Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-18
LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN
GAINS FRESH IMPETUS
Subscriptions May Now Reach ST.
5OO,O0O,OOO, or Half OF Minimum
Quota Set for Nation.
ENTIRE COUNTRY SPEEDS UP
Receipts Of Official Returns From All
Twelve OF Federal Reserve Banks
Give Rise to Much Optimism in
Official Circles.

WASHINGTON. October l7.-Better
loan campaign. Subscriptions. Treas
ury officials announced tonight, prob
ably exceed }l.25o.00o. 900. and may
reach $500. 100000. or half the min
imum quota set for the country at the
beginning OF the campaign
so satisfactory were official and
unofficial reports received to-day that
high hopes are now entertained that
the $4,000. 100000 mark may be
achieved" says the Treasury announce
,nent. land with continuation OF the
present rate at which the entire coun-
try is speeding up the s3,000.o0o. 900
minimum seems reasonably certain.
Receipts to-nipat Of official returns
from all twelve Of the Federal reserve
banks up to the close of business, Octo-
ber lG. gave rise TO much optimism
The total shows s700.1lOl5O, or sl75.-
100000 more than was reported al the
close of business the previous day
This is by far the greatest single days
gain shown by the official reports since
the sale started"
RICHMOND OFFICIALLY
REPORTS ScS,3I3,8oO
The official returns shown in the
statement include: Boston. s77,70O.o0o:
New York. s347. 7.600. 900: Richmond,
s2s.3l3.6oo; Atlanta. ss.l52.9oo and Chi
cago. s77.1ss.ooo.
Carefully compiled unofficial csti-
mates indicate that the actual sales to
| date from the same places are: New
York. Sl6o,ooo,ooo: Chicago. $29o.ooo,-
0G0 Boston. sl0o,Go0.o00; Richmond,
sales thus far" the statement adds.
represent large subscriptions from
men and women OF ordinary means.
( Telegraph wires bring the same story
from every section. Although quotas
are not being reached in many places,
the universal report is that the num-
ber of buyers now is greater than II
was on the corresponding day Of the
first loan drive"
HIGHLY ENCOURAGING
REPORT FROM MINNEAPOLIS
The initial report from the Mime
apolis district. received last night, was
highly encouraging.
The buying OF bonds by farmers
of German birth and ancestry is very
gratifying." an Official message from
there said.
One Texas bank reported $4,000
subscription from a German who had
been naturalized only short time.
!tc first subscribed $1,000. and then be-
came so enthusiastic over congratula-
tions being showered upon him that
Ike bought another $1,000 worth.
General outlook decidedly more dis
couraging to the Kaiser" Dallas head
quarters wired.
Great activity in the Southwest is
reported from Kansas City. "A particu-
lar drive is being made on pro-
Germans who have sought to intimi-
date banks aiding the loan. it was
said. and the result has been that they
are rapidly becoming subscribers.
An old Union soldier. wearing a
faded suit Of blue. came down out OF
the Fannin County. Ga. hills to a
county bank yesterday, and, laying
| down n big share of his little store
| OF pension money. said:
Give me a bond. The government
has stood by me for years, and I will
stand by 1t now"
The old veteran got the first bond
sold in the county. The example set
by him started a lively sale