Oversight of San Francisco Relief Funds
So much complaint has been made about maladministration of the relief fund in San Francisco, that Massachusetts contributors have determined to see that the remainder of their donation (about $550,000) is spent as designed by the donors. The executive committee of the Massachusetts Association for the Relief of California have designated two representatives to personally look after this work. The purpose of this special move is stated as follows: "Our committee desires that the money collected shall be expended only for the purpose for which it was received, the relief of the victims of this catastrophe. They do not wish it to be used to advance theoretical schemes of charity administration, but to be devoted to the downright purpose of relief, where every dollar will accomplish the greatest good, and to be of the most permanent benefit to persons who are in need as the result of the earthquake."