The Carlisle independent., 1920-07-22
SALVAGE SHOPS IN EVERY CITY

EotdUlSllIucHC Ol d AGu SIOoS Sai- wage shop in every city and town of the Southwestern Division of the Red Cross, which includes, Missouri, Kan sas, Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma, is contemplated under nation wide plan for conservation that is being entered into by the national Red Cross organization according to an announcement received today from Southwestern divisional Red Cross headquarters at St. Louis.
 The plan is part of comprehen- sive program of conversation being engaged in by the Red Cross in an at tempt to stabilize the cost of living, induce thrift and prevent the whole sale wastage of hundreds of thous- ands of dollars worth of serviceable material that is annually discarded from American homes.
 In brief it is proposed that the "Red Cross Shop" in each city or town shall become a salvage headquarters. Donations of clothing, furniture, book, papers, automobile tires, tin foil and waste of all kinds regularly will be received, reclaimed and sold for the benefit of the Red Cross cause. The money derived from such sales will accrue directly to each local Red Cross chapter and is to be spent as they direct.
 One of the principal activities of the proposed salvage shops will be the remaking of donated clothing in to serviceable garments for use Of refuges in the war-torn districts of Europe. Baby clothes will be special ized in. It is planned to re-establish on a somewhat smaller scale the sew ing days that were a feature of Red Cross headquarters throughout the country during the war.
 Not all the clothing thus reclaimed will go to foreign fields. Some will be used by the local Red Cross home service sections in outfitting needy families. Some will be sold and cer- tain percentage will be held in re- serve for rehabilitalng families who have lost all worldly goods in future disasters.
 Salvage campaigns are no new thing in Red Cross chapters experi- ence," said Miss Katherine Burlin- game, who is in charge of the new Bureau of auxiliary Service. During the war such campaigns were held with great success in many cities and towns throughost the Southwestern Division of the Red Cross. Some of the most successful that come to mind were Kansas City and Carthage, Mo" ,"
 "In the Pacific Division of the Red Cross, the states of California, Ari- zona and Nevada, the salvage shops +,..o years with entire success. Shops there last year cleared net profit of more than S500,000 Some of them at the present time are collecting more than 5000 monthly and using the money improving their communi- ties.
 ''The shop idea is based on the the ory that each home contains some thing that it doesn't want but that would be of great value to some other home. The first shops will be orga- nized and in operation by early fall" ]"
 Seventy five Red Cross chapters throughout the division will be asked to send representatives to St. Louis for a division conference in Septem- Der to coordinate and standarize plans for the salvage shops. The principal speaker at the conference will be Mrs. August Belmont, of New York nationally known welfare worker, who is assisting in formu- lating the plan.
 An advisory board of 15 women has been established to take charge of the details throughout the states com ing the division Members of the committee follow: Miss Katherine Burlingame, St. Louis, chairman; Mrs Frank " Hammar, St. Louis; Mrs. George H. Hoxie, Kansas City; Mrs. H. Prather, Dallas; Mrs. George Gil- lette, San Antonio; Miss M Pains, Houston; Mrs. G. D. Morgan, Calves ton; Mrs. H. s. Broaddus, Fl Paso; Mrs. J. P Wheeler, Tulsa: Mrs. W. J. Pettee. Oklahoma City; Mrs. W. T. Lutz, Beloit, Kansas; Mrs. P. D. Scott Van Buren, Ark; Mrs. J. S. Kochtit- sky. Cape Girardeau, Mo; Mrs. H. F.