The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-27
MILLION
DOLLARS
WANTED

"A Thousand Men. A Million Dollars"
That was Hammond's slogan today.
With the banks open until o'clock this
evening. there was no question this
noon that Hammond would oversub-
scribe It's 100000 second liberty loan
allotment by 100000. thus bringing the
total to an even 100000
All around 1t is a wonderful record.
Hammond is on the patriotic map to
stay From the patriotic viewpoint
the gratifying thing is, that the great
bulk of the bonds are in the homes
the place where patriotism counts. Doz-
ems and scores of workers deserve praise
and commendation for carrying the
gospel of the liberty loan to every cor
ner of the city. There are too many
for individual mention. but without de-
tracing from the merits of any one. all
will agree that the palm for the genius
of organization and fearless general
ship belongs to W. c. Belman, city
chairman OF the liberty loan comm ttee.
He had the genius to surround himself
with result getting lieutenants. both
men and women, who in turn again
made excellent selections for the tasks
assigned them
Last night Mr.. Belman reported TO
the county chairman of the liberty loan
committee that 4I55 subscribers had
taken UP s941.200 worth Of bonds. That.
however, did not include hundreds more
whose hundreds of dollars could not be
tabulated by the time the report went
in. The way subscriptions were pour
ing in today. Mr Belman said there
was no stopping below the $1,000 900
mark. Mrs. o. C Z Matthies, city
chairman Of the womens liberty loan
committee this noon had an incomplete
report which showed subscriptions
amounting to $4,000 The largest sin
gle organization subscription was plac-
ed by the employees Of the Standard
Steel Car employees. whose amount
reached s65,000. The schools of Ham
mond. pupils and teachers. took in the
neighborhood of $4,000. the Roberts
dale and Irving schools in short cam
paigns having raised respectively ST.
$50 and $3.50
While it is a fact that the various
Hammond banks through their liberal
subscriptions sent Hammond over the
~ F4N4A AASAub ND4bASs Alle 4dCL re-
mains that the city tonight will have
close on to 500 buyers Of liberty loan
bonds-or bond in nearly every home
With such a showing Hammond can
congratulate itself Today it Is a city
OF which every one may well be proud.
It speaks not only well for the city's
patriotism but substantiability as we'll
After all It impresses one that there
must have been many people who will
ingly took their money and instead 81
letting it earn 10 and IN some cases 90
oer cent gave it to Uncle Sam at 4 per
cent. For the small investor where the
bond is TO come out OF saviu9 9s, the pur-
chase reflects good judgment as we'll
as patriotism.
HammOnd's record appeals to the peo-
pie Of Uncle Sam from another angle
It is this: A Hammond school survey
shows Hammond to have a foreign
born population Of 2s.5 per cent: a ma
tive population of foreign and mixed
parentage of 34.s per cent and a native
populative Of native parentage amount
ing to only 3S.3 per cent. The foreign
born population in Hammond, repre-
senting the allies Of Europe number
less than 3 per cent.
These are indeed interesting figures
but not at all surprising to any one
who had faith in the patriotism of
Hammond's people