New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21

than one-half Of that amount OF
lhonds has been sold. This means
that in the last six days of the cam
paien as many bonds must be sold
as were sold in the first three weeks.
The campaign committee believes
this will be done, but to do 1t Will
require the aid Of every man and
woman in the district. There will be
no let up in the fight.
The Liberty Loan Committee is
not discouraged. 1t believes conf
IDENTIFY that the entire billion and
half will be subscribed; but it wants
more than that. 1t wants the New
York district to lend the government
two billions and is working to that
end. 1t believes that there can be
no better answer to the German chal-
lenge than a heavy oversubscrlptlon
to the Liberty Loan, for the Liberty
bonds make the life blood Of the
armies and navies that are fighting
against Germany's scheme of world
domination.
! For the committee to sell its allot-
ment of billion and half required
a daily average sale of approx
mately s62,OOO,000 of bonds. For
the first week the allotment was
/ 1915, 100000, and the total sales re-
ported were s21O,0OO,OO0, or So per
cent of the total asked. To the work
ers these figures were disappointing.
They realized that many banks had
not reported and that heavy sub
scriptions would inevitably come in,
but they felt the danger of over
/ confidence. The sum still to be
raised was vast, and every effort was
made to arouse the community to the
need of the country. The second
week was even more disappointing.
| To the grand total was added hardly
more than S79,O0O,O00, making that
total S2S9, 526,320 far short of
what it should have been. But the
work of the early days of the cam
paign began to tell in the third week
ilet ended. Large individual sub
scriptions began to come IN. Great
corporations, banks and banking and
business houses began to subscribe
more heavily, so that by Thursday
the figures had passed the half
billion mark.
In the next six days another billion
or more must be raised, and this will
require the utmost effort of every
worker for the Liberty Loan and the
heartiest cooperation Of every man
and woman in the district. One can
not speak too highly Of the patriotic
effort that has been and is being
put forth by these thousands of Lib
erty Loan workers. All of them have
been laboring night and day without
compensation. A good example OF
how they work is found in the dis
trict committees and the trades adj
visory, which act under the distrl-
button committee.
The work outside of the metro
politan district is carried on by eight
district committees. These district
committees are composed of men and
women well known in their respec-
tive localities. In every town and
village in those localities they have
organized subcommittee, on which
has fallen the task of the personal
canvass. In every part of the state,
in towns in remote country districts,
in shops and factories, meetings
have been held to awaken the people
to the country's danger and the vital
need that they help the country with
their money.
In New York City the same work
has been carried on under the charge
of the Trades Advisory Committee,
composed of a number of well-known
business men. Every trade in the
city has organized its central COM
mittee. All have headquarters in
the districts in which their trades
centre. hey have flung their ban
ners across the streets. They have
erected clocks, which show hour by
hour the progress of their work
Each trade has furnished its own
company of statesmen, acting under
the advice Of an expert from head
quarters. They have been making
an appeal to every person engaged
in their particular trade from en-
ployer to employee. Meetings have
been held in every shop and factory,
addressed by competent speakers.
The figure set for the Trades Ad-
visory Committee to raise was $780,
100000. of which something over
1O0.000,000 has come in. At least
$500. 100000 more must be raised
from the trades in six days. 1t is
tremendous task, but it is hoped