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 clothe Belgium 
 
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 Northern France 
 
 The New Need of 
 the "Stricken Little 
 Sister of the World " 
 
 THE COMMISSION FOR 
 RELIEF IN BELGIUM 
 
 71 Broadway . - - . New York City 
 
The Commission for 
 Relief in Belgium 
 
 71 Broadway, New York City 
 
 Honorary Chairmen 
 
 The American Ambassadors in London, 
 Paris and Berlin; the American Ministers 
 in Brussels and at The Hague; the Spanish 
 Ambassador in London; the Spanish 
 Minister in Brussels ; and the Netherlands 
 Minister to Belgium, at Le Havre. 
 
 Chairman 
 
 HERBERT HOOVER 
 
 Chairman of the Clothing Appeal Committee 
 
 HON. OSCAR S. STRAUS 
 
 Membef,t)f 'Yhe Hague Tribunal 
 
 Treasurer 
 
 ALEXANDER J. HEMPHILL 
 
 Director 
 
 JOHN BEAVER WHITE 
 
 Bankers 
 
 National City Bank, New York 
 Guaranty Trust Company, New York 
 
;n ^~r>^^ A LETTER FROM 
 
 President Wilson 
 
 3^^ 
 
 The Following Announcement Appeared in the Leading 
 Papers of the United States on November 9, 1915: 
 
 At the request of Herbert Hoover, Chairman of 
 the Commission for Relief in Belgium, President Wilson 
 has asked a number of prominent Americans to co- 
 operate in the work of the Commission in the United 
 States. Those asked by the President are Otto T. 
 Bannard, S. R. Bertron, Herbert R. Eldridge, A. J. 
 Hemphill, Melville E. Stone, Oscar S. Straus and John 
 Beaver White. In his letters of invitation the President 
 says: 
 
 "Mr. Hoover, the Chairman of the Commission 
 for Relief in Belgium, has approached me with re- 
 gard to difficulties which have arisen in the conduct 
 of that great humanitarian work, in which he feels 
 he needs the support of an enlarged committee of 
 gentlemen of large experience to co-operate with 
 him in settling and conducting the administration 
 of the branch of the Commission in the United 
 States. 
 
 "I am so much impressed with the importance 
 of this institution, on which the lives of so many 
 people are dependent, that I venture to say to 
 you that I would personally be very much grati- 
 fied if you could see your way to join such a 
 committee. * * * 
 
 *WOODROW WILSON." 
 
Three Millions To Be Clothed 
 
 npHIS pamphlet is going to be a little sermon on gratitude, and 
 ■*■ the text is not a string of words, but a set of deeds. 
 
 When the city of Louvain started to clear out the ruins and 
 prepare, some day, to build a newer Louvain, she re-named a 
 public square which had carried for six centuries an old Belgian 
 name. She called it, *'La Place des Etats-Unis," or, as we 
 should say, ''United States Square." At the same time^ other 
 Belgian towns began to name squares, streets and avenues after 
 our country and our great men. There is scarcely a Belgian 
 city now but has a President Wilson avenue, a Lincoln boulevard 
 or a George Washington park. The little children of Belgium 
 have been making pretty lace squares addressed to "Our Bene- 
 factors," or to "The Children of America." 
 
 The Belgians do this because for the last year nearly every 
 ounce of bread that feeds them has been received through the 
 Commission for Relief in Belgium. 
 
 The barges which bring the wheat and bacon and dried 
 vegetables down the canals travel under protection of our flag. 
 The officers of the Commission, who receive the supplies and 
 see that they reach the Belgians, are young Americans wearing 
 the flag in their buttonholes. 
 
 To the Belgian the Stars and Stripes mean bread and meat — 
 the outward and visible sign of their physical salvation. 
 
