HOW TO INCREASE THE WAR LOAN.
pro THE EDITOR Or MS "BriteTATos.'l SIR,—The day for large sums having passed, we have now to think how we can get at the smallest purses. I suggest that tho following plan would open up a large field, and also would have the advantage of giving every man, woman, and child the opportunity of doing his or her " bit," to use the popular phrase of the day. My suggestion is that every parish should set itself to see how much it can raise, as a parish, to endow some local charity or public institution. I take it that all charities, &o., are going to suffer, and will be glad of even a small yearly endowment, to be followed by a lump sum pay- able between 1925 and 1945, Perhaps my suggestion will be best explained by taking as an instance the case of my own country parish. I will suppose, for• argument's sake, that we succeed in raising £100. We shall then apply for that amount of War Loan, vesting the stock in trustees for the charity or institution proposed to be benefited. Some will no doubt say why not let people put their money straight into War Loan vouchers for themselves instead of into a Trust Fund P My answer is that my plan will take many odd pence and shillings. including the money which could be raised by house-to-horse collections, "jumble sales," lantern lectures, &c., &o., and that it would give every person in every parish a chance of helping his or her• country and at the same time aiding some local charity. Further, it will create an esprit de corps of rich and poor in the parish, all uniting with one object in view.—I any
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