Our Work: General Improvement Fund

OUR WORK. GENERAL IMPROVEMENT FUND. We desire to remind the Superintendents of Stakes and the Presidents of Associations and the members generally that by action of the Y. M. M. I. A. General Conference, held in May last, what had up to that time been called the "fifty cent fund" was changed in title to General Improvement Fund; and the amount to be contributed by each member of the associations to meet the general expenses of this institution, was cut down from fifty cents to twenty-five cents; the full amount however to be remitted by the proper officers of the associations to the General Treasurer, Thomas Hull. The first week in December and the first week in February were decided upon as Collection Weeks for this fund, and it was further decided that the ward treasurers should make remittance to the stake superintendents on January 1st and February 20th; and that the respective stake treasurers should remit immediately to the General Treasurer at Salt Lake City. We call attention to this matter at this time because the last week set apart as Collection Week for this fund has now arrived; and up to the present time the returns from the December collections have been very, very meagre; and we wish to urge upon the officers in the stakes and the wards that the collection of this fund ought to be vigorously pushed. We suggest to presidents that it would be a good thing to organize a large committee to attend to this business; and apportion the names of members of the associations to individuals of said committee, giving each person say from eight to ten or twelve names, and charge him with the duty of seeing each of the persons whose names are assigned to him during Collection Week, and make this collection. If the work is thus