 Do WE DESERVE THE GRATITUDE OF BELGIUM ? In JUSTICE IT 
 
 MUST BE SAID THAT WE DO NOT. Feeding Belgium is a complex 
 problem. Part of the people are able to pay. Ways have been 
 found to turn Belgian property and securities into cash outside of 
 the country. But two million idle working people — and the num- 
 ber may rise this winter to three million — have neither money nor 
 property. They must be fed from outside. It was thought, once, 
 that the United States, the only great nation untouched by this 
 war, would attend to this. We did not; the Commission had to 
 ask food from the whole world. And up to date our country, 
 which is making money, has given only seven cents per capita to 
 Belgium, while New Zealand, which is helping bear the burden of 
 the war, has given a dollar and a quarter per capita. 
 
 Now comes a chance to deserve the heart-felt gratitude of 
 poor little Belgium, and the no less lively gratitude of Northern 
 France, which is also dependent on the Commission. There are 
 2,200,000 souls being fed and one-third of that number to be 
 
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clothed in the north of France. Lille, Valenciennes and vicinity 
 are the most highly industrialized sections of France and are 
 behind the German lines. With complete industrial paralysis and 
 the consequent unemployment of a large laboring class, clothes 
 and shoes are almost more needed here than in Belgium. The 
 Commission had hoped, with all the neutral world, that before 
 this winter the end of the war would end their task. But the war 
 is going on, and winter is here. The Belgians and the Northern 
 French without the Commission would be facing starvation and 
 now have to anticipate bitter cold. For, though Belgium is a 
 weaving nation, not a loom has worked for fifteen months because 
 there is no raw material. Of course, the double blockade prevents 
 imports. So for fifteen months no one has had any new clothes. 
 The rich and well-to-do can stand this, but not the poor man with 
 his one suit, the poor woman with her work-dress and her single 
 decent Sunday dress. These people will soon be in threadbare 
 rags and tatters. 
 
 Someone must clothe three million people this winter. 
 This task will call for about four million dollars in money or in 
 new clothes — there are reasons why second-hand clothes, no mat- 
 ter how good, cannot be used. 
 
 The Commission are entrusting this re-clothing of Belgium 
 to the United States. So we may give cause, real cause, for the 
 gratitude of the Belgians. 
 
 HERE, IN SHORT, IS OUR CHANCE TO DO GOOD. 
 
 Read on for full particulars. 
 
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The Situation 
 
 A Statement Received by the Appeal Committee 
 from Herbert Hoover 
 
 Chairman of the Commission forlRelief in Belgium 
 
 We have resolved to come frankly to the American people 
 and ask them to clothe the destitute in the occupied areas of Bel- 
 gium and Northern France during the coming winter. 
 
 There are nine million people in these areas and of these over 
 one-third are now either wholly or partially destitute and are 
 today receiving their food either wholly or partially without 
 payment. 
 
 We have set up economic measures based on the ability of a 
 portion of the population to pay for its food which, with the con- 
 tributions of other countries, enables us for the present to find 
 the bare minimum of food supplies for the whole nine million 
 
 people, BUT WE HAVE NO RESERVES WITH WHICH TO PROVIDE 
 CLOTHING FOR THE DESTITUTE. We NOW PLEAD FOR HELP ON 
 THEIR BEHALF. 
 
 Even If They Had Money 
 
 Even if these nine million people had money, they could not 
 import clothes, or the raw materials with which to manufacture 
 them, through the blockade into an area under military occupa- 
 tion. While the better classes have some clothing with which 
 they can get along, the destitute are composed of the working 
 classes which naturally had little reserves of clothing when the 
 war broke out. The only additions they have received since then 
 have been the generous contributions from America, Canada and 
 elsewhere. By Christmas all the clothing which zve have in our 
 various establishments will be exhausted. 
 
 It is a certainty that the undue exposure of underclad men, 
 women and children to the bitter winter will greatly increase mor- 
 tality. The clothing for these people can be provided only if we 
 receive gift supplies for the purpose. WE ARE DEPENDING 
 UPON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
 
 We have arranged that the cost of transportation of clothes 
 from any central point in the United States to Belgium and 
 Northern France and of the distribution will be paid for out of 
 funds which have been specially provided, so that all the Amer- 
 ican contributions will reach the destitute without one cent of 
 deduction. 
 
