The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30
ARE HARD AT WORK FOR LIBERTY LOAN Many Organizations Aid in
 Local Campaign MANY SUBSCRIBING C. F. Lee Addresses Suffrage Asso- citation and Ladies Will Give
 Valuable Assistance in
 Sale of the Bonds
MANY SUBSCRIBING

The Birmingham liberty loan commit tee headquarters were busy yesterday arranging for 3 house-to-house. office to-office and plant-to-plant canvass Of the city A number of local organizations will furnish the workers, including the Chamber of Commerce, Civic association. Community club, Equal Suffrage associa- ton, kiwanis club, Real Estate exchange, Merchants association and Rotary club.
 All the securities dealers of the city have volunteered their active service, and Secretary Garber will have associated with him John NJ. Caldwell, his partner; V. Hugo Marx and Leo Kayser of otto Marx & Co.,, Miss Ina Sheppard and NJ H. Sterne. who will give his whole time to the office.
 All organizations. civic, social religious, fraternal or otherwise are requested to inform their members as fully as pos sible regarding the issue. Speakers will be furnished by the central committee upon request. The committee has it's office on the ground floor of the Elm pre building, 102 Twentieth street, north, telephone Main S5S3, being the former city ticket office of the Southern Rail- way company. The railroad has donated the quarters to the committee.
 SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED
 A substantial volume of subscriptions
 has already been received. Applications may be made at any bank, at the com mittee's headquarters, to the secretary of any of the organizations above named or to the committees which will begin their work Thursday.
 c. F. Lee of the National City company
 of New York who is lending his serv-
 lees to the Birmingham committee ad-
 dressed a well attended meeting of the
 Birmingham Equal Suffrage association
 yesterday afternoon. In his address, MT.
 Lee said: The $2, 000,000000 loan is a very large sum. None of us has ever
 seen 5000 000.000 in actual money and
 we have little tangible with which we can compare it.
 SMALL BY COMPARISON /s We think that we are doing big by raising a 5000 100000 loan, while comparison with what our allies nave done toward financing the war, it is a small amount. The United States, with population of 1O00OO,OO0 people, and a national wealth of approxima tely $200, ,000,- 900 coo, is being asked to raise $2 000 OO0. 00o or $20 a person, equivalent to 1 per cent or our national resources. England, with a population of 45 900, OO0 and a nationa
 income of less than one-third what we enjoy, has already raised since the wal started over s19,O00, 900 600, and has in- creased her per capita debt from s72 tc
 S4s7.
 ."rhe increases of France, Russia ano Italy have been in like proportion. Sc /, far we have been saved all losses 1T
 the way of men, every nations mos valuable asset.
 1 Few people realize that, while tn, war is 5000 miles away, this country is actively engaged in it. If 1t were not for the 47 British battleships which have bottled up the German fleet in the North sea, we would have this invading force on our own territory and, unless we are willing to finance, feed and equip the British forces, this war will be brought within our own borders within a very short period of time.
 DIRECTLY AFFECTS EVERYONE Our people are just beginning tc realize that this liberty loan directly ar. | fects everyone of us, and all are now called upon for the first time in our I lives to come to the aid of the govern ment. This loan, bearing 31a per cent. is l war If we are not willing to subscribe 1 to the loan, then this money will have I to be raised by taxation, and that is 8 more expensive way of obtaining funds
 The people pay for the loan, whether by | taxa tion or by bond sales.
 Alabama will be called upon to furnish l s16, GOO 900 of liberty loan subscriptions. In order to accomplish this, every man anc VIC man who can possibly do so must sub 1 scribe It has been suggested that each person should contribute 10 per cent oi | his annual income. The task for Bir- mingham is a heavy one, but with the assistance of the Birmingham Equal Sui l frage association and other patriotic or ganizations 1t will be performed" {! MT. Lees address was enthusiastically received and the association pledged It. l self to canvass the territory assigned te | 1t by the central committee.
 l A meeting of the Kiwanis club is called | for 10:30 Wednesday morning to hear ar | address by Leo Kayser on the liberty loan, and to complete the organization oi | it's committees.
 WHITE MAN SHOT
 RV pOTTCE OFFICER