Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-25
STORES OF CITY,
1000 OF EN-, TO
SELL US. BONDS
Retailers Agree to Push Lib
erty Loan in Counter
Trade
$10,O00,0O0 SLICE TAKEN

As its first step in the Buy "A Liberty
Bond Campaign" the Retail Merchants
Liberty Committee announced today that
more than 1000 stores had entered plan
20 take bond subscriptions over their coun-
ters and that approximately 5000 volunteer
bond statesmen would begin active work
next Tuesday.
This announcement. one Of the most i'm
portant since the Liberty Bond campaign
was launched last Monday, was made at a
meeting in the Hotel Adephia.
we have started the big drive said
Percy II. Chandler, that will put the Lib
erty Loan across and put Philadelphia In
first place in the Governments effort TO
raise money"
As evidence that the committee will act
and not talk" u. j. Lafferty. president
Of the Logan Improvement Association, said
thai that organization would subscribe for
$4,000 OF the loan and put big force Of
salesmen in the field.
From Maurice Felner. president OF the
Eighth street Business Mems Association,
came ne announcement that he had al
ready started 10 solicit and that he had
obtained subscriptions for $4,000.
The committee formed "A permanent or.
ganization and elected Edward A. Noppel
chairman and George w. Crowley OF the
Haddngton Improvement Association. see
retary.
Headquarters for the committee will be
opened tomorrow at the Library Bureau.
80 Chestnut street
Noppel announced that seventy-four or
Eanzations affiliated with the United Bus-
ness Mems Association had volunteered for
service In connection with the selling cam
paign will start on Tuesday.
Briefly. the plan OF this committee is az
follows:
To have business mems associations
and improvement leagues in every section
of the city organize bond selling teams.
To have these teams make house-to-
house canvass in order IN enlist the CO.
operation Of small bond buyers.
To conduct Liberty Bond mass-meet-
ings i'm various sections Of the city in or
der to arouse enthusiasm
The committee is to act a subcommit-
tee OF the general committee in charge OF
the Liberty Bond sale. and will be in hourly
touch with that committee
The American Chain store, operating
more than 1900 grocery establishments
said Chandler, will take subscriptions over
their counters, and several hundred other
establishments will he induced to follow
that example by the merchants committee
Addressing the committee, Chandler made
IL plain that the Liberty Bond sale was
the concern Of every man aud woman in
the city
The Government" lie said does not
want Rockefeller and other rich men TO
finance this war. IL is Americas g war and
the people must finance IL. The people do
line must subscribe for Liberty Bonds
s1OOOO,OG5 SALE
The campaign got under way today with
unusual dash and vim. and before noon
members OF the general committee had an
nounced that the day would be a record
breaker for subscriptions.
A. 10 o'clock the committee in Blair
County. in the far western section OF the
state wired Walter G. Janney executive
- he
10000, 900 Of the Liberty Loan would be
subscribed In that district. This amount
will be taken by the banks and Industrial
plants and later transferred to Individual
subscribers on the easy payment basis
Blair Countys contribution is one of the
biggest plums that has been picked during
the campaign and served to stimulate the
general committee.
Within a half hour after the announce
ment had been made the Tradesmen's Ma
tional Bank turned in a subscription for
$500. 900
Today the trained bond statesmen went
into the Seventh Ward on the house-to- !
house canvass.
The First Church Of Christian Scientists |
Fortieth and Walnut streets, entered a |
subscription for $4,000 and the Church |
II the New Jerusalem. Wilmington. sub /
'cribed for $4,000.
Another bank to enter the campaign TO-
lay is the Quaker City National. with n |
100000 subscription.
The Lehigh Valley Transit Companv and
FORK Railways Company announced that
hey would subscribe and arrange to sell
he Liberty Bonds TO their workers on an
nstallment basis.
The Philadelphia Electric COMPANY an
ounced today that ii had completed ar
to sell Liberty Bonds to its
mployes through its beneficial association
'hese will be sold on the installment basis
SAMUEL REA's ADVICE
The Importance Of the Liberty Loan TO
he life Of the nation is described in a
tatement issued today by Samuel Rea,
resident OF the Pennsylvania Railroad.
lie bought Liberty Bonds and urges others
, do 70. Mr. Rea said:
have subscribed to the United States
loan and l urge other citizens to take sim
liar action. IL Is a patriotic duty and no
safer investment can be made. II will
be used to attain and uphold worldwide
democracy, freedom and orderly govern
meut. Every man and woman who en-
Joys liberty must actively share the re-
sponsibility and conflict to preserve it.
subscribing TO the Liberty Loan is one
way TO assist.
Details concerning the issue OF $40 bonds
hich are officially designated as $40 par
clpatton certificates have not been com.
eted by the Philadelphia Reserve Bank.
ew York has adopted this plan. and as a
,sult the Liberty Bond campaign in that
ty has been Immensely popularized.
The certificates are sold over the counters
dry goods. cigar and grocery stores by
operations, banks and bond statesmen |
OF men and women who can
ot participate in a plan that involves
eekly or monthly payments covering a
'ng period buy the certificates
Z. MANUFACTURERS IN LINE
Announcements that they would sub.
iribe for bonds and sell them to their
nployes on the easy payment plan were
ade today by the Edward c. Budd Man
Company, Henry Dlsston &
pms. and the American Railways COMPANY.
hich operates public utilities in Chester.
Tilmington. Altoona, Bridgeton and other
ties.
Further to promote the selling campaign
the big industrial plants a meeting will
. held In the Manufacturers Club,
onday night. Richard l., Austin, Federal
eserve agent: Joseph Wayne, Jr and
ID. Montgomery. will address the
anufaeturers and urge them 10 Join the
Impaign.
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WASHINGTON. May 25.-Travelers ar
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