The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-19

him the cordial hand of renewed friend- ship, indirectly at least recognizing the service he had done in aiding in secur- ing as chairman of the republican. na- tional committee man of well estab- lished ability and of consummate tact. who Is also strongly persuaded that 1t is now possible to bring all elements of the republican party into cordial fellow ship and well maintained discipline.
 The result at St. Louis is regarded by political leaders in New York as making it certain that there will be in the fall an exciting. well conducted and vigor- ous political campaign by each party whose purpose is to secure a majority of the lower house of Congress, which is to be elected in November next. A cam paign of that kind can be carried on, the politicians say, without in any way de- tracting from the activities which the government and the people must con
 tinue with intent to carry on the war to victorious conclusion.
 PERKINS AND Y. M. C. A. FUND , MT Perkins could not conveniently spare the time for sharing in the po- itical movements at St. Louis and ne made the journey at some inconvenience. For he has been since November in tensely occupied With the great financing and the perfecting of the organization details whereby the 100000 which under his leadership was raised in week S 1 time can be so employed as to enable | the Young Mems Christian association | to carry on their highly important war work philanthropy.
 l It was from one point of view less diff I ficult to secure this s51 900 (although | the second liberty loan subscriptions had | just been ended) than it has been to l perfect the details whereby these mil 1 lions can be. without extravagance and with the orderly and systematic methods characteristic of big business, applied to
 the purposes for which the money was l raised.
 LIKE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION 1 When the leaders of the Young Men g l Christian association asked Mir. Perkins l in November to undertake to create al | organization, nation wide, whereby S35,- | 900 GOO could be secured for the Young l Mems Christian association war work he accepted the invitation, but made 2 l mental reservation He was asked tc help them raise $35, 100000. but he decided l that this amount was too small and that l at least $5o,00O, 900 should be secured. How l ever, he kept this purpose to himself 1 Within two days he had perfected an or ganization and within the time set SC | cured $51, ,000, ,000 or one million more thar the mark he had privately fixed upon 1 Thereupon a new organization modelet 1 somewhat upon the OrSd nlZaupH or tHt big industrial corporations, was created MT Perkins still remaining as chairman of the finance committee, the maste mind in that organization. He was ablt to go to St. Louis with sense of grat irication that nearly all of the S5l ,000, ,eO 1 which was pledged had been raised anC is substantially in hand. Already it ha:
 been possible to erect something ove 300 buildings at various cantonments anc
 more will be built until at last the entir,
 army here and in Europe is provided witt
 this splendid philanthropy. The organ ization work is being done at practcali, no cost, for the more important directiv
 service is given without any recompens
 and the various items of expense en
 tailed by construction work are as care
 fully scrutinized as would be the cas
 were work done for any of the great cor porations.
 II WHAT TWO PARTNERS DID By and by when the full story or tn
 war and the incidental accessories 10 1 is told not the least interesting and cer tainly one of the most suggestive of tn chapters will be the one which describe I the manner in which two men wh 5 formerly were associated as partners i = the house of ]. P. Morgan & Co. Con e of whom being now a partner) undertoo