Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-30
ONLY ONE HALF OF
LOAN QUOTA PLEDGED
Captains Once Again To Go
Out Soliciting Pledges for
Fourth Loan


With every own and every district il
Marion county over the top excepting
the city of Salem, the captains of the
Salem Liberty Fourth Loan teams de
cided yesterday to once again make g
final effort to put the capital city OF
record as-the right kind of city.
"We intend to smoke out every mar
who is not doing his duty" declared
General Steiner at the meeing Relt
Sunday afternoon at the Commercial
club, - We will re-eanvass every dis
triet. We win put every man on rec
ord. And, by George, there's got to b
business done from now on"
For the plain fact is, that with {
quota of 1,O2S,500. Salem has so fal
actually subscribed only .$515,220.
BY a vote of the captains, it was de
cided to once again start the campaign
all over again. Every district viii
be re-eanvassed and in many instances
where the subscription was too small
small the committees viii not be back
ward in asking for additional amounts
The fact will once again be put before
every household and every man in the
city that Salem has fallen down on this
Fourth Liberty Loan and that it is VI
to the citizens to say whether the cap
ital city is right or wrong on this 4th
loan.
Frank Davey, whose territory covers
the public buildings reported but few
public men lodging. DR.. Morefield wan.
ted more information as to what the
people in his district were worth. In
one public institution in his territory
with 80 employees, he reported total sub
scriptions of only $165O. August Huck-
stein thought that the slackers on each
team should be replaced by real work
ers. Chauncey Bishop was of the Opin-
ion that too much attention had been
paid to those who could subscribe but
small amounts while some Of the big
fellows had been overlooked. Max
Buren, said he welcomed the day when
the questionaire system was extended to
citizens in order that each could be as
sessed the amount each should buy of
the liberty loans.
f. G. Deckebaugh, in charge Of the
districts outside of Salem said they
all went over the top as each committee
knew the financial rating of every man
in district and that the rural and
small town people showed a lot of pat
riaotism in holding liberty loan bonds.
o. B. Gingrich was in favor of pub
fishing the names of all liberty loan
subscribers and the amount each had
pledged. This suggestion was voted
down. Dan J. Fry chairman of the fly
ing squadron, said that the chances
were that each district had not been
worked enough, especially as reports
had been coming in from some business
parts of the city as well as the resi-
denee districts that some folks had been
overlooked. He also thought that the
big subscribers should be seen again as
as some big amounts would be necessary
to bring Salem over the top.
Col. A. 7. Woolpcrt offered the servi-
ces eff the End battalion Oregon Guard
in any patriotic service the executive
committee thought best. He said that
members of the four companies in the
city would be glad to distribute any
patriotic literature, and to come out In
uniform for patriotic rally.
Beginning this week, reports will be
made of houses that do not display the
loyalty flag. Note will also be taken
by the workers of men on the streets
who do not wear Fourth Liberty Loan
hutton.
Geheral Steiner said: "There are
some slackers in town who are just as
ornery as the fellow who talks too
much and gets into trouble. But here
are just as many patriotic people in
this district as anywhere in Oregon,
and | believe there is enough patriotism
in the captains and teams to get to
work tnis week and pull this thing
through"