The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-02-15
"YOUR SHARE is FAIR"

| pie of Rock County during the
next three weeks. These four words
pregnant with meaning will test the
patriotism of every man and woman
who recoiled with horror when the
sinking U-Boat sent scores of Wis
consin soldier. boys to a watery
grave on the Tuscania.
Rock County is going to do it's
share to win this war and it plans
to do it scientifically. The kaiser
has boasted of his efficiency. Rock
county will also be efficient, plus.
Rock County is going to ruin
money-not in driblets, not by a
hit-and-miss plan, not every day
and every week as some fresh need
comes, not tapping the patriot and
letting the Stacker slide.
Rock County is going to raise
great fund-once year only-to
| which every man and woman with
in it's boundaries will contribute his
or her just share-ro more, no less.
This fund will meet all war demands
for money except Liberty Bonds.
The money will be apportioned to
the various activities approved only
by the President and the War board.
There have been drives for funds
for the Y. M. C. A., K. of c., Red
Cross, and other approved needs.
These drives have involved ire
mendous waste of energy and huge
Individual expense, an expense so
great that it has greatly lessened
the original fund raised.
And there has been an inequality
about it. The naturally generous
have, given twice and thrice, as the
Tightwad has slipped around the
corner. There are but few of the
latter in this warm blooded spot of
Wisconsin. But there are many
really patriotic citizens of Rock
County who have not been made to
"see the light"
Thinking men with active brains,
men who are adopts at organiza-
ton, men practiced to the core hav-
been sacrificing their personal in
terests for weeks past-and of
course without pay-in an effort to
formulate a plan that will cause
every man and woman in Rock coun-
ty with an income to "give share
that's fair" subscribe it but once
a year with knowledge that his or
her neighbors are doing just as
much in proportion to their means
and then be relieved for a twelve
month of further calls.
The plan now crystalized is to
create a single fund for all those
cactivities at the minimum of ex-
pense. Hundreds-many hundreds
are going to give their personal
services without dollar of expens-
es-for the love of country.
The undertaking is huge one
and was not perfected without due
preparation. Kenosha had it's SINH
lar problem and tried to solve it.
Pontiac and other communities evol-
we'd various systems. All possessed
merit but all admittedly could have
been improved upon. The men at
the head of the War Fund move
ment in Rock County made personal
investigation of the methods en-
ployed elsewhere and combined the
best in all of them with their own
original ideas.
Here is a plan in brief
Every person with an income as
high as $500 will be expected to
contribute approximately $1.OO an
nually and the assessments will be
greater as the income increases.
For example, while an income of
$1,000 will call for $500 contri-
butation an income of $4,000 will
call for $500 and an income Of
$4,000 will call for $4,000. The
table of assessments on incomes will
be published later.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, IilSICIldHto etAiu
other business men will pay on the
assessed valuation of their property.
In addition to this as individuals
they will pay on their incomes in
Guiding the salary paid for business
engaged in. For example, a person
whose property is assessed at $3333.
will be assessed at $500, $16,666
will call for $500, 5000 will call
for $780, 100000 will call for
$4,000 and so on.
The assessed valuation of the pro-
perty owned by each person in Rock
county, together with their income,
is already in the hands of he Rock
County Council of Defense War
Funds Committee. Thus the COM
mittee is advised in advance of the
amount sho1ld iuSt1v he assessed