Show Charity on Business Basis Ten thousand hours of Salt Lake business businessmen's businessmen's mens men's valuable time are wasted every year by solicitors for charity funds Seventy-five Seventy per pel cent of the charity charily workers' workers time and energy is consumed in ill making collections collections collections col col- col- col they have but 25 per cent of their efforts efforts ef of- forts left for application to real charity work It was partly for these reasons that the leading charitable charity societies organized a central contral committee to handle all aH the charity work in the city on a business basis Suppose a n business man has been giving a total of 1000 a year for works of mercy mercy- handing hunding it out in small sums and giving valuable valuable valuable able time listening to every separate appeal lIe He would rather give the lump sum and be freed from further annoyance an ami 1 also feel sure that the money would be spent judiciously and carefully carefully carefully care care- fully checked with regular audits The new plan takes this fact into tion A campaign of raising funds will be in inaugurate in- in A budget will bo bu prepared Every organization participating must submit its books booles for audit and must show how the appropriations are to be applied If business men on the committee see that a plan is impracticable they will refuse refus an appropriation for that plan IN OTHER WORDS EFFICIENCY W WILL LL BE APPLIED TO CHARITY WORK VORI IN SALT LAKE There arc professionals going over the United States all the time securing the indorsement of local charity societies s to solicit funds The professionals professionals professionals pro pro- pocket some of t money collected and demand a large percentage of what they show the societies Others ask for no indorsement but go it alone and take ALL THE TifE MONEY l THEY COLLECT And still oth other r solicitations are made for a good but an UNWISE VISE purpose We Va cant can't afford to have any waste or any graft in our charity work It is therefore important important important im im- im- im that the city take hold of the new movement movement movement move move- ment with enthusiasm and give it hearty sup sup- port The men lnell in charge of it are of the highest type of citizenship They are willingly giving their valuable time and energy to a good cause We Te hope that all their dreams of putting Salt Lake charity on a business basis as well as on a basis of love will vill come true |