Only New Material 
 
 In the matter of the character of clothing for these people, 
 we are surrounded with a multitude of difficulties. In the first 
 instance, the drastic sanitary arrangements made by the Govern- 
 ments through whose territory we must pass make the introduc- 
 tion of second-hand clothing, especially in the areas of the opera- 
 ting armies, where the want will be greatest, practically impos- 
 sible. 
 
 We therefore ask frankly for new clothing, and more 
 PARTICULARLY FOR UNMADE MATERIAL. Not that the destitute in 
 Belgium and Northern France are not intensely grateful for sec- 
 ond-hand clothing, but as a matter of necessity we are forced to 
 ask only for unworn stuffs. 
 
 It must be borne in mind that those for whom we appeal are 
 living under almost total industrial paralysis; that many millions 
 of them are idle, and that the cry we have from them daily is, 
 "Give us something to do, give us something to work on, so that 
 we may contribute to our own support." Therefore if we can 
 
 PROVIDE THEM WITH MATERIALS, THEY WILL MAKE UP THEIR OWN 
 
 CLOTHING. Furthermore, the poor of Belgium and Northern 
 France can devise an extraordinary amount of clothing out of a 
 given piece of cloth and can work in such materials to patch up 
 their own clothing. For this reason we are anxious to secure 
 piece goods as far as possible, or, alternatively, unworn made-up 
 clothing. 
 
 Noble Workers 
 
 We have established workrooms in all the leading Belgian 
 cities. The one in Brussels alone gives employment to over 15,- 
 000 people. This clothing is all distributed free through local 
 communal committees after they have made a careful investiga- 
 tion of the necessities of each recipient. There are today between 
 thirty and forty thousand of the noblest and best Belgian and 
 French people giving their whole services in the volunteer conduct 
 of these local committees, endeavoring with the greatest possible 
 devotion and under the greatest strain, to eke out to their utmost 
 usefulness the meagre supplies which we are able to furnish. 
 
 What we urgently need is new woolen clothes for men, 
 women, girls and boys, woolen and cotton materials for babies' 
 clothing, shawls, stockings, jerseys, sweaters, blankets, boots and 
 shoes, underclothing, overcoats, petticoats, suits of all descrip- 
 tions, and in fact every article in the gamut of warm clothing. 
 
It seems to us that there must be on the shelves of the stores 
 and in the homes of the United States a large amount of rem- 
 nant cloth material and new ready-made clothing which would 
 be contributed or could be purchased by the various committees 
 interested in our work on terms of the greatest possible economy. 
 These materials and clothes, remember, need not be fashionable 
 nor even tasteful. What we want is just clothes for warmth and 
 decency. 
 
 We believe that with the generosity of the American mer- 
 chant and manufacturer our local committees, from monies that 
 may be subscribed to them for this purpose, can purchase such 
 materials at far more advantageous rates than can be obtained in 
 any commercial transaction. 
 
 It is our hope that we may have large consignments 
 arriving by Christmas, and we do not believe that there is 
 any manner in which the American people can better show 
 their inherent instinct of philanthropy and kindliness than 
 by answering this appeal from millions of helpless, destitute 
 people. 
 
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 This and all other piwiuyraphs in the pamphlet are published by the 
 courtesy of William C. Edgar and the Northwestern Miller. 
 
What Is Needed 
 
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 A Rough Estimate of the Clothing Required This 
 Winter by Belgium and Northern France 
 
 For Men 
 
 200,000 pairs of shoes, sizes ranging from No. 7 to No. 11 ; 
 300,000 shirts; 200,000 pairs of drawers; 200,000 undershirts; 
 200,000 jerseys or sweaters; 400,000 pairs socks (wool) ; 350,000 
 pairs trousers; 300,000 coats; 150,000 overcoats; 100,000 scarfs. 
 
