Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-02-20
LOYALTY LEAGUE OF DELAWARE
COUNTY.

LOYALTY LEAGUE OF DELAWARE
COUNTY.
The general committee is working
as rapidly as possible to list every
property owner or person having an
income in the county. AS soon as
the lists are ready they will be placed
in the hands of the banks ana every
citizen is asked to call at the bank
with which he usually does business
and sign the membership pledge for
the duration of the war. The pledges
are made for the duration of the war
in order to avoid repeating the cam"
paign in another year, and it is be-
lieved that the loyal people of Della
ware county are just as willing to
pledge themselves to see the war
through as they are to pledge for one
year at a time, and in this way the
work of soliciting and collecting will
be lessened.
Upon signing the membership
pledge each person will be given a
certificate of membership, the button
emblem of the League, and receipt
for whatever amount is paid on the
subscription. Every payment will
also be endorsed on the back of the
pledge card the same as payments on
a note. The form of pledge is such
that a person may authorize his bank
or employer to pay the amounts
pledged as they become due to avoid
the necessity of employing a force of
collectors.
Great pains have been taken to
avoid expense in the operation of the
plan and If the contributors will eth
er authorize someone to pay for them
or see that their subscriptions are
paid when due there need be no ex-
pense or difficulty in collections.
After careful consideration it has
been decided to allow those who pre-
fer to make monthly payments to
take care of their subscriptions in
this way for the reason that it would
be hardship on many to pay in cash
the amount expected of them, where
as it could be easily paid in monthly
Iinstallments. This plan will necessar-
lily increase the burden of keeping ac-
count of the funds and would require
much unnecessary labor in collecting
if those who adopt this plan. failed
to keep their payments up. 1t will
therefore be necessary for those who
do not pay their subscriptions in cash
to authorize their banks or employ
|ers to pay the amounts and deduct
them from funds due the contributors.
The banks of the county have signi-
fed their willingness to assist by col
lecting these subscriptions where the
authority is granted to charge them to
their customers accounts, and in this
way it will be only a matter Of book
keeping to turn in the amounts due
from the banks customers.
Only one objection to this plan Of
raising war funds has been heard so
far. That is that some people wish
to dictate the disposal of their con-
tributions. Careful consideration
should convince everyone that the Dis
bursting Committee will be in bet
ter position to decide the merits Of
the various calls for money by in
vestigating carefully the work done
by the organizations making the calls
and the part each bears in effecting
the ends for which all are working
At time like this no person should
allow prejudice of any kind to- stand
in the way of whole hearted support
Of all the organizations working un-
der the authorization of our govern
ment to comfort our fighting men,
and the contributors may be assured
that no money will be disbursed to
any cause which has not received the
unqualified approval of the president
and United States government. 1t
should further be remembered that
for everyone who desires to favor any
particular organization there will be
another who will be just as anxious
to favor some other cause, so that
taking into consideration the prefer
ence Of all the people, they will equal
ize each other so that the only prac-
ticable plan is for the Disbursing Com
mittee to decide each call on it's mer