Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-24
CITY WORKERS IN LIBERTY BOND
CAMPAIGN ON LAST QUAR-
TER LAP.
QUARTER MILLION MUST
BE SOLD IN FEW DAYS
c;,antic Task For Workers to Make
Good on Citys Million Allotment in
sonds-eiIman Workers Do Big
DAVIS Work Tuesday, Selling Over
$4,000 Worth-Their Quota in Sight.

| in liberty bonds have been SupScripeu
for In Marshalltown and its banking
territory. and within the next three
days-and three days only-Thursdav'
Friday, and Saturday, local bond sales
men must place the remaining s2oo,ooo
Of this city's million dollar allotment.
! L! q stupendous task. The workers
realize it. Busy men have neglected.
their own affairs to spend day alter
day interviewing prospective bond Gus
| toners and showing them the advan-
! tages of investments in government
As"
| Local bond statesmen know how hard
their work has been in some cases
They know that in some instances they
have called as many as seven times
| in order finally to land a small sale
where the purchasers should have SUD-
| scribed for double the amount.
Had they been soliciting business
| for themselves these statesmen would
have given up in disgust. They would
have said the effort was not worth the
gain. But in the case Of liberty bonds
the situation was different. There was
no give up; no let-up 1t was work,
work work. against seemingly unsur-
mountable odds, in order to "land'
something-the bigger the better. but
If small, better than none at ALL
Test Of Patriotism
| The acid test of patriotism has been
applied in this bond campaign. Bond
statesmen can, and may. tell many
stories of how they have been turned
down by people who pose as patriots
and yet who are not patriotic enough
| to buy bonds that really yield Az per
cent, for they are not subject to taxes.
Some Of these supposed patriots are
| like some Of the christians Billy
Sunday tells about-christians on sun
day only.
| These same bond statesmen also can.
and will tell Of real patriots who have
subscribed commensurate with their
means, even to making sacrifices. They
will tell Of men who have bought
bonds and taken loss Of per cent on
| borrowed capital. in order to do their
share in making possible the life OF
democracy
Some day these stories, good and
| bad, will come out, and when they do
some people will want to move to an
other community.
| Here Is Sample.
| Listen to this story. 1t is true, and
the name can be supplied If necessary.
A young farmer in the southern part
of the county is the support Of a wild
owed mother The farm left by the
father is heavily mortgaged. This
young man had thought over this IL
| I IT, l. Va
one would be out to see him. He did
not see how he possibly could take on
the additional burden of investing in
bonds when he had to meet the inter-
est debt of the mortgage.
| So he decided not to invest. His
mind was made up. and when the COM
mittee Of bond statesmen called upon
him he was a little bitter. He thought
the committee was interfering in his
business He considered it none Of
the committees business and told the
committee so.
Now the committee did not get
angry, and give up the Prospect as a
bad job. One of the members pic
tured the young man, who is OF draft
age, called to his country's service
leaving his widowed mother alone.
This touched the boy. He concluded he
had been hasty and had viewed liberty
| bonds in a wrong light. He broke into
| tears and said he was sorry he had
! talked so. He reached for an applica-
| ton blank and authorized his banker
| to purchase a $1,000 bond.
A German farmer who stood by and
! had heard all the transaction patted
the young man on the back. III you
| find out you are. having any trouble
carrying this come to me-" said the
| German.
Contrast this picture with the owner
of fine Marshall county farm. worth
s24O per acre, and not scratch of a
pen against it, who buys a $50 or 500
| bond or else buys none at all.
Gilman Does Fine Days Work.
The committee working out Of Gill
man Tuesday did one fine days work
The Gilman banking center already had
subscribed for $4,000 of a $4,000 allot-
ment Tuesday the committee sold
s54.35O worth Of bonds and before
the gong sounds Saturday Gilman's
quota will be subscribed.
Money Must Be in Saturday.
The money for Marshall countys
apportionment of $1,s67,000 must be
in the hands OF the organized banks
Of the county by Saturday, Oct. q.
1t will be forwarded to the federal
reserve bank at Chicago Saturday
night, readyefor the count on Monday
| Consequently, the rest OF the money
to be raised must come within the
next three days.
Visit Other Communities.
A committee from this city visited
today the Dunbar and LeGrand COM
munities, where, the bond sales have
not been progressing ss satisfactorily
as had BEEN expected. This after
noon another committee went to State
Center, where the same condition exists
Rhodes will be visitedseither this after
noon or Thursday morning. The other
districts in the country were reported
to County Chairman st. Clair today
to be progressing nicely.