The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-25
ALLOTMENT PLAN TO Be
USED IN this COUNTY
! Only Fair Method of Raising Liberty
Loans-E,yeIy Person Knows Just
! What His or Her Part May Be.

At the meeting of the members of
the committees for the various dis
tricts of the county, in preparation
for the opening of the Fourth Lib
erty Loan, the announcement was
made that the loan would be raised
in this county upon the allotment
plan; that is, the loan would be ap-
portioned to the various districts and
to the citizens of those districts, in
stead of depending upon the volun-
teer system. which has previously
been used. Every district in the
county, with the single exception of
Drawbridge, was represented; in
fact, there were from three to four
persons present from all the other
districts.
The allotment plan, which has
been tried successfully in many
places, particularly in the States Of
Minnesota Wisconsin, North and
South Dakota, and in various other
sections, means simply this-that the
quota OF a community is allotted ac-
cording to the financial ability of its
citizens Cards showing the proper
ty assessment of the people of the
district are given to the committee
for that district; then such commit
tee is not only possessed of informa-
tion that will tell how much real es-
tate or personal property is assessed
to such persons, but from their local
knowledge they know of such other
property as may be owned and held
by such persons.
Then. too. by this means the prop
erty in a district will secure the
benefit of it's prOportionate part of
the loan raised by its owner. For
instance, a person living in the city,
but owning property in a rural dis
trict, will be notified by the Central
Committee that his property in that
district has been allotted its part of
the loan quota for that district. In
other words, every district will get
its own and only it's own; there will
be no reaching into other districts.
The cards, which are copied from the
assessment records in the County
Treasurer's office, are to be used as
guide by the local committee in
reaching its allotment. For instance,
Mr. A, living in district, may be
assessed with property valued at $4.-
600, but there may be a loan on the
property of $4,000, then his allot-
ment would be on $4,000, and not on
$4,000. On the other hand, Mr.. B
may be assessed with property valu<
ed at $1,000, but may own other
property, such as securities, ETC., val
ued at $4,000; then in reaching his
allotment the sum of $11, 900 would
be considered. The cards are to be
used as the basis for getting at the
property values in the district. Then,
too, there is another class, who own
no property, but who make good wa
Bonds; these will be allotted bonds
just the,same as are property owners.
The allotment plan is the only just
plan of raising loan; it does away
with the possibility of those who are
able to take loans shirking their re-
sponsibility and refusing to do their
duty; there are people in every sec
tion who will do this; there are peo-
pie who will let others carry their
share of the load. In the event such
persons are found in this Loan, they
should be promptly reported to the
Department of Justice, Washington,
D. c., and let the government decide
whether the person who is able, and
refuses to help to successfully prose-
cute the war, is not guilty of disloy-
atty, and pay the penalty therefor.