Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1920-03-19
MISSOURI ASKED
To GIVE TOWARDS
THE MARINES STATUE
GOVERNOR GARDNER APPROVES
APPEAL FOR AMERICAS GIFT
TO FRANCE AND INVITES.
AID.
$685. I. + = !. + + !. !. + + +
= WHAT AND HOW. +

" Americas Gift TO France, a i
= $250,000 Statue, R~eciprOcating /.
: Frances Gift to America, the +
+ Statue of Liberty. +
+ Gift Week: March 22-2T. +
+ Missouri asked for $4,000 by i
j. Committee of which Governor +
+ Gardner Is Honorary Chairman 4
+ ]. Lionberger Davis, Chairman +
+ z. Lansing Ray, Associate Chair +
+ man. +
+ w. r. Compton, president Of +
+ American Trust Company, st. +
+ Louis, is Treasurer. +
+ There are 10 solicitors. Mayors +
+ of towns, Chambers Of Commerce j.
j. and similar organizations, school +
+ superintendent and teachers, are +
+ authorized to receive offerings of i
+ the people. All Missouri banks +
= are depositaries.
+ + i + I. !. /. 1. ! + + + T. = $3.50
Missourians will have an opportunity
to share In Americas Gift to France,
which is to be the $250,000 statue to
commemorate the Battle of the Marine.
Without setting up any elaborate Or
%ganiZation, M%iSsourians, in common
with their fellow-Amerlcans. will be
given the beautiful opportunity to do
for France what France did for the
United States in 1879, when the French
people, by popular subscriptions, erect
ell the Statue of Liberty in New York
Harbor.
What Is asked of every man, woman
and child in Missouri is simply the un-
solicited and free.will Offering prompt
ed by a pure American patriotism and
appreciation for Frances heroic de-
Tense of civilization for an everlasting
monument to be designed by the world
famous sculptor, Frederick MacMon-
MES, and situated on or neal the spot
where the Hun tide was turned back
In 1914. Not Il single penny contribut-
ed by Missourlans will be spent for
any other purpose Thar the statue, as
| the entire cost Of the campaign ex-
pense has already been met by gener-
GUS friends. Any contributions from
| u pcDllS up Will DN Sluuiy CpiS INV
every Missouri bank has been deSig-
mated as a depository for the funds.
The one essential idea of the offering
Is small donations from every citizen,
rather than large one from a few
rich. Just as everybody in France gave
toward the Statue Of Liberty, so
everybody in America is asked to
give towards the imposing Marine
Statue.
Governor Frederick ID. Gardner of
Missouri has accepted the honorary
Craftsmanship of the Missouri State
Committee and he hopes every Mis-
sourian will participate in the nation
wide subscription.
The Missouri State Committee is
headed by the following public
spirited citizens: J, L~lonberger Davis,
chairman; Z. Lansing Ray, president
of the st. Louis Globe Democrat, as
sociate chairman; William II. Comp
ton, president Of the American Trust
Company, treasurer; William NJ. Led
better, former editor of the st. Louis
Republic, secretary.
The idea of a memorial gift from
| America, to commemorate the first
great Allied victory, on September G,
1914 originated with a group Of
Americans who have formed a Nation
al Committee, with Thomas w. Lamont
as chairman and Myron T. Herrick,
former ambassador to France, as
chairman of the executive committee.
The statue will be placed in a posi-
ton overlooking the Marine River neal
the village of Meaux. less than twenty
miles from Paris, where civilization
triumphed over barbarism.
The educational work Is to be con-
Quoted through the common schools Of
Missouri, through Chambers of Com
merce, through social, civic and other
clubs.
The method of subscription Is a pop
ular one. Mayors Of cities have been
invited to form a committee Of three,
including himself, an editor and a bank
er. In the rural sections of the state
county superintendent of schools,
teachers and school board directors
have been designated to accept funds.
Parents are asked to let the children
bring a free-will. patriotic offering, no
matter how small, to the country
school house. Teachers will turn these
offerings over to principals, and prin-
cipals are asked to turn the total over
to the county superintendent, who in
turn will deliver the funds to a bank,
which shall remit to the state COM
mittee's depository, the American
Trust Company of st. Louis. Persons
desiring to remit checks otherwise,
may send the same TO w. r. Compton,
Treasurer, American Trust Company,
st. Louis. Mr.. Compton Is president
of the trust company.
In the smaller towns the plan is for
the Mayors Committee to designate
collection places In the school, banks,
stores, postofflces or any other public
place, and clear all collections through
the local banker.
The announced date Of the cOllec.
tion week is March 22-27. giving citi.
zens of Missouri six days time to come