Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19
WAR LOAN JUMPS
OVER 100000
Splendid Increase Led by
Baldwin Works With
81 100000
OTHER BIG SUBSCRIPTIONS
City and County Department
Heads Plan Great Drive by
Public Employees

taken by the Baldwin Locomotive Works |
and its employees OF this amount Si.2O0OOO |
was taken by the employees in this district, |
while 100000 was taken in the New YORK !
district. Other subscriptions follow; 1
The Western Cnion Telegraph Company, !
s2OO. 600 the Third National Bank. $780, |
600 the Electric Storage Battery Company. !
s25O, 600 and the Sun Company, 100000.
A meeting Of all the heads Of all the |
city and county departments was held in |
the office Of Mayor Smith today. Nd- |
dresses were made by Edward T. Stotesbury |
and Mr. Henderson, Of the Arm Of New
berger Henderson who urged that every |
effort be made to have all the cltN ana |
county employees sub scribe 20 the second !
loan.
similar movement during the hrst ldb- |
erty Bond campa!g resulted in the SUP /
scription Of more than million dollars ny !
city and county employees, the payments Tor /
tho bonds being made on tho tnsiallmcnt ,
plan The same plan will I've pursued III /
the canvass now going ON.
Boy Scouts will carry signs stating Tho
Rmount ot subscriptions each troop has
raised during tho second Liberty loan rAln-
paigu at tho football game at Franklin
Field tomorrow.
HOOVElrS cath TO DUTY
II is the duty Of every man and woman
IN this country 10 subscribe FOR the Liberty
loan with no moro regard FOR his own con-
vcniencc or the terms Of the loan than our
soldiers show for thcir pay when they go
into action, declared Herbert {. Hoover
national food administrator, in message
sent to the men and women of the Third
Federal Reserve District through the LIB
erty Loan committee.
In his message Mr. Hoover said: "Thc
hrst service OF this country in this war IS
To provide the Allies with money that they
may pay FOR their food and supplies from
this county.
''Our second duty is to provide our own
Government with money that We may build
ships to transport these supplies and I"
raise and equip an army TO replace the
was,sge Of the Allied manhood IN the
trenches.
'srhc obligation upon property to support
these issues Is just as great as the ohliga-
ton upon our manhood {" sacrifice itself
IN battle
AUSTRIAN BUYS \ BOND
Practical patriotism was shown today
BY John pa Costa. an Austrian. who bought
$50 Liberty Bond. although he has two
brothers lighting against the Allies in the
Austrian army. Da Costa expressed re-
Gret that he could not give more financial
aid to Uncle Sam. and hopes that he will
be able to buy. another bond should op-
portunity offer in tho near future.
ia Costa lives t 725 New Market street
and is employed by the SCott-POwcll Diaries.
He has a wife and two children in Austria,
hut has not heard from them for some
time ia Costa sad he would have en-
listed but for the dread that he might come
face 10 face with his brothers on the battle"
field.
\ big Liberty Loan rally was opened this
afternoon at the United States Naval Home,
with indications Of bringing good results.
Many Of the officials and veterans at the
home contributed. At the last rally there
the veterans raised $1,000.
PUBLIC SCHOOL SuBSrEIBES
The campaign got flying start today
with subscription Of Si50,OOO from
Charles Fcaron & co. Others who followed
the pace Of patriotism were whitney &
kemmorer. with $4,000; Pinus Olsen & co.
t3S,O00, and Simon /. Kahn. $4,000.
Pupils and teachers Of the Mcclure Pup
hc School subscribed 10 the extent Of SAL
500 and s 1000 has been raised up to the
present time by the campaign at the Un-
Nersity Of Pennsylvania.
Joseph Riggs Il negro sixty wears old,
coal wagon driver for Walter T. Bradley,
Ninth and Thompson streets. has invested
500 in the second Liberty Loan.
Riggs for twenty-five years has been
driving for the Bradley firm. During those
twenty-five years he able to save
small sums lie read about the second
Liberty Loan got out his bank book, and
found that he had Sll5.20 on deposit
Il am more than sixty years old said
RIGGS 10 Mr.. Bradley" and too old to fight,
but America has been good to me and
have got Sll52O in the bank I want to
give you 500 of this money that I have
saved for my funeral expenses TO buy me
two Of the Liberty Bonds
Mr.. Bradley took the 800 and made the
purchase OF the bonds, after informing
Riggs that he would take care OF the fu-
neral expenses when they came along
Subscriptions to the second issue Of
Liberty Bonds mean larger salaries for
wage earners and general commercial
and industrial development throughout the
country II has been pointed out that the
money subscribed in the Third Federal
Reserve District win remain In the district
for the purchase OF munitions and other
war supplies. The Baldwin Locomotive
Works, il has been announced has received
orders from the Government for 300 large
freight locomotives, TO cost approximately
$4,000, 600 4 profit Of 10 per cent would
mean Si,3O0,OOO for Baldwins. The Bethle-
hem Steel Corporation has received orders
for 150 torpedoboats, to cost approximately
s225,0O0, 900 The profit. figured at 10
per cent, would be S22 100000 for the COM
pany. 1t also means steady employment
and good wages for labor fer an indefinite
period Of time, and general prosperity for
the companies. These announcements come
as a confirmation that every cent OF the
3f15,00O,0OO quota will remain in the Phila-
delphia district
II is estimated that Sl5,O00.OOO was sub
scrlbed yesterday. DreXel & Co subscribed
for $4,000. 900 worth Of bonds while sub
scription for SI.OOOOOC was received from
Lit Brothers.
t. b. MoRR1s's STATEMENT
Emngham b. Morris, president Of the
oirard Trust Company made the following
statement:
The country has lent to the Govern
nnent $1,000. 900 900; il Is asked now to
lend 5000, 900, 900 more.
In the midst of the devastation and
atrocities by the enemy in the lands OF
our allies their citizens have contributed
more than $40, 900, 900 TO the carry.
ing on Of the war
The men in our army and navy have
offered their lives 10 the country; they
cannot be kept ht clothed and fed and
provided with equipment and ammunition
unless those OF us who remain at home go
10 the length Of our ability In subscribing
the moneys needed by the Government,
for which It offers the safest security that
IA known 10 the world
To keep our country free and 10 bring
our men home In victory there must be
saved every dollar that II is possible to
rafe. and these dollars must be rendered
tne Government in this loan.