Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-07
LIBERTY BOND statesmen
WILL DEMAND COURTESY
Business Men Adopt Resolution to
Report Such Act Of Disloyalty
to Federal Authorities,
PROMINENT MEN ARE HEARD
Importance of All Persons Subscribe
ing to Loan is Emphasized by AL.
Art Club Plans to Take Out Sub
scription of $4,000 In Bonds.

If the few Instances in which sales
men OF Liberty bonds have been treated
discourteously By Richmond citizens
are repeated, the citizens VIII face the
probability of answering charge, of
disloyalty to the United States In the
District Court. as q result of reso-
luton adopted last night at meet
Ing of leading business men in the in
terest, of the sale of bonds ut the
auditorium OF the Jefferson Hotel
7. NJ. Darlington offered the rcsolu
ton. and IL was passed without dissent.
MIR. Caring ton referred in passing to
the fact that one TWO statesmen OF
bonds had been greeted with harsh
language and had had slurs cast upon
them and the cause they represented
by persons approached as prospective
purchasers. The resolution provides
that the names of all such persons be
taken by the statesmen and turned over
to Hiram NJ. Smith. Assistant District
Attorney in Ricnmond. The Liberty
Loan Central Bureau Will request MIR.
Smith TO. appoint committee OF citi-
zenS to investigate each case.
The meeting last night was called
through the more prominent CONNER
cial organizations Of Richmond. includ-
ing the Advertisers Club. the Rotary
Club. the Richmond Bar Association.
the Retail Merchants Association. the
Automobile Dealers Association and
the Travellers Protective Association.
RICHMOND ART CLUB TO
INVEST $4,000 IN BONDS
The small attendance Tonight is
sign of what we have been preaching
for weeks, that Richmond is not yet
awake 20 the seriousness OF the situa
lion" declared W. L. Dabney. cxecu-
tive manager of the campaign. Il am
not discouraged. and | would not be II
there were only three present. This
meeting means that We viii have TO
work harder than we have done be-
fore. We have got to put the matter
Of buying Liberty bond before each
citizen personally and emphasize the
need for each 10 invest"
After SIR. Dabney had called the
meeting to order. II. Carl Boschen,
president Of the Retail Merchants Az
ISOLATION, was installed as chairman.
Addresses were made by T. 81. Car
rington on The Relation Of Rich
mond Business TO the Liberty Loan;
by John NJ. Miller. Jr. president Of
the First NATIONAL Bank. on THE
Banks and the Loan" and by Dr.
Douglas S. Freeman on The Present
War Situation" Miss Adele Clark.
treasurer OF the Art club Of Richmond.
spoke briefly on the plan OF the club
TO invest $4,000 in bonds as step
toward creating Il fund TO re-establish
an art academy.
More than a score of those present
last night agreed 10 give their time to-
day TO canNassins for the sale OF
bonds. Each volunteer was given a
list OF names Of persons to tie seen.
together with a package Of blank APP
plicationS for bonds and Il canvaSSer'S
badge. 1t was suggested that the
presidents of the organizations invited
TO attend call meetings OF their boards
of directors and urge the directors to
engage in bond sales.
THREE APPEALS WHICH
RICHMOND SHOULD ANSWER
There arc three appeals confront
Ing the people Of Richmond to-day
that should not go unanswered" said
Mr.. Darlington. They arc the appeals
ton. the Red Cross and the Liberty
loan. find many people resourccful
OF excuses and fertile of reasons for
no, giving UP their money"
The Importance of each citizen buy
ing bonds. however few or small. ac-
cordinE to his ability. was emphasized
particularly by Mr. Miller. although
all of the speakers mentioned it. Mr..
Miller explained that IL was the func-
ton of the banks 10 furnish liquid
capital for short periods OF time to
facilitate the expansion of business.
and that II the banks were loaded up
with bonds. they would be unable to
perform their service which was inn
menseiy needed al present.
Mr.. Miller quoted figures showing
loans authorized at present by the
United States government. the national
debt would be about sS500.0O0. 900, or
not more than 3l-2 per cent of the
NATIONAL wealth. Both Great Britain
and France, he said. had already float
ed loans amounting to % per cent of
their total wealth.
Discussing the present condition and
future possibilities Of the war. DR..
Freeman pointed to six points of un-
certainty, upon which depended the
outcome. He mentioned them in the
climactic order of their Importance. AS
he considered them. follows: the
uncertainty of the Italian line hold
ing firm the uncertainty caused by
Frances depleted man power; the un-
certainty Of Germanys man power; the
uncertainty of the submarine boat Sit
untion: the uncertainty of the new Rus
sian democracy. and the uncertainty OF
Americas immediate strength.
AMERICA MUST SEND
100000 MEN TO FRONT
Unless the United States can put
100000 men on the front by the spring