Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-10-22

The most desperate struggle we nave
had in this county has been the Fourth
Liberty Loan drive, and whether we
will "go over" or not is still ques-
ton which has not been decided 1t
looks today as though the city had
taken every trench laid" out as its
quota, but the returns from the coun-
ty would indicate that some of the
towns have not made good, and still
there is hope that the final charge of
Sunday and today has brought all of
these towns in.
/ In those towns where the line had
seemed to waver, achievements were
sent to the rescue last Sunday, the re-
inforcing troops consisting of the best
statesmen from the city forces, who
conducted meetings in over $50 school
districts. At most of these the re-
sponses were encouraging and resulted
in many subscriptions being taken at
that time and also in many following
yesterday.
While the drive was supposed to
have closed upon Saturday night, the
banks have until Wednesday evening
to make their final report to the gov
eminent and it will be possible to re-
ceive subscriptions up to that time.
This is made possible by the fact that
the banks through cooperation have
worked out a plan that will permit
them to report to include in their re-
port any subscription made up to
Wednesday evening.
From an early hour yesterday morn
ing until late last evening the Liberty
Loan headquarters was in a virtual
state of siege. Subscriptions were
rolling in from the many statesmen
who were out on Sunday, and in adj
dition to this there was a continuous
string of individual subscribers from
most of the towns in the county, some
making their initial subscription, and
others coming to increase theirs, to
do, their bit to prevent Marathon
county figuring i'll the roll of those
which had failed to do it's whole duty
SO great has been the. rush that at
this hour it is impossible to determine
whether Marathon county will make
good on its quota or not.
81 cannot state definitely whether we
will come through right or not" stated
Chairman G. S. Gilbert, last evening.
THE cooperative action of the banks,
which has resulted in a systematic
ing of their reports that will permit
us to include subscriptions, received
up to Wednesday afternoon, is the
one thing which makes it possible for
us to come through with honor. If we
can repeat tomorrow the results of to-
day, believe we will be able to show
that Marathon county has done it's
share"
Instead of this being the close of
the campaign, it should be the initial
rush. said Treasurer B. F. Wilson, as
he stacked up pile of currency.
"They are swapping us today. The
eleventh hour awakening has been un-
precedented. If we could only have
got our people to see this thing two
weeks ago as they are evidently see
ing it today, and had got similar re
sponses, our work would be over now.
Reports are coming in from individ-
uals subscribers, from solicitors, by
mail and by telephone, in the latter
case informing us in advance how the
different towns stand. but of course,
we cannot add these latter to our
lists until we have the official papers
and the accompanying money. 1t is
this that makes it so uncertain today.
l could not say definitely that we will
subscribe our quota. We may. /
hope for it and if the informal mes
sages we have received are made good,
we will. But we must not lag. Every
individual, every community that can
secure the sale of one more bond,
should strive and bend every effort to
do so. That one maystell the tale:
The official returns up to last night
were:
City is 2 per cent over the top.
The county is about 100000 short.