Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-24
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 row, Liberty day by proclamation of President Wilson, the nation faces the test of determining whether the sec ond Liberty loan of 1917 shall roll up an overwhelming success.
 It faces the greatest day of the cam paign with not more than half Of the S5y0OO,0OOO00 hoped for actually sub scribed. according to careful estimates compiled by treasury officials tonight Two and one-half billion dollars, they estimate, must be obtained in sub scriptions in the four days that re- main.
 The field forces of two million work CTS will be reinforced tomorrow by speakers, including members of the cabinet, former President Taft, w. J. Bryan, Speaker Clark and other na- tionally known orators.
 Secretary McAdoo, telegraphing from Nashville, sounded the keynote of the day in a Liberty day statement issued here tonight.
 McAdoo's tSatement.
 
 Liberty loan an overwhelming sue cess,' he said, 'is that the people gen orally in all parts of the nation real ize the personal application of the loan appeal. There is still too much of d tendency to believe that the loan will be subscribed easily and without the assistance of the average man and woman 'The Liberty loan will succeed only if members of each family realize their direct responsibility and loan their money to the government through the purchase of Liberty bonds.
 By this means only can a victory be won quickly and peace restored to agonized humanity.
 Let peither apathy nor indifference nor over-confidenec Hull us into false security
 Militant America can whip the kaiser; the kaiser can whip apathetic America"
 Business at Standstill.
 Business will be well nigh at standstill throughout the nation ex- cept for the sale of Liberty bonds Designated a national holiday by President Wilson the day has also been made holiday by governors of the various states. Business houses and schools will be closed; thousands of speakers will deliver addresses and hundreds of thousands of new workers will join for the day the army of two million solicitors already in the field. These workers will carry the call of the nation with special emphasis to the farmer The farmers have been invited by the hundred thousands to come to town and attend Liberty loan rallies and workers also are going into the country to solicit subscriptions. Particular efforts are to be put forth" says the treasury departments statement tonight, ito obtain further subscriptions from farmers in the south and parts of the middle west. As was the case a week ago, the rural communities in whose sections are making the weakest showings of any in the country.
 Official Reports. Returns from all federal reserve districts show that at the beginning of business today subscriptions of s1,501 1892, ,150 had been officially re- ported to them. This represents sub scriptions upon which the first pay ment of per cent has been deposited in banks reporting to the reserve banks. Unofficial figures indicate that an estimate of s2,5OO,OOO.OOO for all sales appears to be conservative.
 Briefly stated then, the situation tonight is that the s300O. .00O, 900 mini mum set for the loan at the outest of the campaign on October 1, will be passed tomorrow if Liberty day sub scriptions come up to conservative ex- pectations. They may carry the total beyond that point The maximum to- tai of s5,OOO, 100000 is far distant, how ever To attain it by the close of the sale Saturday will be a feat worthy of the best mettle.
 official totals of the various dis tricts follow:
 The Totals.
 New York SSO9. .63O. 900; Boston s1S4.- 200. 900: Cleveland S1S3.75O,OO0; Min neapolis. s63.250,OOO; Richmond, s63,- 1ss. $50; Chicago $1S5, POS. .OOO; St. Louis s45,522.O 900; San Francisco. s67.234,-
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