Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02
WASHINGTON SURE
HARRISBURG WILL
GO OVER THE TOP
This City Example For Others
in Purchase of Liberty
Bonds, DR.. Rowe Says

Harrisburg stands at Washing
ton as an example for communi-
ties elsewhere throughout the Unit
ed States in the matter of Liberty
Bond subscriptions" said DR.. L. S.
Rowe, assistant secretary of the
United States Treasury, speaking
before the noon luncheon of the Har-
risburg Chamber of Commerce to-
day. And Washington has no
doubt" he continued. that Harris
burg will in the Fourth Liberty Loan
take one step in advance of the
place it established when it over
subscribed the third loan"
. DR.. Rowe was introduced to the
Chamber by President Andrew S.
Patterson, as Secretary McAdoo's
chief assistant at Washington. He
is an authority on finance and has
spoken in may parts of the coun-
try on behalf of the loan. when
was speaking in the South last
spring." he said. where only one or
two per cent. of the people had sub
scribed, I wished | had with me the
statistics of Harrisburg and other
communities in which the individ-
ual subscribers averaged fifty or
sixty per cent. of the whole popu-
lation." .m.t
Should BE Widespread
zone of the best things you have
done here" DIR. Rowe continued, "is
to see to it that large number of
people buy bonds" 1t is not good
for any community, he added. to
have all the bonds bought up by a
few men.
Germany begins to-day it's ninth
Liberty Loan, DR.. Rowe continued,
portant to observe the manner in
which ouf own Liberty Loan goes as
compared with the German loan.
The present loan, ne said, will regis
ter the opinion of the American
people as TO whether they are really
| in earnest about the prosecution OF
the war to a successful conclusion.
Its success will be noted in Berlin,
the speaker continued, where affairs
| in America are being watched even
more closely than developments
along the battle lines of France, be-
cause Germany realizes that Amer
| lea is the vital factor in TINS war
ana that upon our determination To
go on to victorious conclusion, as
registered in our subscriptions 10
this loan, thangs the fate or the con-
| hict and the hope or despair OF the
: German llllilldly Niib'N ~
about IL German peace.
Taxes Up to the Limit
DIR. Rowe said that the taxes I'M
| posed by the eight-billion bill nov
| in Congress have been placed as hlSi
as they can be with safety and tina
| the financing of the war, withou
| grave danger of financial and INDUS
| trial depression following it, hang
I upon our ability to meet other we
| expenses through the medium o
| loans. Failure would discourage oul
| soldiers and cur allies and woult
| Wonderfully hearten the Kaiser. Th'
government wants the loan dis
| tributed us widely as possible, III
1 said. and payments for bonds to b'
made out of the savings of the peo
pIe. "Save tbs price of your bonds
| ont of your earnings" he advised
! You help the government mos
when you economize to invest in it:
securities"
| He also warned the public agains
! trading bonds for worthless oil
doubtful shares in companies an(
urged everybody to hold his securi
ties at least until the war is over.
| Captain Bent Speaks
| Captain w. G. Bent, of the Roya
| British Field Artillery, who thougT
| ten years beyond age, enlisted as
| private the day the war broke ou
and has been in it ever since, goins
| TO France with the First Hundred
THOUSAND" was the second speaker
| He warned the audience against un.
| Que optimism. Germany is still
| strong, he said, and hopes to make
] peace before she Is utterly crush