 For Women 
 
 200,000 pairs of shoes, sizes ranging from No. 3 to No. 8; 
 400,000 waists or blouses; 200,000 pairs drawers; 150,000 vests 
 or under-bodices ; 400,000 pairs stockings (wool) ; 160,000 petti- 
 coats or underskirts ; 200,000 skirts ; 240,000 shawls or woolen 
 coats or cloaks. 
 
 For Girls 
 
 100,000 pairs shoes ; 200,000 waists or blouses ; 300,000 pairs 
 drawers ; 200,000 under-vests ; 200,000 petticoats ; 300,000 frocks ; 
 400,000 pairs stockings (wool) ; 200,000 coats or capes for school 
 children ; 100,000 woolen caps, bonnets, etc. 
 
 For Boys 
 
 100,000 pairs shoes; 400,000 shirts; 200,000 jerseys or 
 sweaters ; 200,000 combination or union suits ; 200,000 pairs trous- 
 ers ; 200,000 coats ; 100,000 coats and capes for school children ; 
 400,000 pairs stockings (wool) ; 100,000 caps or hats. 
 
 For Small Children and Babies 
 
 48,000 pairs shoes, and 300,000 woolen garments. 
 100,000 blankets are also needed. 
 
 MATERIALS:— The equivalent for any of the above 
 garments in piece goods and all kinds of warm woolen goods. 
 The people in Belgium would much prefer to have the mate- 
 rials with which to make the above garments. There are 
 thousands of men and women in Belgium now unemployed, who 
 would gladly engage in the work of garment-making for them- 
 selves and families, as well as for others. 
 
How to Help 
 
 Every man, woman and child in the United States can and 
 should help : 
 
 1. By buying any of the articles mentioned. 
 
 2. By buying the material with which to make them. 
 
 3. By sending money with which to buy them. 
 
 Send the material, the garments, or the shoes to one of the 
 Assembling Depots in your State. Send your cash gift to your 
 State Executive. You will find a list of depots and executives 
 further on in this pamphlet, as well as full particulars how to 
 send. If you are in any doubt you can send money direct to the 
 Commission at 71 Broadway, New York City, or materials and 
 clothes direct to the Bush Terminals, South Brooklyn, N. Y. Your 
 gift will be credited to your State. The main thing is to buy and 
 send or give at once. 
 
 If you do this, you will make your own Christmas all 
 the happier. 
 
 "A little help is worth a deal of pity." 
 
''A Miracle of Organization" 
 
 How the work of the Commission for Relief is 
 regarded by the various belligerent powers can be 
 gathered from the following speech made by Earl 
 Curzon, a member of the British Cabinet, at the Lon- 
 don Mansion House on October 12, 1915 : 
 
 "You alluded, my Lord Mayor, to the work 
 which has been undertaken by the neutral Com- 
 mission for Relief, and I believe you spoke no 
 more than the truth when you indicated that 
 this is one of the most striking achievements 
 which we can find anywhere on record. 
 
 "This is the first time in history that a whole 
 people has been fed by a private organization. 
 The wheat, the flour, the bacon, the rice, and 
 the maize, come in the main from North Amer- 
 ica and South America. But the task of pur- 
 chasing it there, of engaging the shipping and 
 transporting it to Europe, of landing it in Hol- 
 land, through which it has to go, of preparing it 
 for distribution, and of finally distributing it 
 amongst the seven millions of people, is under- 
 taken by this Commission, of which Mr. Hoover 
 is the head. It is an absolute miracle of scien- 
 tific organization. Every pound of food and 
 supplies is accounted for, and you have the re- 
 markable fact that at this day bread is fetching 
 no more in Antwerp or Brussels than it is in the 
 City of London. And when it is remembered 
 that the bulk of the work out there is volun- 
 tary work, is work gratuitously given by those 
 who take part in it, that again distinguishes it 
 from almost any previous attempt of the kind. 
 
