Chapter L: S. Plaut & Co., Newark $235.00

Proceeds given to local Anti-Tuberculosis Society.

Mrs. S. C. Comstock, Montclair, by authority of New Jersey
Branch $927.25
To be applied to support of Summer Day Camp or to
support of patients in other camps.

Anti-Tuberculosis Committee of the Oranges $2,200.55
To be applied in Educational work.

Plainfield Society for the Relief of Tuberculosis $37.35
To be applied to general fund being raised for
establishment of a camp.

NEW YORK—

New York Red Cross Branch $21,174.67
To be applied generally to maintenance of Day Camps.

NORTH CAROLINA—

Wilmington Red Cross Subdivision $415.00
To be applied to educational work.

OHIO—

Cincinnati Subdivision $1,203.02
To be applied to educational work through Cincinnati
Anti-Tuberculosis League.

Cleveland Subdivision $8,869.96

OKLAHOMA—

Oklahoma City $125.00
To be applied to diet for tuberculosis patients.

OREGON—

Visiting Nurse Association, Portland $1,606.22
To be applied to Sanatorium, educational work and
instructive nursing for advanced cases.

PENNSYLVANIA—

Pennsylvania Red Cross Branch (about) $17,000.00
Purposes to which fund will be applied not yet determined.

Dispensary Aid Society of the Tuberculosis League of
Pittsburgh $3,976.00
To be applied to building and maintenance of dispensary
building on the grounds of the Tuberculosis Hospital of
the above organization.

Mrs. Charles L. Taylor (“Pittsburgh Red Cross Circle”) $175.00
Given to the Pittsburgh Tuberculosis Hospital.

Mrs. J. E. Roys (“Bloomsburg Red Cross Circle”) $61.79
To be applied to anti-tuberculosis work in Columbia County.

RHODE ISLAND—

Rhode Island Anti-Tuberculosis Association $7,763.66
To be applied two-thirds to local work (Providence)
and one-third to State Association, to start new
associations, educational work, etc.

SOUTH CAROLINA—

South Carolina Red Cross Branch $141.65
Disposition not yet decided upon.

TENNESSEE—

Tuberculosis Committee. Memphis Civic League $637.21
Given to city Tuberculosis Hospital.

Federation of Women’s Clubs, Nashville $1,600.00
Principally towards support of State or Municipal
Sanatorium.

Chattanooga Woman’s Club $105.31
Care of tuberculosis patients among the poor.

TEXAS—

Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Austin $100.00
To be applied in educational work.

UTAH—

Utah Federation of Women’s Clubs $265.96
Application not yet decided.

VIRGINIA—

Nurses’ Committee, King’s Daughters (Petersburg) $164.06
To be applied to the starting of a fund to establish
a small hospital for local use.

WISCONSIN—

Visiting Nurses’ Association of Oshkosh $369.19
To be applied two-thirds for visiting nurse’s salary and
one-third for bed in sanatorium.

Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Milwaukee $8,754.88
To be applied to educational and organizational work.

COMPETITION FOR 1909 CHRISTMAS STAMP DESIGN

Report of Special Committee appointed to secure competitive designs for Red Cross Christmas Stamp for “1909” issue, Committee consisting of

Miss Mabel T. Boardman, Washington.
Miss Emily P. Bissell, Delaware.
Mrs. Wm. K. Draper, New York.
Major-General Geo. W. Davis, Washington.
Mr. Joseph A. Steinmetz, Pennsylvania.

The Committee met at the call of the National Society at Washington Headquarters on the morning of Tuesday, February 16th, and reported as follows:

That the National Headquarters and all State Branches of the Red Cross be instructed to give out information inviting the free competition for the design for the Red Cross Christmas Stamp for 1909.

The State Secretaries and members of the Red Cross will address Art Institutions and secure the co-operation of newspapers and magazines and secure a wide public invitation for these designs.

There will be three main awards, consisting of the following cash prizes, in order of merit:

$100.00
50.00
25.00

and there will be chosen out of the stamp sketches submitted, not to exceed 10 other designs to be retained by the Red Cross as their property as a matter of record and for such designs as will be retained there will be a cash price of $10.00 each.

The wording shall read:

AMERICAN RED CROSS
1909
MERRY CHRISTMAS
HAPPY NEW YEAR

and the finished size of the stamp shall be ⅞ of an inch square.

It is preferred that the background of the stamp shall be “white,” and that the emblem of the “Red Cross” shall be shown somewhere prominently in the design. The Red Cross is a geometrical design, made up of 5 equal squares, arranged in the form of a cross, and this proportion must be strictly observed.

A design may be submitted in two or three colors, the ground work not being considered as an applied color.

Artists’ designs submitted must not exceed 3 inches square, as it is supposed that in a space 3 inches by 3 inches the design can be clearly shown in proper detail, suitable for process reduction to size of the finished stamp, which is ⅞ of an inch by ⅞ of an inch.

