The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-11
LIBERTY LOAN
FAX ;;:s;;;.'.;y!n IN
EVERY STATE
Not One District Meets Mini
mum Quota
NEW YORK IN THE LEAD
Last Days of Drive VIII Have to
Count Big, Says McAdoos
Assistant.
NEW YORK IN THE LEAD

Washington, June 10.-Totals of sui
scriptions to the Liberty loan. aggre
eating $1,3OO,OOO as announced Friday
by Secretary McAdoo, were made pub
lie tonight by the treasury department
showing that not one Of the twelve
federal reserve districts has subscrib-
ed to its minimum allotment although
New York, with the most favorable
showing has nearly reached the mini.
mum. The%ugures made public to-
night are based on actual subscription
forwarded to the reserve banks.
They include:
New rk-Subscriptions, $5SS,000,-
900; allotment, .$600,O00,0O to $780,
000,00l
on-Subscriptions, S135,000,00 (:
allotment, $1S0,00O0OO to $225,0O0, 600.
Philadelphia Subscriptions, SOL
100000; allotment, S140,0OO,000 to
$175,O0O,000.
Cleveland-Subscripti S153,000,-
600; allotment, S1S0,0O0,00O to s225,-
00G,O0O
The figures include subscriptions
which had been received through all
agencies including the banks, by fed
eral reserve banks, at the time Secre-
tary McAdoo made his announcement.
San Francisco, nthe face of re-
turns, is tagging further behind the
mark set for her with but little more
than 20 per cent of the total maximum
allotment, $t75,000.000. st. Louis
comes next with but twenty-seven per
cent of her allotment of 500 100000
and Atlanta third with less than 80
per cent Of her maximum allotment of
$75,000,000.
1T is thought timely" says a state
ment by Assistant Secretary Crosby
ito give the figures so each district
should know the measure of effort
that must be made in the remaining
days of the campaign to secure sue
cess. 1t is evident that the very large
individual and collective subscriptions
that have been published from time to
time have created an impression in the
minds of many that the desired re-
suits can be attained without the full
cooperation of small subscribers.
Such is not the case. Two billion
dollars is so gigantic an amount that
the largest possible individual sub
scriptions are required and at the
same time multitudes of small contri-
butors must fully cooperate.
Recognizing the magnificent work
of thousands of agencies now patriot
cally engaged in the campaign it re-
mains only to urge that all efforts be
In in prIn 4
the goal may be reached"
Beginning tomorrow in every city,
town, village and hamlet the bells of
schools, churches and town halls viii
ring nightly call to Americans to
service in the cause of freedom by in
vesting in Liberty bonds. They will
ring four times tomorrow night for
-FOUR days yet remain in which to make
subscriptions; Tuesday they will ring
three times; Wednesday, twice, and
Thursday they will ring the last call.
The Liberty loans last full day for
subscriptions falls on Flag day, June
IA. Throughout the nation, so far as
the woman's committee of the Liberty
loan can make it, the celebration will
be dual one for the flags ana the
loan alike. In the churches special
services AMI patriotic rallies will be
held. The banks-in many places.
will remain open till midnight to re.
ceive subscriptions.
In some instances tne amount of
subsCrip .cn fiom fede r.. reso.vr dis.
tricts vas fallen to less than III @.
third OF the allotments