Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
aBTG" BUSINESS
MEN BOOM LOAN
powerful Drive Started by
Industrial and CONNER
cial Committee
loud CALL ON PUBLIC

battalion OF the big business men OF
.,,,, was launched in the second Liberty
ar,va at a luncheon today at the
o,,.,.,,o- -stratford, when 200 members of
s,,s,r,al and commercial committee
- ,ho campaign met TO discuss the progress
,,o work e. T. Stotesbury was the prin-
cipal speaker ,o,.s o,,orn Mr.
.-,.sh,,rv said "and it would now be
',,,,,,ous not to provide them with tood
Ia equipment Failure to subscribe the
- loan would have a worse erect
-. Tho water than it would have here,
,,,o,,ld encourage the enemy and rob
as !" ,,,,s of the moral support at least,
nJob our entry into the war gave them'
Will" W,I bIg subscriptions today were: Sec
tional Bank of wilkes-Barre, $1,000
on0. Allentown, $6lS,0OO faIIners va
wv, rank of Reading, 100000; Second
uoi'l, u,,at rank of Reading, 100000; Penn
N,',orta trust Company, of Reading. $780,
yo Ivyoming National Bank Of Wilkes
y.ro s54O,OO0; Luzerne County Natlonal
Del Of Wilkes-Barre s25O,OOO; Dime De-
"s,, Rank of wikes-Barre, S2OO,OOO Berks
Prt,, Trust Company, of Reading, SlOO,-
Couh'y y,,rst National Bank of Brdsboro,
.yoc o0O, bethlehem Pa, $435 100; Traders
S..Ionol Rank of Scranton, 100000; Cen
tonniaI National Bank, 100000; Bloomheld
national Bank (additonaD, 100000 Phil
adeInhia Paper Manufacturing Company,
SSsa 400. Valley National Bank, Lebanon,
$4,000; Cit2enS Nd'lolal D"'N'
town $4,000.
pethlehem Pa, sent down subscription
,odav of Si35,1OO, and the Philadelphia
paper Manufacturing Company turned in
SS5OOOO. 49,. --..,.u...,
o,t1A Of
rovlse deluded by its significance, went
"over the top" with bayonets grimly fAeI
AT the pocketbook of Mr.. Average Citizen.
II the second Liberty Loan campaign is
10 be a success, he must come across.
To the committee, which must raise S4l5,-
900 600 in twenty-four days, S20,000,00O in
one day looked good, but analysis of the
subscriptions showed that in the main it
was the large corporation. the big banks,
which made the day a banner one.
Just as a battle cannot be won without
the Sammee the poiu, the Tommy, so
huge Government loan such as the Liberty
Loan cannot be hoated without the help or
the man in the street The Hun could do
for" all of the generals and colonels and
majors in the twinkling of an eye He can
not .do for" the entire American people in
a century-an con.
The Liberty Loan committee, generous in
its thanks to all those who h I'VE worked
and bought to make the campaign a sue
cess are nevertheless frankly outspoken
about Mr. Average Citizen.
"The small buyer is not coming across
the way he should" is the way the COM
mittee phrases It,
If necessary or circumstances cause you
to remain far behind the firing line, then
protect yourself with n Liberty Gond This
is what the bond statesmen are DINING into
the ears of as many persons as they can
reach today
And the life of the salesman is not
v no high of living |
the price of onions. potatoes meats and
clothing the demands of families consti- |
tute the verbal hand grenades and shrapnel
hurled at them.
But the bayonets are fixed,
Buy on the installment plan,' the sales |
men retort; practice a little self-denial. |
Don't let the reports of $5,OO0,000 subscrip- |
tons and 900 days lull you to u
sense of security Your Uncle Sam needs |
you"
URGENT CALL TO PEOPLE
J. P Morgan, following a meeting of the |
Liberty Loan committee of New York, gave |
out a statement pointing out the necessity |
foe the American people as a whole to re- |
a'l2e tho hard work required to make thu
campaign 60. He said:
The loan is going to be a success. OF |
course it means a great deal of hard work |
hard work right up until october 27. |
But If this, hard work is done, II the Amer |
lean people understand the size of the task, |
then there should be no doubt that the Sec |
retary of the Treasury will receive sub |
scriptions to the amount that he is seeking. |
We starting with better organiza-
ton than we had three months ago. We |
have right to expect a much larger num-
Der of subscribers, and that is just as inn
portant the total amount subscribed"
Il understand that there is in some
quarters a feeling of pessimism caused by |
declining security markets. II seems to me |
that this does not change the duty of every |
american to do everything possible. After
all, what the security market does within
the next month or two will not be of much |
Importance one year from now On the |
other hand, whether the war is won or lost
Is matter Of supreme importance. What |
the American people do in relation to the
Liberty Loan may determine this ques-
tion, and, therefore, the course of the |
worlds history for all time"
One of the most encouraging aspects of
the second campaign, according to the COM
mlttee here, is the eagerness with which
Serman-born citizens are purchasing the |
bonds.
SINGING FESTIVAL PLANS
Flans for the monster singing festival
IN behalf Of the loan on Belmont plateau
saturday afternoon have been finally ar
ranged which will make the affair one
OF the largest concerts ever held in the
It11huer solos, among them being Louise
ssiomer the famous contralto, and Henri |
seVtt, baritone, of the Metropolitan.
chorus Of from $4,000 to 100, 900 voices
WI furnish the chief feature of the pro.
sem ssah' 1900 of these being representatives
"a ue united (German) Singers Association
any nny doubt as to the patriotism Of this or
ssahizauon will. certainly be dispelled by
si e enthusiasm with which these gifted
seIs ooassI nave entered into the spirit of the
Z ANp
Ses!n with the singing of America" Mr.
VIII then render a solo, followed
me singing Of my Old Kentucky Home"
~ the assembled singers. The final mum.
~ ~ wlll W De the Star Spangied Banner by
srS enorus' accompanied by massed bands
u punctuated by the roar of field guns
vi each accentuated note.
I'm ne sIe the afternoon a captive balloon
rihoat ral noat above the plateau, bearing a large
~ h'ely Loan sign Subscription booths will
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