The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-06-21
EVERY PERSON
TO GET BOND
OVER SUBSCRIPTIONS TO BE
TAKEN FROM BANKS
MOST POPULAR ISSUE OF ALL
United States Beats All other coun.
tries in Number Of Purchasers
How the New Bonds Will
Appear.

Appear.
Washington, ID. c., June 18.-Al-
though the Liberty Loan is oyer-sub-
scribed, only $2,0O0,00O,O00 worth OF
the bonds will be issued Every indi.
vidual will receive the amount for
which he subscribed but the purchases
by banks. on their own account VIII
be sealed down. Approximately 2,5OO,-
600 individuals subscribed to the loan.
Compared with the British and Ger
man war loans the subscription OF the
Liberty bond issue is pronounced by
treasury department a magnificent ac-
Movement The figures on these for
eign war loans are given in the fol-
lowing statment by the secretary OF
the treasury:
What Germany Did.
Germany, the aggressor and despoil-
er of the worlds peace, made her first
loan in September, 1914, a few weeks
after she had started her legions to-
ward Belgium and Paris and when vic
ltory was certain in the heart OF every
herman Months after the call for this
loan was made $1,061 100000 was sub
scribed. Every dollar of this was sub
scribed through banks, corporations.
and insurance companies controlled by
the strong hand of the kaiser at Ber-
| lin 1t was stated at Berlin at the
time the subscription books were
closed that 1,177,235 individuals had
subscribed to this loan.
Great Britain floated it's first loan
in March, 1915. A call was made for
$2,229, SIS, 1872. This whole loan was
taken by only 100000 subscribers. In
the main this loan was taken by the
wealthy classes of Great Britain.
1 in March, 1915, Germany was forced
to call for an addition, her second loan.
This time the kaiser asked $2,156,2SO,-
loco. Germans to the number of 2,69l,-
loco subscribed to this loan.
/ Second British Ban.
"Great Britain launched the second
loan in March, 1916. This time the peo
lple of the British empire were asked
Ito subscribe to bonds to the amount OF
S., OILS ,597 SOB. 1t was stated that l.
100000 British subjects subscribed to
this loan.
in September, 1915, Germany again
was forced to borrow money. This timo
the kaiser asked for So SS003S 600.
This amount was taken by S,9G6,4lS
German subjects.
March, 1910, saw the German war
lords going to the people for more
money. This time the amount needed
was $2,549, 456,OO0. There we're 5,279,-
645 subscribers to this loan.
Germany made it's last and fifth
loan in Oct, 1916, for 1888, $4,000
and there were 3,SO9,9 subscribers.
Third British Loan.
Great Britain made her third loaI
in April, 1916. This time the empire
called for $5,119,55S,O00 BY this time
British subjects were aroused and
when the subscription books closed it
Twas found that 100000 Britishers
had purchased bond of some denom-
lination.
Viewed from any standpoint the re-
turns of the campaign in behalf of the
Liberty loan shows conclusively that
the money with which Uncle Sam will
conduct his part in the great war
comes from the people direct and vol
unfairly. There is no CONSUMPTION
about the fotation of the Liberty
Iloan."
How Bonds Will Look.
Likenesses of presidents from Wash
lington to Mckinley will grace the new
liberty bonds which will be engraved
lin blue, green, orange, red. brown,
olive and carmine. according to de-
nomination. Designs of the bonds
have been completed and the bureau
of engraving and printing is working
day and night turning them oil the
: presses by the thousands
l Portraits and colors OF the bonds
will be as follows
I $50, Jefferson, blue.
800, Jackson, blue.
$500, Washington, orange.
$1,000, Lincoln, carmine.
$4,000, Monroe, green.
4 $4,000, Cleveland, blue.
4 $4,000, Mckinley, carmine.
100000 Grant, orange.