The competition closes at 6 o’clock P. M. May 15th and designs may be submitted at any time up to that date.

There will be an Associate Committee of Artists to pass on the designs, and it is hoped to have a public exhibition in Washington of the designs submitted.

Designs may be submitted to Mr. Charles L. Magee, Secretary American Red Cross, State, War and Navy Building, Washington, D. C., or to the Secretary of any Red Cross State Branch.

The name and address of the artist must be subscribed on the back of the design and shall not be visible anywhere in the design or on the face thereof.

Respectfully submitted,

JOS. A. STEINMETZ,
Philadelphia, Pa.,
Chairman of Stamp Committee.

SOUTH CHINA FLOOD RELIEF

The following report of the relief work in Southern China has been received by the Red Cross:

AMERICAN CONSULAR SERVICE,
CANTON, CHINA, December 14, 1908.

CHAS. L. MAGEE, ESQ., Secretary National Red Cross Society,
Washington, D. C.

Sir—Referring to your letter of August 18 and my reply of
September 18, 1908, regarding the $2,000 sent by your Society
through the Department of State for the relief of flood
sufferers, I have to enclose herewith a copy of a report just
received by me from Dr. Charles K. Edmunds, Secretary of the
Canton Flood Relief Committee. I also enclose eight photographs
taken in districts affected by the flood.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLARD B. HULL,
Vice-Consul in Charge.

[Note.—$2,000 in gold in exchange gave $4,519.77 Mexican dollars for relief work.]

REPORT TO W. B. HULL, ESQ., AMERICAN VICE-CONSUL-GENERAL IN
CHARGE, AT CANTON, IN REGARD TO AID GIVEN TO FLOOD SUFFERERS,
SUMMER 1908, By EXPENDITURE OF $2,000 GOLD, RECEIVED FROM THE
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS.

Amount Received $4,519.77 Mex.

Disbursed in three lots:

A. To Rev. Mr. Roach, of the Baptist Mission on
North River, Yingtak $1,000.00 Mex.

B. To Chinese Committee (per Kwong On & Co.),
for West River Relief 1,000.00 Mex.

C. To Rev. W. W. Clayson, London Mission, acting
in co-operation with Chinese Commission on
North River, Tsing Yuen and Sham Shui Districts 2,519.77 Mex.

The most needy districts were Yingtak and Tsing Yuen.

The money was spent in the following manner in the three cases:

A. Employment given to a daily average of 80-85 men and women
and 30 cents and 25 cents (Mex.) per day, respectively, during
some forty days, tiding them over the worst period of want
until local officials came to aid more effectively. Work was
the repairing of a main public highway. The Baptist Mission
supplied the necessary road material, lime, etc. There remains
a balance of $200 Mexican on hand.

B. While in Yingtak it was thought wisest to give employment
to the needy as above described; along the West River it was
deemed best to give money direct. In this region rice and other
foodstuffs were being sold at a reduction of 30 or 40 per cent.
through the agency of local gentry of wealth, officials and
the native benevolent institutions. One thousand dollars was
then distributed through the Native General Committee from
the United Churches of Canton, and some thousands of people
supplied with cash to buy food at these reduced rates.

C. In Tsing Yuen and Sham Shui Districts, Mr. Clayson
personally assisted the Native Committee in distributing
tickets, which were redeemable in cash at three centres, Tsing
Yuen, Shek Kok and Sai Nam. Rather thorough investigations were
made so as to reach the most needy, and especial attention was
given to villages lying in from the river, which had, in fact,
suffered most from devastation of crops, and yet had up to the
time of this relief been least helped, because living back from
the river they did not know how to get relief, and had few
chances of earning any support.

The method of distribution adopted was very laborious, but it
is thought that it was the most satisfactory. Those wanting
most relief were reached and given tickets, and even if they
were too weak to go to the centre to get the money, they could
be trusted to see that they did get it. Those helped in these
districts were mostly widows, the blind, lame and diseased and
aged. Two days around each centre were taken to distribute
tickets, and one day at the centre for distribution of
money—with which the people then bought foodstuffs at reduced
prices from the officials or Benevolent Societies—the latter
turning their money over and over as long as it lasted under
this depreciating process.

The $2,519.77 (Mexican) which our Committee gave Mr. Clayson
was put with that of the Native Christian Committee, making a
total of $4,610.00, which was disbursed at the three centres as
follows: Tsing Yuen, $1,448; Shek Kok, $1,047, and in Sai Nam,
$1,115.

It can confidently be said that but for the timely aid this
money made possible, several thousands of people on the verge
of starvation would have suffered worse agony than they did.

Our Committee wishes to offer our most sincere and appreciative
thanks to the Red Cross Society for this timely aid, and to you
for your kind offices in the matter.

Respectfully submitted,