The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-23
BurrOw Says That Is Goal
Workers Now Strive For.
1t Is Hoped Total Will Go Be-
yond $2,OOO,OOO.
LEAVENWORTH ONLY LAGGARD
Every Other County in District
Over Its Quota.
More Flags Ordered for the
Topeka Purchasers.

Following Shawnee countyS over
subscription Monday afternoon of it's
third liberty loan minimum quota of
S1,271,3O0 by $4,000, j. r. Burrow,
chairman for the executive committee
here, today called upon the county to
boost its total beyond the $2,0O0,00O
mark before the campaign officially
closes May 4.
Our aim," said Burrow, lis to place
a liberty bond in every home. This
objective obtained the s2,000,000 to-
tai should be easy. And by the way,
the idea of a liberty bond in every
home is not a theory or merely a slo-
: pect to accomplish.
Flag in Every Home.
"On May the homes in this county
will be known by the flags bearing
three bars in the windows. Every
home whose occupants are able to buy
bond should display a flag. and
those that do not by the time the drive
closes will be known among their
neighbors. There is only one excuse
for the absence of the flag and that is
financial inability to pay for one.
Homes in Topeka where the occupants
are financially unable to purchase a
small bond under the easy payment
plans worked out by the government
and the banks are few and far be-
| tween. The time has passed when
those able to help this country can
show indifference. The entire nation
is at war and every man and woman is
a cog in the machinery of the nation.
Let's not lose the contest because a
| few cogs refuse to do their part. The
fact that the quota has been oversub-
scribed does not mean that the coun-
| try does not need the money of those
who have not bought a bond and can.
A nation at war needs all the money
it can get, and the more guns, the
more ships, the more troops, all of
which money makes possible, the
quicker will come victorious peace
To Get More Flags.
Altho the Topeka workers have
been experiencing a shortage of the
! purchasers flags, Burrow today ex-
| pressed hope that this difficulty would
| be overcome shortly, saying that he
mas been promised a fresh supply from
| federal reserve headquarters
Santa F'e subscriptions continue to
! increase To-Day. according to officials.
1t was a 100000 lump subscription
turned into the Merchants National
bank that helped put the county over
| MONDAY. The subscription came thru
/ T. l. Copeland, treasurer for the road
and represented a part of the sub
scrlptions of Santa Fe employees here
OOPOIdhu announced today thai
Santa Fe employees subscriptions ir
topeka now total $2S7,75O, a tota
| OF 1854 employees subscribing. The
! roads treasurer asserts that the tota
number of Shawnee county Santa Fe
subscribers will go to 1000 and the
subscriptions to 100000
or the total amount subscribed b1
| offices, storehouse and shops. the of.
fices have a total of $111,25O, tn,
| storehouse 10000, the shops furnish
the remainder
r. w. freeman, chairman for the
first Kansas district executive commit
tee, announced today that all the eigh
counties in his district except Leay.
enworth have exceeded their quotas
Advices from Leavenworth are to tn,
effect that the low official showing i;
due to slownesS of several banks il
reporting. The total subscriptions foI
the district today were $4.375,15O, al
ioversu description for the district as E
4 whole of s453,250. The district quota
is S3.921,900.
Final arrangements were beine
made today for the celebration to b,
held tomorrow night at the Crane
lopera house in recognition of Shawne,
county's oversubscription. Governor
Simon Bamberger, Utah. will be the
principal speaker and will be assisted
by other able speakers with Governor
lCapper presiding.