Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-13
WAR CHEST DRIVE OPENS
WITH PROCLAMATION
FROM MAYOR
PLAN IS NOVEL ONE
IDEA CONCEIVED IN kENOSAA,
WIS.,, WILL BE tNAUGUERATED
HERE-ENDS FURTHER SOIL
CITATION AND ENDLESS COM.
MlTTEE WORK.

Ottawa today enters new era OF
war financing.
Adopting the famous Ken3sha plan
for plenishing a war chest the city
will from now on be in a position to
talk business with Uncle sam on
all war enterprises in need OF help
from the people at large.
S1j0O0 is to demanded OF the com.
munity. With tha Ottawas war
chest will be snuely filled Today
sees the drive under way with all the
machinery well oiled. Citizenry viii
respond to the call freely aud liberal
ly before the campaign is over loca
banks will be holding the S75.0Gr
subject to the governments com
mand, or to TO the command Of thuso
other enterprises which are constant
ly are in need of help from priva {
sources Three OF four conspicuou
institutions which win benefit under
the new order of things here are the
Red Cross Y, NJ G. A.. knights oi
Columbus and Salvation Army Rec
reation Centcrs, Smileage books and
Defense Council needs will also be
taken care OF under the new arrange
ment
The creation of W2r chcs, grew
out Of the KenOsha plan of consoli
dating all it's benevolences under ont
head La Sale made a $l00,000 drive
and acquitted itself exceedingly sue
cessfully, $3.50 will answer al
Ottawa's needs and permit of the city
holding np its quota in whatever man
ner a demand is made OF il By any
of the recognized war institutions.
The plan is simple, so simple ir
fac he wonder is no one discover.
ed II until the war was half year
old Committees will circulate thru
every nook and crany Of the city
They will hit factories from top floor
to Easements, workshops will be con
cred, professional men called upon
retail stores visited, retired farmer.
appealed to, laundry girls asked tC
help and so ON until every man, wo
man and child in town has been seeI
personally by some member of the
drive management or his representa-
lives The thing Is going to be car
ried off with whirlWind rapiditv
No grass is to be allowed to grow
under feet, No person is going to b(
given a chance to say mo. Tn,
committee is after $4,000 and il 20
ing to get it. The quicker hey get I
the sooner the drive is over
Each person will he asked to con
tribute weekly. or monthly. as mucl
as will strain >heir poaketbooks. Tn,
assessments among wage Garner
will be deducted from their pay ant
turned over to headquarters wher
contributions are gained voluntaril
in this manner.
For the past year Ottawa gave will
ingly and in large sums TO the Re,
Cross, Knights OF Columbus. Y. NJ
A. Salvation Army and other benC
Violence always exceeding its qnota
Committees were at work every da
in the week. Sometimes the solicita
tions were interlocking, causing no
only confusion. but hardship. l'nde
the new arrangement there will
one monumental drive for $4,000 an
then subscriptions end. They en-
the minute there Is So 900 gnarar
ty for the rest OF 1918 MP to Ma
1919 The money thrown into the wa
chest will provide Ottawa means {
paying on twenty.lour hours motto
its quota toward any of he big ei
terprises. The quota will be paid {
the penny. but no more. This give
the soliciting phase of the war a bl
sinesslike phase that was lacking N
iii Chairman Petit started the la
Red Cross drive under the same plai
only on smaller scale.
II La Sale can raise Sl00.000 In
few weeks Ottawa can do It's bit.
considerable less time. The WI
Chest proposition has a special q
Continued on page ), column -,