Evening journal., 1918-09-26
STATE Will TRY
To REACH LOAN
QUOTA IN WEEK
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thing TO arouse them from their slum-
Der at midnight and that 8 o'clock sat
urdsy morning would do The least harm
and cause the smaller amount Of criti-
cism.
Last night Mr.. Scott addressed an
enthusiastic meeting OF workers at
Harrison street NJ E. Church. The
MeihOdists OF this congregation are
backing the loan 10 the limit.
Tonight, at S15 o'clock, there will be
a big time at No. 2S public school. Chan
celor Curtis will address the meeting.
There will be patriotic songs sung by
the school children, and the meeting Is
10 be made a community affair. Chill
dren have been requested TO bring their
parents, and those who live in the
neighborhood and have no children at
tending the school, are urged TO attend
anyway.
The odd Fellows will take an active
part In the campaign. Representatives
Of all the city lodges, met I'm odd Eel
lows Hall last Right and George II.
Bennett, Deputy Grand Master, was Sc
lected chairman and Alexander II.
Abrahams secretary OF the general COM
mittee.
The committee is going TO send out
Liberty Loan booster letter to every
member in the county, and each lodge
Will be thoroughly cauvassed. The
captains OF the various lodges are as
follows;
Delaware, No. III. r. Downing.
Mechanics, No. 4-George II. Barley.
Fairfax, No. S--John A. Barlow.
Brandywlne, No. i8-Archlbald oliver.
Hope, No. 2i-George Turner, Clar-
ence Thompson and William Adams.
Asylum No. 23-Ernest Wilkinson.
Columbia, No. 26-Otto NJ. Burkhard.
Eden. No. 3i-Alexander n. Abrahams,
John Moore and William II. Tyler.
Mutual Enoampment No. calvin
VI. Whitesell
Centervile No. 3T-Dr. ]. Willard
Crossan.
Christine Encampment No. i2-Mar-
tin IIopewell,
Rebecca Lodges-Naomi. No. B. JO-
seph NJ. Cross; Doris, No. 9, Robert
Turner.
Industrial plants OF Wilmington and
New Oastle have started an offensive 20
put the Fourth Liberty Loan "Over the
top" Representatives from nearly every
one OF the iM plants in the County met
at Liberty Loan headquarters, Tenth
aud Market streets yesterday afternoon
and made their plans.
Harlan G. Scott, captain for the in
dustrisl unit, told the workers what
was expected OF them, and urged them
b make the drive last only one week,
instead OF three weeks.
He explained TO the workers that the
committee stood ready TO render every
assistance possible 10 the workers and
their teams and referred TO the vsri-
Gus plants. In this connection he OK
plained the Champions Today nag,
which was the idea OF Wilmington
manufacturer TO stir up interest and en-
thuslasm among workers. He said:
champion Today" Flag.
"An officer OF each manufacturing
company in New Castle county, em-
ploylng twenty or more persons, is re-,
quested 20 certify 10 an average days
wages OF the week ending September %.
THE company reporting the largest
total subscriptions, In relation to this
certified amount at the close Of each
day, VIII be champions for that day
and entitled TO fly during the next day
the nag, Champions today, Fourth Lib
erty Loan.
For instance, n a company having
daily wages Of $1,000 secure subscrip- !
tlons for that day Of 5000 II VIII, Of
course, have q rating of five times its
wages for the competition. An honor |
committee has been appointed to care |
for this contest, and reports from com
mlttees Of the various plants should be
made at headquarters before 10 o'clock
each morning"
James B. owens explained the partial
payment cards and other technical fee-
lures OF the campaign. He, too i'm
pressed upon the industrial heads the
necessity for subscriptions early, and
IN seeing that every man
In an industry did his part by sub
scribing
John S. Rossell, president Of the Sc
eurity Trust and safe Deposit Company
made a report for the Clearing House
Association regarding the manner IN
which the banks, In addition to proVld-
ing the Liberty Bank for partial pay
ment buyers, Is 10 aid those who wish
10 buy bonds OF large amounts, and also
those who wish TO buy the bonds out
right through borrowing the money
from a bank.
Clearing House TO Help.
The Clearing House Association con-
sidered the project yesterday and
this resolution:
"Resolved, That the Wilmington
Clearing House Association recommends
that in order to assist in floating the
Fourth Liberty Loan. al member
banks loan TO subscribers In sums Of
$1,000 and upward 90 per cent Of their |
at the rate Of 4h per I
cent for the first quarter, 4& per cent |
for the second quarter, and at the cur /
rent local rate thereafter, all such /
loans to be paid in full within one !
year"
Captain Scott referred TO the neces-
sity for each man subscribing in pro- |
portion to the amount he made, aud |
said that literature explaining this plan 4
would be ready for circulation among
the plants this week. This scheme has
been figured out by expert statistioians
and approved by labor leaders and tho
Third Federal Reserve officials.
Henry p Scott, chairman for New
Castle county, was able to throw con-
siderable light on the perpleXing de
tails of the loan campaign, answering
questions that were in the minds Of
the workers.
Henry Tatnall explained details ne
cessary to keeping accurate records OF
sales.
Members Of the Retail Grocers' unit
met at Eden Hall last night and dis