Show THE RED CROSS DOLLARS of striking interest to everyone who he haa has contributed to lo the red cross cron will be the statement contained in abatement the linen financial report of the red cro Crosa a 9 for the first half of 1918 to the effect that it cost coata but two cents of by every e ry dollar contributed to the can cause be 10 operate the administrative bureaus in the united states more interest in interesting teresI B till is IB the fact that fur for nolla every d dollar r contributed by the american people for war relief work more or than one dullar and one cent bent is eap exp expended for that per purpose the ex extra t cent being provided by bv interest on n the funds theoper ahe operating a ting expenses of national headquarters hed hedda quarters bartera and the fourteen divisions I 1 in the united states are all fl paid out of a fund arising from me membership dues not a dollar of the li funda contributed for relief stands wr work being used for overhead ex pense th the total operating expenses I 1 for the whole country were but 2164 for the fiscal fisca year at the time the report was prepared there ther were about persons em bloyed in the work of the red cross cron in the united states and more than 3 workers overseas As is well k known the heads of the departments of f ih the red cross crom organizations are all va volunteer gunteer workers worker many men and ad women of great ability having g given van up in lucrative C dative businesses to i nn an in the work of the 6 paid workers arker or ker more than 5 6 receive 1500 a year or lem leis the majority receiving less than 1000 of course thew these figures cover only the workers I 1 in n the nation national and ad III divisional yea cinal headquarters they are not to be confuted with the eight million women work workers are who volunteer their services in ich the workrooms wor krooms of the four thousand chap chapters t 0 of the red rd cross cron all over the country these them workers worker turned out over forty four million dollars worth of fil finished shed articles last year chusit thus it v ill I 1 be seen that thai the american red CO choss B conducts one of the largest merchandising businesses in the world during the year ends ended june SO 0 the red cross crom appropriated 1 07 to carry on its walk ird abroad bad and at home of this over 59 went for relief in foreign big countries nearly 8 for work in the united states she about e t for relief work in various countries on cal work walk specified D by contributors contributor 26 set side aside for working capital and the balance for other activities tn in less than eleven months month the am american e rican people rave gave more than to red cross cron by far the greatest nam ever contributed by an any Y nation naon for humanitarian work the report cut coi eludes with a statement 0 of I 1 the precautions taken to safeguard red cross crew funds say bay mg ing there I 1 IB a provision ut in our at charter w which aich requires a that we shall make each year to the secretary of f war a full fall report or 0 receipts and expenditures which report shall be transmitted to congress by the war dept they are constantly enraged engaged in checking our receipts and expenditures such a check made by public authorities adds materially to the safeguards safeguard which we our selves place around our funds |