation.