Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-23
LAST WEEK OF THE
LIBERTY LOAN
Sure to Raise the Quota For Marathon
County, 81 100000

But four days remain in which t
complete the big Liberty Loan bont
campaign, and the indications at thi
writing are that Marathon county will
have subscribed its full quota-$1 200,
0OO and will be entitled to have it,
name appear on the nations roll o
honor among those counties which hac
fulfilled their obligations.
One-half of the total allotment hat
been subscribed up to some time OF
Saturday, just what time no olt
knows. The 100000 mark had beer
set to be reached Saturdaynight 1t wa!
passed some time during the day, a:
a canvass at the gathering of bankers
held in this city Saturday evening re
yealed the fact that the total sub
scriptions had reached $626,OOO report.
ed to them, and quite a sum still unre-
ported.
Although two weeks of the cam
paign had been used in securing one
half Of the county allotment, it must
be borne in mind that all of the first
week was devoted to building up an
effective working organization, and il
was not until the middle of last week
that some of the most important COM
mittGes got out and at work, but now
the organization is perfected in every
detail, reaches out into every town
and village and is subdivided into
working forces that reach every oc-
cupatiOn.
The city organization completed by
City Chairman Alfred H. Zimmerman,
is probably the most comprehensive
and effective that has ever been at
tempted along similar lines in this
city. 1t is a model of efficiency, and
its plan has been warmly commended
by both Messrs Nolan and Ross of the
Chicago Federal Reserve bank, who
were here during the week.
From the very nature of things it
was impossible to build up a sim
liar organization for the county, but
Chairman Gilbert has received splen-
did support in covering this scattered
territory both from Chairman Chellis
of the Agricultural committee and Sec
retary Berger who has succeeded in
enlisting the hearty cooperation OF
every bank in the county, and the re-
suits of this able and enthusiastic
campaign are evident from the gener-
Gus subscriptions pouring in from all
parts of the county, and especially
from the large number of individual
subscriptions.
The past week will long be remem-
bered as that of the greatest period
of outspoken patriotism that has swept
this county since the days of the civil
war. The apathy, the Indifference that
were so manifest during the first Lib
erty Loan bond sale, so much in
evidence during the the earlier
days of this campaign, have dis
appeared, and among the most enthu-
siastff workers of the last week were
many who if not opposing the Liberty
bond sale, certainly showed no en-
thusiasm for it. This is due to the
many meetings held throughout the
county, in the schools and halls and
the able presentation of the real facts
in the case by trained speakers who
had carefully studied these matters,
and by their logic swept aside the mis-
understandings that had been so gem
eral.
81 never believed that there was a
spirit of disloyalty among the far
mers and others of the rural districts
Of Marathon county," said one of the
speakers whose work has been won-
derfully effective. 1T was rather
apathy or indifference. sometimes op-
position. and this merely because the
facts had not been properly presented.
The work the speakers have done in
this county, supplemented by the lit
eraturo that has gone out from head
quarters. has corrected many mistaken
impressions and has awakened a de-
gree of patriotism that seems really
marvellous"
The farmer is all right but you
had to show him."
Wonderful rallies were held during
the week at Athens. at Colby, at Unity
at Mosinee and in the village of Scho-
field, as we'll as at many of the small
er places, and each one OF these COM
munities strOve to make of its rally a
red letter day that will long be re-
membered. Bands were engaged
school children marched and sang and
took part in the exercises, farmers