Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-05-17
CAMPAIGN PLANNED.
FOR LIBERTY LOAN
Sec. MAdoo Will Tour Middle
West In Interest Of the
Issue.
APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM.
Secretary Declare Loan should He
oversubscribed to show Enenies
the American Spirit.
APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM.

Washington, May 13-secretary McAdoo
Will make tour Of the Middle West, be.
ginning May II at Chicago and going as
ter west as Denver, In the interest Of the
Liberty loan. the formal campaign for
subscriptions to which opened to-day. He
Will address representative audiences In
some or the chief cities to bring homo
70 the people OF the Middle West the
need OF unanimous cooperation with the
government In making the big issue moro
than q success.
Mr. McAdoo. in his official capacity,
wiii tell MS audiences that the United
States 10 not engaged in half a war but
U N night to the finish with autocracy
still strongly entrenched. He will appeal
to their patriotism to do their part in
making effective the declaration of the
PRESIDENT that American pledges all her
resources In the cause Of democracy. He
Will seek to unloose the purse strings of
all classes SO that the Liberty loan will
not only be fully subscribed but
tremendously oversubscribed and that Ger.
many may realize. In the words of a
statement he issued tonight, that we
have billions to sacrifice In the cause of
liberty
There are 30 days." said Mr.. McAdoo
tonight, within which the people of the
United States must make good the action
OF Congress In pledging all the resources
OF the country. conduct Of a righteous
war-a war for universal liberty.
FAILURE to subscribe the $2000, 600. 90
required would be confession of national
impotence. I do not for q moment doust
the overwhelming success Of the Liberty
loan II the people are made to realize that
no great work Of this kind can be accom-
plished unless everyone throws himself
INTO the task with the energy and nre Of
determined patriotism.
We must not be content with q sub.
scfapton OF $4,000. 900: We must over
subscribe this loan as an indication that
America 10 stirred to the depths and
aroused to the summit of her greatness
In the cause Of freedom.
Let US not endanger success BY com.
placent optimism. Let every man and
woman in the land make it his or her bus.
mess to subscribe to the Liberty loan I'M
mediately and II they cannot subscribe
themselves let them induce somebody else
to subscribe. Provide the government
with the funds indispensably needed for
the conduct Of the war and give notice
to the enemies Of the United States that
| We have billions to sacrifice In the cause
Of liberty.
BUY q Liberty bond to-day; do not put
1t on till tomorrow Every dollar pro-
vided quickly and expended wisely will
shorten the war and save human life"
! How to buy Liberty bond was fully
, outlined in abstracts telegraphed to-day
by the federal reserve banks for wide
spread dissemination.
Application blanks for Liberty bonds.
printed by the hundred thousands. have
been distributed widely.
Large numbers Of national banks, State
banks and trust companies. private bank
ers. express companies. newspapers. de-
partment stores and other private cor
porations. firms and organisations. have
periodically offered to receive and trans
NIT applications for Liberty loan with
out expense to the United States or to the
applicants. The secretary Of the treas
ury. appreciating the value Of these
offers. will have application blanks widely
distributed throughout the country to
these private institutions and also to the
postofices and sub-treasuries