Arizona republican., 1917-10-24
NATION FACES TEST OF
 WHETHER SECOND LOAN SHALL ROLL UP SUCCESS
Republican A. p. Leased wirel

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23-TomOrrow, Liberty day by proclamation of Presi- dent Wilson, the entire nation faces the test of determining whether the second Liberty loan of 1917 shall roll up an overwhelming success.
 It faces the greatest day of the cam paign with not more than half of the s5,0O0, 000, ,000 hoped for actually sub scribed, according to careful estimates compiled by treasury officials tonight. Two and one-half billion dollars, they estimate must be obtained in sub scrptiOnS in the four days that re- main.
 The field force of two million work CTS will be reinforced tomorrow by speakers. including members of the cabinet, former President Taft. Will liam J. Bryan, Speaker Clark and other nationally known orators.
 Secretary McAdoo, telegraphing from Nashville, sounded the keynote of the day in a Liberty day statement issued here tonight.
 All that is needed now to make the Liberty loan an overwhelming success, he said, is that the people generally in all parts Of the nation realize the per sonal application of the loan appeal. There Is still too much of a tendency to believe that the loan will be sub Scribed easily and without the assist ance of the average man and woman.
 The Liberty Loan will succeed only if members ol each family realize their direct responsibility, and loan their money to the government through the purchase of Liberty bonds.
 By this means only can d victory be won quickly and peace restored to agonized humanity.
 Let neither apathy nor indifference nor over confidence Hull us into 2 false security.
 "Mintant America can whip the kai- ser; the kaiser can whip apathetic America
 Business will be well-nigh at a stand still throughout the nation tomorrow except for the sale of Liberty bonds. Designated a national holiday by Pres ident Wilson, the day has also been nlitde d holiday by governors of the various states. Business houses and schools will he closed thousands of speakers will deliver addresses and hun dreds of thousands of new workers will join for the day the army Of two mill lion solicitors already in the field.
 These workers will carry the call of the ration with special emphasis to
 
 invited by the hundred thousand to come to town and attend Liberty loan rallies and workers also are going into the country to solicit subscriptions.
 Particular efforts are to be put for ward says the treasury departments statement tonight, ito obtain further subscription from farmers in the south and parts of the middle west As was the case a week ago the rural communities in whose sections are making the weakest shoWiRgs of any in the country.
 Returns from all federal reserve districts show that at the beginning of business today subscriptions of $1.s0l.- 392, ,150 had been officially reported to ! them. This represents subscriptions upon which the first payment of two per cent has been deposited in banks reporting to the reserve banks.
 Cn official figures indicate that an estimate Of S2,500, 000, 900 for all sales appears to be conservative
 Briefly stated then, the situation tonight is that the $300O 000, 00G mini mum quota set for the loan at the out set of the campaign on October l will be passed tomorroN :f Liberty day subscriptions come Gp 90 conservative
 
 total beyond that point. The maxi 1 mum total of 5000 900 600 is far dis tant. however. To attain it by the close of the sale Saturday will be feat worthy Of the best mettle
 official totals of the various dis 1 tricts follow:
 New York, S6O9,63O, 900; Boston, l S1S4, ,0O0; Cleveland, $lS3. z50,000; Minneapolis, S6S,250,000; Richmond 1 S6S,ls9,550; Chicago, $1S5, ,205 900: St Lcuis, $45,522, ,000 San Francisco, $67.- 234,0G0; Philadelphia. s44,O79, 400; Kan sas City, S26,l5l000; Dallas, s16 .l3G.600 Atlanta. 12,962. 100.
 Reports of maximum quotas having been passed in various parts of the tContinued OH Page Two) llT a-HRl lAIar@