The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-21
LIBERTY LOAN
MUST Be winner
Americas First Offensive of
War is Raising of Two Bill
lion Dollars by Popular
Subscription.
/ TREMENDOUS EFFORT
I Every Art Of Advertising, as Well as
Sermons, Speeches and Parades
Being Used to
Boost.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Servtce.]
NEW YORK, May I'll

United Press Leased Wire Sery1ce.1
NEW YORK. May I'll
MA Americas first offensive Of
ES@g the war-the two billion
3 dollar liberty loan drive
is in full swing today. Reports gath
cred by the United Press from every
part Of the country showed the ma
tons energies concentrated IN
tremendous effort to make the issue
winner.
Millions of people are engaged IN
the mighty campaign. In scores OF
cities and towns the walls are plas"
cred with slogans-"buy bond for
baby" ring the liberty bell again.,
finance your boy on the firing line.
Put a bond in every home"
Some cities report slow sales, due
to the idea that the loan Is over
subscribed. Headquarters here de-
clare it Is not half subscribed.
Capital and labor are allied, bank
ers and toilers have joined hands
and every art OF advertising as well
as sermons, speeches, 2arades and
patriotic revivals are being used to
make Americas hundred millions
realize the bond must be made a
SUCCESS by their united efforts.
Pittsburgh,s pledge Is $SO,O0O,OOO,
the allotment $50, 900. 900 Boy scouts
distributed cards, 200 bond statesmen
and 100 orators are leading the fight.
New York took two powerful short
arm punches at the liberty loan 70.
day. Billy Sunday delivered one ana
the big department stores the otner.
Liberty loan booths" in red, white
and blue. were opened in the Filth
avenue and down town shopping cen
ter stores with pretty young women
in charge of subscriptions.
"Dg down you folks" Billy Sunday
told Gothamites today. "and get pc
hind the government in this new
loan. Everybody with $50 buy bond
| I'm going to buy few.
/ In st. Louis, the bond in every
home" slogan originated. The totaI
| subscriptions in the Cleveland fed
eral reserve district are estimated al
| S1OO, 100000 Private subscriptions
are going slowly there. Detroit city
| subscribed 100000 as an example &c
other municipalities.
"Buy a bond for baby" is goins
big in Madison. Wis.
| Five hundred thousand dollars VII
be subscribed there, 1T is estimated
| The Des Moines chamber Of com
merce is considering a city-wide loa1
canvass. Acting Mayor Fairweathe'
lis organizing a liberty loan parade
| one bank is loaning money Will
which to buy bonds, allowing Dor
rowers to repay at 81 week. II
Dallas a placard will be given eaci
purchaser to be placed in his house
It saws: 1--WE own liberty bond.
Twenty-Five million dollars has beer
pledged in st. Louis and twice a.
much is expected. Business firm'
are buying bonds to be resold to EN-
ploves on the installment plan. Ih'
best slogan In Chicago is ARE yo'
/ willing to finance your boy on TN
firing line?"
! A bondmen's club of 1000 mem
hers will make house to house can
/ yass through northern Illinois, south
4 ern Michigan and northern Indiana
the employers paying all costs.
i "Four minute men"-ex2ert Dont
salesmen-will make four minut
i speeches in theatres The libert.
loan clearing house will handle tn
campaign among school children an
factory employees. Children ar
urged to contribute, II only n1ckl
a piece. Swift and Company bough
$3.50 900 worth to be sold to empioye
on easy payments. Sales in Chicag