Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-10-06
Huge Sum Is Demanded in
Order That Liberty Bonds
May Be Subscribed to Re-
Quirement.
S712,74O ASSESSED
TO LOCAL POPULATION
Nation Fighting for Its Life and
People Must Learn What
SeIf-deniaI Is Before War
Is Won.
Dallas, Tex, Oct. 4.

Dallas, Tex, Oct. a.
To the Morning Journal, Albuquerque,
NJ NJ:
The following letter mas, been sent
to your Liberty Loan association
county organizers soday. We trust
you will print it. as We believe that
the large quota assigned 10 your coun-
ty should be announced widely. We
regard the cipsing sentences of TIM
letter as combining facts, the realiza-
ton of which is vital to our country's
eNistencG
TlNt OF Letter to Organizers. :. i.
"Tile ses senty-five s,'llion dollar
subscription allotted to the eleventh
federal reserve district, as its contri-
button to the liberty loan, has been
apportioned carefully to each county
on the basis of it's banking resources,
as reported by the banks of the coun-
try.
tence should not be misunderstood.
The word demands" should not be
objected to, but should be regary very
is the very lowest subscription figure
which the government demands 1t
hopes for so per cent more.
The wording of the foregoing sem
tence should not misunderstood. The
word demands" should not be object
ed to. but should be regarded very
seriously The demand is a moral
one and the obligation, therefore,
binding. The country which has edu-
Gated us, protected us by its just laws
and now is fighting a life and death
struggle to protect our homes and
our trade, has a right to ask for the
loan of our money.
I'm putting the matter thus plainly
before you, we desire you to UNDER
stand that we are speaking through
you to the public, of your personal
patriotism and willingness to do your
duty.
There can he no question-your ac-
ton in serving your country as coun-
ty organizer or helper-places you be-
D ycnd the realm of cri,.cfGm.
you will find, however, that we
shall not raise easily the huge sum
demanded of us. Some people say, Il
cannot spare the money l subscribed
to the last loan, and can do no more.
I'VE ask you to put the people on
their honor to fulfill their moral OBJ
legations and to meet the just de-
mands Of the government
Speaking broadly, the first loan
was supplied from the surplus wealth
of the country. Our people generally
do not realize that sacrifice and self
denial are needed. 1t is not their
fault, it is rather the result of prov
idence which has blessed us with re-
sources beyond other nations, and
which by it's enlightened laws has led
us on from success to success, until
we have lost that perspective of life
which reveals hardship and self-de-
NAL in their true proportions.
War, the disturber, is here, and
will revolutionize our outlook on life.
1t Is you. gentlemen, who have UNDER
taken to educate the people by your
speeches and your actions rather than
leave them to find out the facts by bad
experience. We cannot wage war and
act as though we were at peace. We
must save or perish waste and ex-
travagance must go; self-denial must
become factor in our lives, and love
CT country must be translated into
that spirit which causes men to hold
lightly home, wealth, even life itself.
1t requires this spirit to be engen-
dered to but mild degree to secure
the loan of money to conduct the
war. This spirit of true patriotism Is
not lacking in our people, but it is not
yet fully developed. You can develop
it, and we look to you with confidence
to DO 1t.
~. W. HOOPES.
deputy Governor General Federal
Reserve Bank, Dallas, Tex"