Arizona republican., 1917-10-17
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 WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-With four teen working days gone and only ten more to come Liberty bond sales were believed by treasury officials tonight to have just reached the Sl.O0O. OO0. 900 mark, a result which has led them to wonder, if the $5,000, ,000, 600 900 hoped for could be attained in the final days of the campaign.
 Committees in almost every part of the country still wire epcouragingly that they can make their maximum totals says a treasury department statement, Possibly they can, but either they are concealing their actual sales-which is not believed to be the case-or there must be a most unex- pccted spurt in the offing.
 Certainly there is little about the sales thus far to warrant great con- 1idence that the $5,O00,000, 900 mark will be reached"
 Official figures, representing actual sales, reported tonight to the treasury department at the close of business yesterday, place the total at S52S ,230,- $50, or little more than half the $1 900. 100000 believed to have been sub scribed. These figures do not include the result of the two day canvass made by sixty thousand workers in the Min neapolis district and place the amounts Tn other districts far below the sums reported unofficiallyi The totals follow: Boston, S6S,S00, 900: New York, $307,- NOr000; Philadelphia, $19,441, 300; Cleveland, $2,090,000; Richmond, $24,- G59,6OO; Atlanta, $7,405. TOO; Chicago, S56,145,OOO; St. Louis, s4,35l, sos Kan Sas City, $2,025, 900; Dallas, .$4 $50, 300;
 
 pclis, no report
 "Granting the most reasonable allow ance for unreported sales,' the treas nrys statement continues. the situa ton is not encouraging. Every day since the beginning Of the drive Octo- Ter l, the daily quota necessary to achieving the desired total of $5.000,- 100000 by October 27, the last day of the sale, has grown larger until to- night it reaches. in all probability, the enormous figures of S4000 000 At me outset of ths sale, daily average of slightly less than s210,000.O0O would nave made the maximum total possible The greatest discrepancies between ihe official and latest unofficial re- ports occur in the New York. Boston, Cleveland, Philadelphia and Kansas City districts. Late reports from New York and Boston today show their to- tals to be S413,000,000 and above $S0,- 100000 respectively Cleveland has more than s75, 900, 900, Philadelphia more than S80,G00, 600 and while no fig ul es for the entire Kansas City dis tiict are available, it is known that Omaha alone has subscribed about SIC JOG. 600.
 The brightest spot in the campaign today appeared to be in the northwest efn states in Minnesota. North Dakota South Dakota and Montana where the sales forces began work for the first time yesterday Orders soon will be in effect in all those states for the removal of state funds from banks noi giving their hearty cooperation to the sale. it was officially reported tonight Indications are, however, that enforce 1ncnt of this order will be unnecessary as the banks are rallying, along with the rest of the people, to unqualified support of the loan.
 Army sales continued to increase to- night until the boys in khaki had nOnght more than S25,000,000 in bonds
 Competition in southern camps foi top honors is particularly keen. Speak CTS throughout the country are using the example of the soldiers. who are willing to sacrifice both their lives and their dollars for the cause.
 Tt is confidently predicted by per sons in close touch with the army sub scriptiOn situation that the total vii run well above s10O,000,0O0 before the drive closes"
 Statements urging the people of the
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