The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-27
CALENDAR
Chamber of Commerce
GEO. p. M'ENTIRE. President.
It. C. KIRKPATRICK, Secretary.

Today.
Mrs. Theodore saxon and Women Farm,
Board of directors of Chamber of Com
Underwriting of baseball season ticket
drive. Noon
Mrs. Theodore Saxon and Women Farm
ers association in front room. Morning
beginning at 10 O'Clock.
Fair food price board, W., II. Davis,
chairman. Noon.
Final meeting of Salvation Army $4,000
war activities fund campaigners. Close OF
drive, Robert Stone, chairman Noon
j., Topeka Fanciers and Breeders, associa-
Lippincott Of K. S. A. G. speaker Of the
evening.
Some two months ago the Chamber of
Commerce of Topeka decided that the
merchants and citizens of Topeka were
being called on too often to support var1-
GUS campaigns for war work funds of diff
ferent kinds. The matter was checked up
to the board of directors and the military
committee was enlarged. and a motion
was put and carried to the effect that all
campaigns must be submitted to this com
mittee for its sanction before the mer-
chants of Topeka would subscribe. The
plan was worked out with the idea of con-
solidating the fnnumerable campaigns into
just one or two campaigns each year, and
each of these two campaigns to be for a
definite sum of money. The money raised
the different recognized war work in
situations This was the extent of the
aetion-the military committee was in
structed to pass on the campaigns as to
whether they should be conducted, the
military committee said all right they
would do so, other clubs formed their own
campaign committees and the hit and miss
campaigns GO. on as before.
The thing is becoming monotonous, de-
clare a number of the business men who
are called on to subscribe for each cam
paign and TO then form one of the cam
sxlaN-
the campaigns is under way again. 1t only
remains to be decided on as to just what
method will be followed and Just what
clubs. will fall in line to prevent the
promiscuous solicitation as prevails now.
In Topeka there have been five separate
campaigns in the last year-some of them
even overlapping each other. The bust
ness men say that this must be stopped if
they are to be able to contribute anywhere
within their ability to pay.
number of plans for console ting the
various campaigns has been worked out in
different cities. Some of them are based
"A certain per cent of a years income for
each man and others based on the
regular campaign basis except that there
are orly one or two campaigns each year,
the amount raised pro rated to the differ
ent organizations represented.
Wichita furnishes the best example of
the latter plan. that of the pro rated yearly
campaign on regular drive lines. The Y.
NJ. C.. A, the Red Cross, the Hebrew as
sociation, and the other war work funds
are all sent into the central committee and
the quota for the city for the year is made
up Inc lOtdl quota is divided INTO Two
parts and the teams go out in the spring
and in the fall to raise one-half the quota
each time.
Columbus Ohio. makes up its war fund
by each person giving the equivalent of
twelve days salary each year-one day
each month. The money all goes to one
fund and is pro rated. Three million
dollars is raised in this way each year. and
every man knows in advance just what he
will be called upon to give.
Kenosha. Wis. conducts it's war work
fund in the same way except, that each
individual in the city is called upon for
amount equivalent to one weeks salary
for his yearly war work mite. The fund
is managed the same as in Wichita and in
Columbus.
Other cities in the United States and
Canada call for one-tenth of the years in
come from each man or wage Garner. 1t
has been found that all of these plans are
good, principally for the reason that when
the person solicited is called he gives
all that he can afford for he knows that
there will be no other call him for
funds for war work within specified
time.
Why not Topeka?