The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-19
BEST TO TAKE ONE COLLECTION

T zatons which do a work ranging from necessary to merely useful There is duplication of effort among all organizations than might be supposed by one unfamiliar with the work
 past of these organizations has made cam paign for funds With the invention of the drive many Of these campaigns represented imposing effort Drive fol lowed drive until natural and wise reaction has come to the minds of the people.
 People resent being called upon many times for so many purposes merely the burden of giving There is the burden what expected what will be demanded There the burden of seeing refusing the collectors of these independent revenues.
 The situation is exceedingly wastefuH of ime money and spiritual energy.
 The Chamber Commerce suggests, by taken last night meeting The Satfeld Hotel that hereafter there shall be budget in which the needs of all the organizations shall be considered That the budget being definitely ained there shall drive for the entire fund The whole task will be performed in week. and is believed will be better performed
 Among pressed consolidation of charity finance most of the who participated in the drives They had been called upon again Some of them had given several weeks of their time to the work be- sides making contributions usually liberal than the buons of those not immediately connected with the drives These men were entirely familiar with the duplication of eff fort with the waste of with the increasing irritation the people, and they resented the unnecessary demand made upon their time and talents
 The single great drive, replacing number of little drives will be helpful in and beyond the fnan cial and material efficiency which will be gained
 The big drive increases the good feeling of the community It is work done by all in the interest of all Those remain the especial purview them, precisely money keeps everything drawn from the whole community benefit of all who need Tn such system the separaions of creed and social position, markedly by war activities will be further done with The good feel ing the of solidarity which ought inspire of a city will exist in larger
 Private charity exists to do certain things might be done not at all by public effort cody The private able associations have the functions of specialists.
 They do their work better if the of raising funds Is removed from them in degree
 The argument ably urged by MT. Johnson that finance will decrease the interest of those who Interested in particular organization is not we'll
 Such will enter themselves in the great campaign they will do in little time than accom- pllsh for their cherished work longer
 working side by side with other sincere persons They will in social efficiency
 The work of the charitable not primarily te educate givers It is to take care hf single great drive w nevertheless educate heretofore unknown.
 If here and there somebody, asserted there be- who would not give to drive because his money might to Jew instead of gentile foreg9er inseaC of to citizen born to of this instead of o on of that creed such might outside the erea of consolidated and friendly might contnue give alone and onesomey to the organization closest o hi heart
 The decision reached by the Chamber of Commerce f. which of the charities already assened will com mend itself to the intelligence the and to inc lection of Bridgeport.