The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-12
DAILY TOTAL FOR "
LIBERTY CHAMPAIGN
BELOW ESTIMATE
Only Small Proportion Of Islands
Population Answered Gov
ernment'S Call For Funds
OWNERS NOW TOTAL FOUR
HUNDRED AND NINETEEN
Meeting Of Sales Committee viii
Be Held At Chamber OF
F.. Commerce This Morning

r Eighty-six new subscribers to the
Liberty Loan were gained yesterday,
making total Of 4l9 owners Of l.iber-
ty bonds to date. This is a very small
proportion of the 225OOO population
OF the Territory, and it is the hope
Of the committee to gain greatly in
number of subscribers for the remand.
er Of the week.
The eightysix nov members took up
an average of little over $3.50 apiece,
If the entire sum gained is averaged.
Yesterdays subscriptions reached the
ium Of $S4 200, which Is rather below
what the daily total should be to keep
up Hawaii s steady progress toward
the goal of three million dollars in
three weeks.
Behind First Week
The complete total up to three thirty
yesterday afternoon was $565 $50.
There will have to be- big jump in
subscriptions tomorrow and Saturday
to keep up to the mark for the first
week of the campaign. 1t is expected
that the Boy Scouts day on Saturday
will roll up large total in pledges,
but these will not count in the totals
until they are taken up and payment
made on the actual bond purchase.
A letter received by the islands com
mittee from r. A. Wadsworth, prcsi.
dent of the Maui Chamber of Com.
nterce, stated that the Maui chamber
would take action at once on the Lib.
erty Loan campaign.
sales Committee Meets
IA meeting of the sales committee
will be held this morning at nine-thir,
ty in the chamber of commerce. The
meeting has been called by James l.
Cockburn, chairman, and will include
representatives of each bank, trust com
pany, brokerage house, sugar agency
ife and fire insurance company in the
ity. A full attendance is urged.
A suggestion for Honolulu may be
embodied in a paragraph from the Lib
erty Loan bulletin of the twelfth fed
ral,. district, which relates q feature
# the campaign in Los Angeles, Cali
iOIUlu. III tnul Guy lHt Itul tStot'
lealers organized hOuse-to. house cam
laign calling on every householder af
ter the evening meal, and presenting
the facts indicating that he should sub
scribe to the loan bonds. The realty
firms in Honolulu might be able (,
AIRY out n similar plan of evening
'alls on behalf of the bonds in the
"esidence districts of the city.
Waianae Campaign Started
J. M. DowsGtt of Waianae went t.
Waianae personally yesterday with 4
supply of literature and posters, and
started the Liberty Loan campaign IL
that district. A letter was received
from +. H. Wodehouse of Theo. II
Davies & Co. stating that literature
and pledges had been sent to all the
plantations for which that firm is
agent, and that answers had been re
"eived from most Of the managers say
ing that they would gladly take in tn,
publications. and take charge of al
he payments, doing all in their powel
to push the bonds.
viii Print More Posters
Other companies which have sent ou
literature to all the plantation man
gers are Castle & Cooke, Hackfeld 4
Co., c. Brewer 6 Co., Alexander & Bald
win, F. A. Schaefer & Co., and Hind
ROlph & Co.
c. r. Frazier will have an additiopO
number of Liberty Loan posters print
ed some in Chinese and japanese, t,
add to the 400 received yesterday. A
s. Hayward Of Cation, NeiIl & Co. will
send posters to the other islands Loca
banks and trust companies can securr
them from G. S. Warehouse, and tn,
postofices and railroad stations anc
other public places Of the Territory will
W. snnnlied hY G. r FrnEinr