 "Hitherto in political history you almost al- 
 ways find public relief, on a large scale at any 
 rate, associated with extravagance and scandal. 
 But in this case, and I think in this case almost 
 alone, it has been synonymous with economy 
 and efficiency combined." 
 
 Similar generous tributes to the work done for 
 Belgium by humane Americans have been paid by 
 high German and French authorities. 
 
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How to Ship to Belgium 
 
 By Parcel Post 
 
 The Commission for Relief in Belgium, headquarters 71 Broadway, 
 New York City, has undertaken to transport free of charge, from all points 
 in the United States, donations of new clothing or material (woolen) for 
 making clothing, destined for the relief of the suffering non-combatants in 
 Belgium and Northern France. Since the Parcel Post regulations prevent 
 the sending of parcels collect, this free offer of transportation must take 
 the form of a return to the senders of the money spent in prepaying the 
 postage. If you desire to aid the millions of men, women and children now 
 in desperate straits, enclose your donation in a strong package or box, and 
 attach securely, addressed to our nearest inland forwarding agent (see list 
 on pages 13 and 14), a tag made out as follows: 
 
 (Front) 
 
 (3ack) 
 
 ABC 
 
 PLACE STAMPS HERE 
 
 The Commission for Relief in Belgium 
 
 Care of 
 
 Forwarding Agent 
 City 
 
 State 
 
 (From) 
 
 Name of Donor 
 
 Address 
 
 City 
 
 Contents 
 
 Weight Value $. 
 
 State 
 
 These tags can be obtained by applying to any forwarding agent, State 
 Committee executive or at the office of the Commission for Relief in Bel- 
 gium, 71 Broadway, New York City. 
 
 If you wish to take advantage of our offer to return your postage, add 
 on shipping tag in the upper left-hand corner, on the address side of the 
 tag, the letter "R," viz., | AB C | R. If the letter "R" does not appear 
 we will not return postage paid by you, but will apply same in buying more 
 material. Refund will not be made if stamps are placed on package — 
 THEY MUST BE ON THE TAG. Under no circumstances put marks 
 or messages other than those above given in or on any package. The most 
 innocent communication or mark may be suspected of being a military code 
 message and prevent the distribution of our entire consignment. 
 
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Because of the disproportionate expense it involves, the Commission 
 cannot undertake to return postage on parcels weighing less than twenty 
 (20) pounds. 
 
 By Express 
 
 Through the courtesy of the various express companies, The Com- 
 mission has arranged that any contributions may be sent to Belgium or 
 occupied France without cost to the donor. To expedite the forwarding of 
 contributions, deposit your donation in packages, extra strongly packed, in 
 any express company's office, and address the tag, as illustrated on page 11, 
 to our nearest forwarding agents. A list of agents is published on pages 
 13 and 14. 
 
 Please send on same day to the Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 
 Broadway, New York City, a post card giving date of shipment, office 
 where deposited, express company, contents, approximate value, and your 
 name and address. Whenever possible, an additional copy of express re- 
 ceipts or bills of lading should be secured from the carriers at the time 
 shipments are made, one of which should be mailed to this office to facili- 
 tate the tracing of shipments and insuring their prompt delivery at point of 
 destination. 
 
 By Freight 
 
 Instructions regarding shipping by freight are contained in General 
 Instruction Book, No. 4, copies of which can be obtained at the various 
 express offices, or from the Commission for Relief, 71 Brc::,lway, New 
 York. 
 
 Acceptance and Routing of Donations and Payment 
 of Inland and Coastwise Freight 
 
 The Commission has perfected arrangements for one hundred inland 
 assembling depots, thus giving facilities in each State for bringing together 
 packages by parcel post, express and small (less than carload) lots, and 
 their consolidation and re-shipment in carload lots to the most desirable 
 seaport to connect with chartered vessels. 
 
