Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-28
LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
BEGIN THIS MORNN
ALL. OVER THE !. s
Intensive Campaign TO Raise the
Largest War Sum Yet
Asked For.
PLANS ARE WELL LAID

Before dawn today the Fourth Liberty
Loan campaign WAS on. 10 eager were
some communities to make strides to-
ward their subscription goals that they
aent solicitors to work at the stroke of
midnight Scores of towns are trying 10
give all expected Of them before nlghuall
and TO devote the remaining three weeks
tn doubling or trchlnp their quotas oi
the mighty war loan million ana
half men. women and children are enraiied
in an army of active campaigners to
place a bond IN every home.
The whole vast machinery got smooth
ly into motion. Like the etlinfuer cam
paigns across the sea, every detail hah
been planned long in advance sales.
men began gathering subscriptions hv wei
organized methods Posters appeared IN
shop windows and told the story of hli-
crtv bonds on streets and from fence corn
crs President Wilson Autographed ap-
peal was published IN newspapers through
out the land In motion picture theatres
films planned bv leading stars told
graphically WHY Americans should buy
bonds. and 25.nn0 volunteer sieakefs
began to drive horne he appeal More
than score of SPECIAL trains hlled WIN
war relics fresh from Franc" . hattlet'elds
started their Juurncye from town To town.
Indicatinns are that the American
people now realize more than ~ any OF
tho three previous leau campaigns the
intimate relation between government
bonds and the fighting hy American sol
diers IN Francc. and that these spared the
harlships of army life must economic TO
Inv bonds
After the opening en'hisasm oi to-
dav. and day i'm churches tomorrow.
the country will settle down 10 the three
wrecks If a drivp to gather from rich and
poor the billions needed to crush irua-
aan autocracy
rxrF>ats AuF rRt NrNpoUs
4 rrmin,lrr of the necessity eaIne To-
dny in an official report that the govern
mont " spending nearly II ha1 hillmn
dollars a week about sGn ono oW
sia, fnr tho war ~ the 4atno time Il waz
horne home that other uatipna Amt
81 ) partners have dono fnore per capl'n
than this country nov Is called nn 10 d.
The british people, half ae numerous AZ
Americans. have loaned their govern
mont about sl4 600 000, 900 The French
have raised nearly g. .00n 600 900 from
bonds and the Russians nearly eqlallcd
this record even before revolution and
intrigue .cnoralged the country l'v
comparison. the United States already
has sold nearly slnWa. 900 600 81 ilh-
erty Ponds. with a population 81 more
than 100000 600
The purposes fur which these stupendous
Sums GO the huge QUANTITIES Of guns and
shells a,rplance and tnoturtrucks. ships.
food and either lighting stuff which
Liberty Loan dollars huY theee will le
explained concretolv ~ ptopaEanda oi the
fourth loan Speakers. newspapers and
aoholsors will cnmtIuc to advertise the
war itself along with the war bonds
The systematic method llY which this
policy Is to hc carried ont l4 illustrated by
organization plans IN caeh Of the twelve
federal reserve districts. IN each state.
county. township. city or town. and even
IN ncighhurhnods, factories, stores and
professional or trade groups
At the top of this organization stands
the treasury, OF course The chief organizer
m each federal reserve district Is the GOV
crnor IF the federal reserve bank WITH
central committee nnd divisions Of speak
crs. publicity. accounting. organization
salcA. supplies and Women The form of
organization cNtcpds to the states and
smaller divisions. with each bureau in
touch with the corresponding DIVISION of
the next unit. and wClIed INTO 4 working
whole by the enthusiasm uf the multitude
of workers to fulfill amply their individual
responsibilities
Subscriptions will not he officially recog-
nlzed unless accompanied hy the INITIAL
lnstalment payments. and these are
turned INTO a tank Banks IN q community
then will compile their aggregate sui
scriptions and report to district head
quarters. which will gather its greater
totals to be telcgraphed 10 Washington
Thus will the nation be informed from
day to day of the rising tide OF loan
pledges
AN ENORMOUS TASK
The task of accounting for each dollar
received. and each item OF campaign
cost Is distributed among thousands OF
expert accountants Every day and
night of the three weeks they Will work
to account for every penny ot the bond
subscription harvest
Campaign organizers expect the Fourth
Liberty Loan honor flag to prove an
even greater stimulus to communities
than IN the third loan II will be given
Ia n community when II subscribcs the