Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-30
56PER CENT OF LOAN
MINIMUM OBTAINED
New York City and State
Drive Low-Trcasury Is
Disappointed
NEW HAMPSHIRE OVER
s,t Louis Brags of Selling 523,.
90 Bonds Among Popula.
ton of 597.890
Washington, April 50.

Washington, April SO.
. The Trcasury's tabulations show that
! rer cent Of the $4,000, 100000
\ ,nertv Loan minimum has been sub
,,,lhed. In the five days remaining
4 ,.nvasslug committees have instruc-
i ,,,rs TO devote their energies to solicit
ne personally the thousands ot indl-
4 annals and business interests who have
I sslayed subscribing.
4 pany subscriptions Of Sli9,449,OOP
~ necessary during the remainder Of
1 4. week to mako the s3,oOo,OooO 600 and
~ treasury rs hoping for heavy over
inscription.
The fourth district TO 60 over tile top
,obably will he either Chicago or San
Francisco.
Kansas city over TOP
I'VE have attained i0i per cent and
are going forward to $50 per cent il
.,sslble" said y telegram from the
Kansas city district, the last to achieve
4 Ne quota.
Subscriptions by States in the Kansas
c,v district are Missouri, $24173.45O; /;
eoorado. Sl7.GO5,O5O: Kansas, $31s76,-
.;O: Nebraska, $3l,312,OOO; oklahoma,
;si756O5O; Wyoming, $i,iOS,65O; New
& Mexico, S1,i99,O00.
"A report from the New York district
4 which to date has proved one of the big
rest dsappontments of the campaign"
3 aid the Treasury review showed
that it is New York city and
A New York state that are failing to keep
4 m with the pace of the rest of the coun-
Z try The twelve New Jersey counties
n the district have subscribed 81 per
B rspt of their quota and Fairfield Coun-
n Conn, 81 per cent, but New York
4 state and New York city have sub,
n scr.bed only GO per cent and 81 per
cent, respectively. Albany, n. y, has
4 g1bscribed SO per cent; Newark. % {;
Buffalo. So Rochester. So; Syracuse,
Il Il. and Jersey city, 81.
"only the strongest kind of support
from large purchasers can put the New
u York district over it's Oo.O0O,o0O mini
mum quota The hope of the New York
eommitteee is to exceed the maximum
mark of $1,000, 100000. set for the sec
ond loan, if possible. but very few mem
bers of the committee think this can be
accomplished"
st. Louis Proud OF Record
The st. Louis district reported II
lad sold 52S.649 bonds to a population
. had sold ,G49 bonds to a population
1857, $50, outside of the city of st. Louis.
Sections of Indiana, Illinois and Mssis-
h Lpp in the district reported that all
b counties within their borders had equaled
or exceeded their money quotas; Ken
& tncky reported that only two counties
Ia .gyN, f,,, f1f1a1 10 attain
. ths honor; Missouri eleven out of
i nnety-four; Tennessee, one out of
q twenty-one. and Arkansas, seven out OF
ayenty.eight This district is Challeng-
n ng the entire country to produce high
n r percentage of subscriptions in proper
n ton 10 population.
New Hampshire exceeded its quota
yesterday. being the second State in the
New England district to do so.
In the Philadelphia district Pennsyl-
Sanla, outside of Philadelphia, has SUBJ
rribed s7O,5S6,450; Philadelphia proper,
p3,92S, $50; southern New Jersey, Sl2,'
k7,s5O, and Delaware, $6.773,250.
In the Cleveland district. Kentucky
has subscribed $S.693,750; ohio, SAL
t5s55O; Pennsylvania. $6O,35i,700 ;
West Virginia S4,7lS,7O0.
A message from Richmond said that
\ one woman in North Carolina had sold
her farm for $4,000 and invested the
4 Proceeds in Liberty Bonds. 1t also said
the campaign among negroes was bring
Ing good results.
Navy Ready TO Fight and Buy
The navy is not only ready to fight
bot II will also give everything possi
BE to aid in other ways" said a radio
message to Rear Admiral CCwle
navy Liberty Loan officer, from Admiral
Mayo, commander-in-Chief of the Allan
tic fleet. The message follows:
4 The situation on the battlefront in
Europe should strike deep into the
minds Of the American people the fact
mat this war demands our utmost ef,
iort The Liberty Loan is for the pur,
pose Of supplying money indispensable
% arm, equip and transport the mel
Who are to confront the enemy on the
battlefield and e. sea. 1t is hoped that
me navy will continue TO show that il Is
HQot only ready to fight, but that 1t viii
nto give everything possible to aid il
ether ways"
On the receipt of this radio, Secretary
Daniels flashed it around the world a!
all-navy message
He added:
Ihls message rings with the invncibl
sprlt OF our embattled naval forces. lie
strengthen this spirit by an over
helming subscription TO the third Lib
srV Loan. The subscription today I
more than $4,000 900. Before midnigh
way feel sure we will raise this to
"@l that will thrill the world"
Suoas enthusiastic loan drive, b.
sneh II is expected to raise more tina
sl'6bO,55O subscribed i'm. the last Lib
sV Loan campaign, has begun with s.
ch energy and has been attended b
much encouragement so far that tn
enoers OF the Havana general commit
e are confident the previous total Wi
~Aceeded by large margin.