 The Commission will furnish free inland transportation in the United 
 States on donations of clothing, but only when presented to it at the 
 original point of shipment under the following procedure : 
 
 First — When given to the custody of its recognized branch or 
 State Committee (at its official depot), who will arrange with the 
 Commission for transportation. 
 
 Second — When delivered or sent to one of the many assem- 
 bling depots (mentioned below), from which points arrangements 
 for transportation will be made with the Commission. 
 
 Third — When consigned and shipped direct to and in the 
 name of the Commission for Relief in Belgium from original 
 point of origin after arrangement with the Commission for proper 
 routing and instructions as to the port required. 
 
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State Assembly Depots 
 
 Authorized to receive parcel post, express and small freight shipments 
 to be made into carload lots for shipment to seaboard : 
 
 Alabama — Magnolia Compress and Warehouse Company Mobile 
 
 Warrant Warehouse Company Birmingham 
 
 Arizona — Pioneer Transfer Company Phoenix 
 
 Arkansas — Terminal Warehouse Company Little Rock 
 
 California — Shattuck & Nimmo Warehouse Company Los Angeles 
 
 Haslett Warehouse Company San Francisco 
 
 Colorado — Benedict Warehouse and Transfer Company Denver 
 
 Connecticut — H. T. Smith Express Company Meriden 
 
 A. Brazos & Sons, Inc Middletown 
 
 Bill Bros. Company Hartford 
 
 Delaware — Charles Warner Company Wilmington 
 
 District of Columbia — Littlefield, Alvord & Co Washington 
 
 Florida — Wiesenfeld Warehouse Company Jacksonville 
 
 Georgia — Belgium Relief Committee, Warehouse, 14 Houston St. .Atlanta 
 
 Idaho — Peasley Transfer and Storage Company Boise 
 
 Illinois — Sibley Warehouse and Storage Company Chicago 
 
 Glynn's Fireproof Storage Cairo 
 
 Indiana — Tripp Warehouse Company Indianapolis 
 
 Iowa — Merchants' Transfer and Storage Company Des Moines 
 
 Ewert & Richter Express and Storage Company Davenport 
 
 Morningside Dray and Auto Company Sioux City 
 
 Calder's Van and Storage Company Cedar Rapids 
 
 Kansas — City Transfer and Storage Company Hutchinson 
 
 Bryan Transfer and Storage Company Wichita 
 
 Kentucky — Kelly Storage and Distributing Company Lexington 
 
 Crutcher Bros. Co., 124 East Main Street Louisville 
 
 Louisiana — Arsene Perrilliat, Press Street Landing New Orleans 
 
 Maine — Henry McLaughlin & Co Bangor 
 
 Maryland — Terminal Shipping Co., 505-507 Keyser Building Baltimore 
 
 B. R. F. Election House, Division Street Salisbury 
 
 Massachusetts — New England Belgian Relief Fund, 426 Boylston St., 
 
 Boston 
 
 Taunton Teaming Company Taunton 
 
 Bay State Storage and Warehouse Company Springfield 
 
 Michigan — Central Warehouse Company Saginaw 
 
 Grand Rapids Association of Commerce Grand Rapids 
 
 Michigan Warehouse Company Detroit 
 
 Minnesota — Boyd Transfer and Storage Company Minneapolis 
 
 Mississippi — Hattiesburg Furniture Company Hattiesburg 
 
 Missouri — Goddard Grocery Company, 413 South Seventh Street. St. Louis 
 
 Springfield Warehouse and Transfer Company Springfield 
 
 Adams Transfer and Storage Company Kansas City 
 
 Montana — Jones Transfer Company Butte 
 
 Foster-Baker Transfer and Storage Company Billings 
 
 Nebraska— Omaha Van and Storage Company, 806 S. 16th Street. .Omaha 
 Carter Transfer and Storage Company Lincoln 
 
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Nevada — Nevada Transfer Company Reno 
 
