The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-16

y dIn6S OLdpLSS N SO It,oVV
Stratford Trust Co. ..... $4,000
NIOCdl Pf,0 ol,oVV
The savings banks, all of which did
splendid work, are not named in the
above list, but their subscriptions are
included in those credited to the Ma
3ional banks. The same Is truet of
Hincks Bros. & Co.
{ A message of thanks to the news
papers for their efforts in behalf Of
N. Penrose Hallowe1l, vice chairman
of the New England Liberty Loan
committee. It said -
'"The Liberty Loan committee feels
that the newspapers have done a most
wonderful bit Of work. A month ago
it seemed almost hopeless task to
get before the people as a whole such
a vast proposition that concerned the
investment of their money. Such a
task could never have been accom-
plished without the magnificent work
Of the papers. They were RESPONSE
BILE more than any agency for the sue
cess of the loan in New England"
Official tabulators of the New Eng
land subscriptions to the Liberty
Loan, after working all night at the
Boston federal reserve bank, said to-
day that the grand total for the dis
trict probably would not be known
until Monday. Subscriptions were far
in excess of $26,0O,000, the count up
till 5 o'clock last night. A conserva-
tive estimate today placed New Eng
lands share at between $270, 900
and $300,000,00O.
Members of the Liberty Loan eom-
mittee responsible for more than
81, 900, 100000 in subscriptions in the
New York federal reserve bank dis
trict, and the hundreds of bond sales
en-, clerks, stenographers and
others connected with the headquar-
ters of the committee enjoyed today
their first weekend rest since the
middle of May. From small num-
Der at the beginning, the committee
grew in size until the last couple of
weeks it seemed that every banker
and broker in the financial district,
together with their office staffs, were
enlisted in various sub committees.
and work without rest. was the order.
The total of $1,000, 100000 subscribed.
announced at midnight, did not in
clude subscriptions received after
noon yesterday or the mail and tele-
graph orders that came in after the
same hour.
The New York district, it was said
today, had supplied more subscribers
for the Liberty Loan than did the en-
tire German empire for its first war
loan, issued in 1914.
A fairly definite estimate of the to-
tai probably can be formulated late
today as the federal reserve banks
o~Iz - %o1 lott y,
multitude of subscriptions which
flooded in, before the books closed
yesterday and report their figures to
the treasury. Estimates based or
part reports were that the tota-
would be not less than s2.600,0o0,0OC
and probably would be higher.
Officials were surprised most of al
at the large number of men and wo-
men of small means who bought $5C
and 800 bonds. These subscriptions
came from all Cities towns and coun-
try districts.
The governments printing and en-
craving plant is working day and
night to turn out the bonds, and thei1
distribution to subscribers will, begin
very soon.
Secretary McAdoo. in a message OF
thanks to all agencies that helped to
solicit subscriptions, asked that these
organization be maintained, in prep
aration for a second national loan
campaign in the fall
Secretar McAdoo recently indicated
his intention to limit the Liberty loan
to $4,000, 100000 regardless of his au-
thority under the $1,000, 100000 au-
thorization. T''s would mean the
restriction of the allotments under
the over subscription.