MAKE MICHIGAN DRY IN 1916

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 6, 1916

MAKE MICHIGAN DRY IN 1916

Help! Help!—How?

The following is the wording of a circular 6 x 9 inches in size, nicely displayed, printed in good blue ink on white stock, and used by the churches in west Michigan in placing the Temperance Instructor in all the homes of that part of the State:—

HELP

MAKE MICHIGAN DRY IN 1916

Every Fifth Home Supplies a Drunkard

HELP

Drive the Demon from the Land and Save the Boys and Girls

HOW?

This Paper sounds the warning cry.

Read it—Study it

Do you wish to assist in this Campaign by helping place this Temperance paper in every home?

If you do, place an offering in the envelope. I will call for it about next Thursday.

Please Read This: The bearer is an authorized Temperance worker, and your offering of 10, 25, or 50 cents, or whatever you wish to give, will be used in Temperance work, for papers, etc., as stated in this circular.

C. F. McVAGH, President of West Michigan Conference, 1214 Madison Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Attached to the circular is a small coin envelope, with the following words printed in large type:—

MY OFFERING TO HELP

“MAKE MICHIGAN DRY”

Then in small type these words: “Will call for this Thursday.” The word “Thursday” is stamped in red ink, and the envelope is easily detached.

How Used

The following explanation by the originator of the plan, C. L. White, of Holland, Mich., will reveal how the work is done:—

“I will inclose a circular and an envelope I have been using. In fact, they do the work. I place them inside the Temperance Instructor, and call the people to the door and say, ‘Help us in a campaign to make Michigan dry. I should like to leave this paper for two days, and if, after looking it over, you feel like helping in this campaign, follow the instructions you will find inside.’”

“Two days later I go to collect the envelopes, and say, ‘Are you going to help us make Michigan dry?’”

“This is a very simple thing to do, and it works. I usually leave the paper whether they give or not. Those who do give make up for those who do not, and by so doing we get the paper before many who would not see it otherwise. The conference committee has asked me to go among the churches and present the plan. We have set a goal for 50,000 Instructors in this conference. We hope to put out 100,000.”

This plan is especially adapted to house-to-house work. We have a card-and-envelope plan for soliciting the business men of a community. The plan will be furnished upon application. It has been thoroughly tested and found to be successful.