 New Hampshire — Wood Bros Portsmouth 
 
 New Jersey— Walter H. Rickey, 23 West State Street Trenton 
 
 The Model Storage Warehouse, 54-56 Belleville Avenue Newark 
 
 New Mexico — Springer Transfer Company Albuquerque 
 
 New York — The Commission for Relief in Belgium, Bush Terminals, 
 
 South Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Security Storage and Warehouse Company Albany 
 
 Buffalo Storage and Carting Company Buffalo 
 
 Flagg Storage Warehouse Company Syracuse 
 
 North Carolina — Asheville Transfer and Storage Company Asheville 
 
 North Dakota — Union Transfer Company Fargo 
 
 J. B. Reed Storage and Transfer Company Minot 
 
 Ohio — Buckeye Transfer and Storage Company Columbus 
 
 B. & O. S. W. Warehouse Company Cincinnati 
 
 General Cartage and Storage Company Cleveland 
 
 Toledo Warehouse Company, 1309 Lagrange Street Toledo 
 
 Union Storage Company Dayton 
 
 Springfield Transfer and Storage Company Springfield 
 
 Oklahoma — O. K. Transfer and Storage Company Oklahoma City 
 
 Guthrie Transfer Company Guthrie 
 
 Oregon — Theodore B. Wilcox, Municipal Dock Portland 
 
 Pennsylvania — Union Storage Company Pittsburgh 
 
 Albert Cross, ex-Secretary, B. R. F., Pier 16 Philadelphia 
 
 Erie Storage and Carting Company Erie 
 
 Rhode Island — Merchants' Cold Storage and Warehouse Co., Providence 
 Andrews Express and Storage Warehouse Newport 
 
 South Carolina — The Carolina Company Charleston 
 
 Manufacturers' Warehouse Company Sioux Falls 
 
 Manufacturers' Warehouse Company Greenville 
 
 South Dakota — Blue Line Transfer Company Pierre 
 
 Sioux Falls Warehouse Company Sioux Falls 
 
 Tennessee — Nashville Warehouse and Elevator Company Nashville 
 
 Chattanooga Warehouse and Cold Storage Company Chattanooga 
 
 Texas — Texas Warehouse Company, Inc Houston 
 
 Scobey Fireproof Storage Company San Antonio 
 
 Robert Frazier Waco 
 
 Fort Worth Warehouse and Transfer Company Fort Worth 
 
 Western Transfer and Storage Company El Paso 
 
 Dallas Transfer Company Dallas 
 
 Utah — Redman Fireproof Storage Company Salt Lake City 
 
 Vermont — C. H. Jillson Montpelier 
 
 Virginia — Jones & Co Norfolk 
 
 Washington — Carter Transfer Company EUensburg 
 
 Spokane Transfer and Storage Company Spokane 
 
 Eyres Storage and Distributing Company Seattle 
 
 G. F. Trowbridge Walla Walla 
 
 West Virginia — Citizens' Transfer and Storage Company. .. .Parkersburg 
 
 Wisconsin — A. D. Campbell — All Railroad Freight Depots Milwaukee 
 
 Wyoming — Nearest depot in adjoining States. 
 
 The Commission acknowledges the courtesy of the American 
 Chain of Warehouses. 
 
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State Organization Executives 
 
 Alabama — 
 
 Arizona — 
 
 Arkansas — J. S. Pollack, Little Rock. 
 
 California— W. H. Crocker; W. N. Moore, President, Chamber of Com- 
 merce, San Francisco. 
 
 Colorado — 
 
 Connecticut — Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, New Haven; Anson T. McCook, 
 50 State Street, Hartford. 
 
 Delaware — David T. Marvel, Dupont Building, Wilmington. 
 
 District of Columbia— Capt. E. J. Dorn, U. S. N., 401 Real Estate and 
 Trust Building, Washington. 
 
 Florida ) _-pj. p g^ ^ 5J3 Qj.^^^ fj House, Atlanta. 
 
