The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29
UNCLE SAM GETS
WHAT ne WANTS
IN LOAN DRIVE
Sons and Daughters Prove
That Asking 10 All That IL
Needed
FIGHTING MEN BACK
THEMSELVES TO WIN

oIVGu 10 0uCL9 tSOk ~
cepsed Under 81. 600. 900. 900
lssu.
wAshinSton, Oct ST. will be
Thursday before tho size Of Americas
triumph In the second liberty loan
can DO measured. That 1t II q tri-
umph passsd beyond guesswork into
certainty ~ msager reports were as
ssmhled II the treasury dpartmnt to-
day.
60 huEe, In fact, was ths avalanche
which poured In throughout ths last
fArse days Of the campaign that II has
bssn decided that another opportunity
win b afforded Immediately to those
Who have tsndered their money in
shls Loan ana who Win not have It
eooaptsd under the plan to limit the
iWus 70 $4,000. 200. 600.
frank A. vAndsrIip, II was learned
eootght, has spent tho last weeks OF
che campaign In Warrington planning
tor the further utilization Of tho To-
sources OF tho people which they have
submitted With such splendid gsner-
osfty. Just how the plan has dsvel-
oped cannot 10 learned tonight II
may Be IN sates sion Of the sire Of
the present issue or It may be = new
/ appeal
The suoc4 a Of the campaign now
-nAed has proven conciusively that It
needs only the telling OF the wants Of
fhe pit~d Eiateo IA bring pouring into
tciurnbia lap all the riches OF her
s.Is and Of her daughters. The man
mar In w hi:h the atory Of Columb!a.s
xeed has bean brought TO every man.
woman and child within her domains
II perhaps tho most astounding thing
In the country's history.
One OF the most valuable results OF
the campaign has bAcn the way Il has
aroused the whole country to the war.
Minneapolis. center Of the reported dis
sension. reports . complete change In
sentiment Once rahid German sym
Dathfssrs, during tho last days OF the
campaign. went out aad sold bonds.
for once the red tape OF govern
ment was cut The workers for the
liberty loan were plain people and
hArd-headed business men, They
know how the people could BE- reach
| ID for the ordinary purposes Of their
( Mfe-<hrough the Newspaper adver-
| tissnsnt. through the personal appeal.
thSeugh the moving picture. even
| through the bally-hoo Of the street.
RESEMBLING nothing 20 much ~ the
cld-time medicine show" Every
means WIS employed in some place or
o<hsr and \ vast mass OF Information
Aas Ossn gathered Al to how these
means have been effective.
Hare - he way tho treasury de-
partmsaH reported the situation to-
nk9ht: Returns received At thu
trVA0ury department today gave lit
u Indication a. 70 what was the nnal
poUuit whom the sale closed at mid
0lG41t On the face OF them II cannot
. sa1d that the sale exceeded $1,000
~. ooo. but conviction y general that
= approx1matsd this maximum quota.
tnued 1t c&nvnssfng and reporting
Vntil a3tsr midnight ana then went
home. content Go make their reports
Dpne time this weak. Banks, Of
course, have made no effort to tAbu-
fnkD IN Of their returns, and may not
d - unul the nnal day for report
M. November /. Hence. obviously.
nFsa4 changes may DO made in the
kUeAl calculation between now and
6hursday.~
TIE treasury n eer4ain that every
Asstrict win 90 wen past tn minimum
EuotA Many viii exceed that maxi
mum By such an amount ~ to more
han make up fer those that did not
6saeh the highest goal.
Thus the maximum In the grand
eEeal u definitely assured. The dts
hlces which seemed TO have rec chad
and passed the maximum are the lArg-
e0k New York. Chicago. Cleveland
and San FrAnctsco led the way
0Aroughout tho last days.
~ al odds tho most stirring news
~ shs loan t,day is the tale Of how
0uY lighting hen backed themselves to
Vim. American soldiers subscribed no
~ than &So.0o0.0o0 to tho liberty
lean. Tho men who paid their money
Tor these bonds arc in France. IN this
country. Hawaii. Panama. Alaska--
n fast wherever there are American
easn m khaki.
More than mo million was subscr1b-
a By the men now in France. Gem
"a. 500 had been taken In bonds.
OF the eighty-two million. nfty mil
Nom was subscribed through the fed
esni reserve bank under the army al
lotment system. This Ia the scheme
thereby tho bonds are bought on in
etAlments. the bank holding part OF
the soldiers pay at stated Intervals.
Tho thirty-o1e cantonmonts OF the
country paid out 341,ooo,oo0 for bonds,
~ sixteer national army camps $22,-
M, 900 and the fifteen national guard
camps $17.e00.ooo.
In some Eases the per capita SUBJ
criptfon was 5000. Al Fort Myer
~ per capita pa, ments was t6s.66.
81 single regiment subscribed $2S4.-
so while n bakery company OF 103
Nm chiefly iAturalized foreigners ana
rNvdren OF foreiyn-born par ents SUBJ
oribed $4,000.
Il IL predicted here toniEht that tho
~ York district viii subscribe a
ruartOr Of N oiliton more than Its
s,ot,, Of b billion and 4 half--a I6
~. tcnt overload on It's huge total
"A enoHth to complete the maximum
3ctments OF three or four cf the
zach new message from Chicago
III or ! growing fiEure. Tho chair
~ there now feel confident Of reach.
lContinusd on Pare Thrss>