Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-23
TOTAL REPRESENTS
OVE:RSUBSCR|PT|ON
OF 81 PER CENT
More Than 100000 Per-
sons Purchasers
of Bonds.
80 PER CENT FOR SUMS
FROM $50 TO $4,000
Secretary McAdoo Announces
Method of Allotment De-
terInined Upon.
SMALL BlDnNRS GET FULL SUM
Widespread Distribution Constitutes
Eloquent Reply to Ene-
mics Of Country.
BIDDERS GET FULL SUM
Inv As.octa,od prcss.1


WAStIINGToN. June .2-Liberty
$50. an ovcrsubscrip,ion OF nearly So
per cent.
The final tabulation was Officially
announced tonight showing that more
than 1000, 900 persons bought bonds.
Nincty-ninc per cent of subscriptions.
or those of 100000 persons, were for
sums varying from $50 to $4,000,
while twenty-one subscribers applied
for allotmcnts of S5.oO0,Oo0 each or
more.
The New York Federal Reserve Dis
trict led the list with subscriptions to-
falling Sl,lSj,7SS.i0O, or more than three
times the amount subscribed In the
next district Chicago. s357.l $3.50
The other districts sent subscriptions
as follows:
Boston. s33c.i47,60o: Cleveland. $685.
liS.7oo; Philadelphia. s232.3oe,25o San
Francisco. Sli5.623. 900: Richmond s109,-
'SI,1o0: Kansas City. s91.75S,S5o: st.
Louis. $SG.l347oo: minneapolis. s7o.-
2'5.500: Atlanta. S57.S7S.55o, and Dallas,
$iS.aiS.3J0
These subscriptions include those
sent direct TO the Treasury. and appor-
toned among the various reserve dis
tricts
SCHEME OF .tII.OVMlaNTS
ANN0IN Need nY McADOO
Alloiments will be made Secretary
McAdoo announced. as follows:
ON subscriptions up TO and includ-
ing $1,000. full amount. These sub
scriptions toialed Si,296. .6Si.S5O
Nor than $1,000, up to and includ-
ing 100000. 10 per cent of the amount
S.ttl ~.
any instance, These subscriptions
totaled s5Go.lo3.o5o Allotments to
subscribers IN this group will aEEre-
gate s336.06l.S5u
More than 500 0OO up TO and includ-
ing $4,000. 81 Yer cent Of :he amount
subscribed. but not less than 100000 in
any instance. subscriptions in this
group toiaicd S22o. $4,000. and allot-
ments will aggregate $9o.2o5.Oo0
Alore than 100000, up to and in
cludins s2.o0l.00O. 80 per cent. but nor
less than SlI2.500 in any instance. The
total OF subscriptions in this group was
Sbol,'lt.?00: allotmcnts will aEEreeate
SlS4.3Sl,SO0
More than se.oo0.OOO, up to and in
riudinE S6o0U,000 each, 25 per cent, but
not less than 100000 in any one in
stance. subscriptions in this group
~>','~N dIlottneELS Will
total sjS.66l25O
Nor. t:an s6.0oo,oOO. up to and In.
cludins 10000 GOO each. n per cent
subscriptions i'll this group totaled
SiG.iai.ljG. allotment Will aEcrerata
Sa.Sol.6DJ
TWO st INSCRIPTIONS
OF s:5.o0o.00O EACH
Two subscription. OF $4,000. 900 each
Ep1 j,n Ill
Suhsci ibers will be at III. rate of 20.oa
per cent. Ind they vii! receive bonds
OF the value OF s5.055.LOO each. One
subscriber To S25.25C. .O00-,he largest
Will he given 20.l7 per cent or So
0936i0.
Tie pairing down proct IS thus will
apply ,hiehy to tho large subscriber.
In cases wheie larger subscriptions
nave been reported 10 the Federal re-
serve banks as consisting Of a number
OF small subscriptions provision has
been made for allotment in accordance
with the several amounts Of the small
er subscription;
one of the chief purposes OF the
campaign was Il distribute the Liberty
bonds widely throughout the country
ana piace them as far possible in
the hands of the people. This was i'm
porta II because The strength OF gov
erhmcnt hnancr. like the strength of
government pohSici rests upon the
support OF the people. The large num-
Der "l subscribers. especially the large
number OF small subscribers is most
gratifying. and indicates that the in
tereSt OF the peCplc was aroused as
never before I'm an issue of bonds
The Widespread distribution OF the
ponds and the great amount OF the
constitute an eloouent
and conclusive reply TO the enemies of
the country who claimed that the heart
OF America was nol In this war"
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