 Georgia ) ■" ^ ' 
 
 Idaho — Stanley Easton, Kellogg. 
 
 Illinois — Arthur T. Aldis, Monadnock Block, Chicago; Wm. J. Chalmers, 
 Edison Building, Chicago; Everett L. Millard, 69 Washington Street, 
 Chicago; J. J. O'Connor, Secretary, 112 West Adams Street, Chicago. 
 
 Indiana — Hon. Henry Lane Wilson, Indianapolis. 
 
 Iowa — D. S. Chamberlain, 624 Fleming Building, Des Moines. 
 
 Kansas — C. M. Harger, Abilene; Chas. Dillon, Secretary, Central Bank 
 Building, Topeka. 
 
 Kentucky — 
 
 Louisiana — Gen. Arsene Perrilliat, 422 Hibernia Building, New Orleans. 
 
 Maine — C. S. Hichborn, First National Bank Building, Augusta. 
 
 Maryland — Miss Mary B. Shearer, 905 North Charles Street, Baltimore. 
 
 Massachusetts — Charles S. Rackemann. 75 Ames Building, Boston ; Red- 
 
 ington Fiske, 426 Boylston Street, Boston. 
 
 Michigan — Gov. Woodbridge N. Ferris, Lansing; Cliarles B. Warren, 
 Detroit. 
 
 Minnesota — E. P. Wells, 432 Security Bank Building, Minneapolis. 
 
 Mississippi — Dr. G. A. Mcllhenny, Forest; T. B. Lampton, Jackson; E. L. 
 Bailey, Jackson. 
 
 Missouri — 
 
 Montana — Dr. L. M. Rheem, Helena. 
 
 Nebraska — J. E. Miller, State House, Lincoln. 
 
 Nevada — 
 
 New Hampshire — Gen. Frank S. Streeter ; Rev. John Knox Tibbits, Con- 
 cord. 
 
 New Jersey — Dr. John Grier Hibben. Princeton ; George Megrew, Plain- 
 field ; A. H. Baldwin, 752 Broad Street, Newark. 
 
 New Mexico — 
 
 New York— Dr. John H. Finley, Education Building. Albany; Charles R. 
 Barge, Belgian Relief Fund, 71 Broadway, New York. 
 
 North Carolina— Dr. S. Westray Battle, Asheville. 
 
 North Dakota— Gov. L. B. Hanna, Bismarck. 
 
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Ohio— Edward Drummond Libbey, Nicholas Building, Toledo; O. K. 
 Shimansky, Board of Commerce Building, Columbus. 
 
 Oklahoma — Gov. R. L. Williams, Oklahoma City; G. G. Sohlberg, Acme 
 Milling Company, Oklahoma City. 
 
 Oregon— Samuel Hill ; Theodore B. Wilcox, Portland. 
 
 Pennsylvania— Wm. A. Glasgow, Jr.; Albert Cross, Real Estate Trust 
 Building, Philadelphia. 
 
 Rhode Island — 
 
 South Carolina— Bruce Walker Ravenel, 1218 Washington St., Columbia. 
 
 South Dakota— Hon. Frank M. Byrne, Pierre. 
 
 Tennessee — 
 
 Texas — 
 
 Utah— 
 
 Vermont— Rt. Rev. George W. Bliss, D.D. ; Mrs. Joseph Auld, 424 South 
 Union Street, Burlington. 
 
 Virginia — Col. H. M. Boykin, Richmond. 
 
 Washington — Hon. Thomas Burke, President, Chamber of Commerce, 
 Seattle. 
 
 West Virginia — 
 
 Wisconsin — E. P. Arpin, Grand Rapids; A. D. Campbell, Milwaukee. 
 
 Wyoming — 
 
 Hawaii — W. R. Castle, Honolulu. 
 
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"A Little Help Is Worth a Deal of Pity' 
 
,LlBR«py OP 
 
 S^NGRESS 
 
 Make Your Own 
 Christmas Happy