The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-11
MONEY IN KANSAS
Quarter of a Billion for Military
Work in State.
This Is Where Part of That
Liberty Loan Goes.
T0DCNH III Dir cu0uUMn
Topeka IN A BIG SHOWING
Days Subscriptions Ahead of
X. c., st. Joe, Wichita.
This District to Buy 100 to 125
Millions in Bonds.

Topeka is getting into the true spirit
of the liberty loan campaign, which
closes this week. Reports from all of
the large towns in the Tenth federal
reserve district for Saturday. showed
that Topeka bond sales exceeded those
of Kansas Sity, ST. Joseph, Wichita
Pueblo and Lincoln. Nearly five times
the bond allotment for this district
will be spent in the district during
the next year by the federal govern
ment. Probably a quarter of a bill
lion dollars will be spent in Kansas
Facts and figures gathered by fed
eral reserve agents from the liberty
loan campaign indicates that more
than the allotment for the entire fed
era1 reserve bank district is to come
back to the territory thru Uncle Sans
cantonment expenses. While the dis
trlct is expected to purchase between
500, 100000 and S125,OOOOOO worth
of war bonds-based on the estimate
of distribution by the government
the estimates also show that $780,
100000 will also be expended in the
territory.
Topeka's Showing.
Topeka's keen interest in the lib
erty loan campaign, as signified by
Saturdays purchases, put Kansas well
up in the running with other states in
the reserve district. Bond purchases
IN Iopeka Saturday totaled $4,000
and were exceeded only by Omaha,
Denver and Oklahoma City. ST. OF
seph purchased s10S,95O worth of
bonds, while Wichita bought to the
amount of $S6,70O. Kansas CITY
slumped to s24,150, while the DAVIS
purchases in Pueblo amounted to
led the district with purchases
amounting to S1,2O2,55O. Denver was
second with s169,25O, Oklahoma CITY.
$4,000.
While Kansas and the investors in
the resolve district are not mercenary.
lhere is a natural interest in the state
fnent that expenditures in the district
Will probably amount to four or five
tlpes the bond sales. According to
information prepared by ]. 2. Miller,
governor OF the reserve bank, the gov
eminent will spend $3.50, 1000, 900 in the
district during the next year That is
nearly half billion dollars At least
quarter of a billion dollars, it is re-
ported, will be spent at the big mill
tary camps at Forts Riley and Leaven-
worth. Should Kansas land a third
cantonment, the amount would be in
creased.
Appeal From Wilson.
That credit for bond purchases may
be fairly distributed Walter w. Will
son, state bank commissioner, has ap-
pealed to bankers to make purchases
of war bonds in Kansas. The appeal
was sent to all state bankers. One re-
port last week stated that two Kansas
banks purchased a million dollars
| worth of liberty bonds from a bank
in another state. Credit for the trans
action was given the foreign state
bank
Eankers in all sections of Kansas
are making strenuous efforts to sell
bonds before the campaign closes June
lis. The spirit of the bankers is SHOW n
by the fact that in practically every
town in the state where war bonds al e
for sale, the bankers are advertiser
and conducting the sale at their oH T.
expense and receiving no return from
| tie sale of bonds.