Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-04-09


t Washington ... &C.. ... $4,000
= West Virginia ............ 1880
Wisconsin ... ..... 34,500
wyoming ...... ...... 1880
Plan of Campaign
:. Activities OF the national Of
flee.
2. Intensive drives by member
organizations in their respective
states.
1t is the duty of the national of
flee to serve as a clearing house for
member organizations and to act as
an organizing agency in getting state
campaigns launched. It must also
character such as national public
ity and the keeping of the accounts
The state organizations have I'M
dertaken the actual task of raising
the money. The plan which they
adopt varies with the condition in
each state, and the type Of organi-
zation active there. For example, in
the Washington-Idaho district the
officers of the Farmers Union held
several statewide mass meetings
Then they divided the quota for that
district into county quotas and an
appeal for gifts by personal solicita-
ton, circularization and appeals
through the press. This method has
been highly successful and more
than half of their quota has been
subscribed while over $4,000 has
been collected.
In Pennsylvania, the State Grange
donated over $4,000 from its treas
ury and divided the quota on the
basis of what each individual mem
Der of a local Grange should do. The
state officials then asked each local
Grange to undertake to raise in the
community an amount sufficient to
fulfill the total obligation of all in
diyidual members. That plan is al
so working very successfully. The
local Grange holds a meeting, dis
+ cusses the temple proposition, makes
an appeal for contributions at the
meeting and appoints a financial
committee to collect the money This
local committee then sends the
money directly to the Riggs National
bank
Still another variation has been
adopted by the Virginia division of
the Farmers Union. At the last state
convention this body endorsed the
Temple of Agriculture and requested
each local organization in its mem
bership to give this year an amount
equivalent to 81 per man. The state
office of the Virginia division then
took up by correspondence with the
local secretaries plan of collecting
this money from the individual mem
Der at the time that he pays his dues.
The plan has been having a degree
of success, although the campaign
has just been started.
In New York state the Dairymen's
League has invited all farm organi-
cations within that state to cooper
ate In putting on the drive. This
drive will start about April / 5th and
will continue until New York goes
over the top. The plan adopted will
be to work through the 500 odd To-
cal units of the Dairymen's League
Every avenue of publicity in New
York state will be utilized and "A
farm to farm canvass will be made.
Community meetings will be held
and community committees will do
/ the work.
/ In Maryland almost all of the
state farm organizations are grouped
+ into federation called the State
agricultural society. This society
has endorsed the temple project and
instructed its officers to inaugurate
a drive TO raise the state quota. In
conducting this state drive the sec
rotary of the Maryland Agricultural
society is appointing a county chair
man for each county. These chair
men in turn are appointing commit
teemen to represent each election
precinct. The drive has been an
nounced to begin April 18th.
When the Temple Will lie Built
There are three dictinct stages III
this campaign. The first will be
passed when the debt on the present
property is cleared The second will
be reached when an amount has
been raised giving an income SUI
ficient TO finance the overhead ex-
penses of conducting the campaign
to raise money. The third stage will
be finished when s1,25O,0OO net
has haoya rafcad l. tho