The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-23

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The amount required to provide
fhe minimum allotment OF the dis
trict is si2o,0oe,ooo.
THE amount stated by the secre-
tary OF the treasury to be impera-
lively demanded in order TO secure
the defense and safety of the nation
Is 5000, o00.o 200.
We have been advised informally
Of several million dollars In subscrip-
tons which have, not been reported,
but. even at the best. the district u
far behind even It's minimum aliot-
ment The banks and the liberty loan
committees therefore have before
them y Hercuiean taak to take In sub
seript!ons covering the balance be-
tween now and Saturday. the f7th. 5
p M. when the subscription lists
close.
with reverence we say IL: there
Ia only one event In the history of
the world which transcends in i'm
-portance to mankind the success or
failure OF the Tntted States al Amer
lea In meeting the Issues of civiiira-
ton and the teachings of religion
thrust upon us in this war. The fati-
ure of tho liberty loan would be an
everlasting disgrace upon the people
Of the United States. even though they
Afterwards recovered with shock to
true sense OF their responsibility.
The failure OF any section OF the
country to do its due part may well
make that section shrink from tbs
tho worlds history ever faced the re-
probabilities which now confront the
people OF the United States.
III tho failure OF this nation means
success Of the German cause. as we
have every reason to fear. then II also
means the enslavement and degrade
ton ana unspsakable misery and
lapse from civilization OF the major
part OF the world.
The success Of tho liberty loan IL
essential to victory.
tho banks and the liberty loan
committees and the newspapers OF the
Fifth district are .soiefnnly called
upon to arouse the people from an
apparent apathy which may result In
the failure Of the loan.
TT IL imperative that every bank,
~ the agent to receive subscriptions,
should do its part"
The feature OF yesterdays drive IN
the Fifth district was tho subscrtp-
ton Of the Mercantile and Deposit
company At Baltimore. Governor Seay
Of the Federal Reserve bank received
n telegram from A. H Post, preei-
dent Of that institution. stating that
they would subscribe 100000. This
IL probably the largest individual sub
scription of the campaign in this dis
trict.
because Of the apparent slowness
in the rural sections of not only this
reserve district but in the farming
sections all over the country. Secre-
taiy McAdoo sent out messages to
each of the federal banks. calling
upon all the banks and the liberty
loan committees to make utmost ef-
forts to meet the emergency with their
maximum apportionments.
Another interesting telegram re-
ceived yesterday was that OF Comp
troller OF Currency John Shelton Will
Hams relative to Richmond's great
honor achieved Friday. 1t ran: II
have Just received telegram from Sec
rotary McAdoo from Texas desiring
me to convey to Richmond liberty
loan committee his warm congratula-
lions on splendid work and to ask
that they keep on going
A vigorous push into the tagging
and apparently diffident rural dis
tricts OF virginia Is being made by the
nentral committee headed by Chair
man Richard II, Smith. In an effort
10 secure subscriptions out of this
wears profits instead of taking the
money from the savings of last year.
IN many localities the state Is far be-
hind, and the subscriptions coming
ia are very slow.
petersburg and Norfolk, the two
o,ties OF Virginia into which the
United States Golfers are literally pour
inr on their wealth. are among the
most backward In TIER allotments.
~ latter only subscribing one-stxth
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