The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-03
DISTRICT CONVENTION OF
LIBERTY BOND COMMITTEE

Last Wednesday there was a
| meeting of the representatives of a
dozen of the eastern counties of
Idaho at Pocatello to arrange uni
form plans for conducting the fourth
liberty bond drive, which begins on
the twenty-eighth of October. The
fourth liberty loan will be for six
billion dollars, or double the amount
Of the third loan, and in a general
way people will buy twice as much
as before. 1t will be done on the in
stallment plan and the initial pay
ment will be heavier than before.
An effort will be made to raise a
stupendous sum of the first day by
voluntary purchase. An effort will
be made to get people to stand in
line" till they can get to the place
of purchase, rather than to await the
coming of the committee to sell
bonds to them. Our men overseas
are breaking all records for plung-
ing into the fight-for beating them
to it, and it Is putting the fear into
the hearts of Huns more than any
thing else that has yet happened.
1t is the purpose to have the whole
American people rise to the fight on
the twenty-eighth of October and
push forward to buy bonds, standing
and by subscribing the greater por-
ton of the six-billion in one day
serve notice on the kaiser and the
world that we are as keen to back
the boys over there as they are to
plunge the steel into the Huns. Such
action on our part will do much to
break the morale, the courage of the
Huns, and it will make a difference
of thousands and thousands of lives
of our young men in the finish of
this great struggle. 1t is our privi-
lege to so conduct our business on
that day that it will have the double
effect of raising the spirits of our
men and depressing the spirits of
the foe, and both are of inestimable
value in winning a quick decision.
Without that they might fight on
till one side merely wore out the |
other.
In the convention at Pocatello. the |
on resolutions, after con-
all things PERTAINING to the
next drive, adopted the following
which in turn were
by the convention:
We your committee ON resolutions,
beg to report as follows:
l. That the method of campaign
Of the fourth liberty loan be what is
known as voluntary subscription for
period of one day. This form calls
Tor complete card system, rating
,ommitte and that each person be
Notified of the amount of their SUBJ
cription before the opening of the
oan and that every one be expected
o subscribe on the first day, and a
ollow up system for those who do
lot subscribe the first day.
2. That this committee resolve
hat it be in favor the boards of
ounty commissioners financing all
expenses of the county councils of
efense and the chairman of the
ourth liberty loan. The bills for
he county chairman to be first aud
Led by the county council of defense,
nd that copies of this resolution be
resented to all county commission
RS.
3. That the buttons be ordered by
1e county chairman from the state
hartman and that all buttons be
attributed thru the county chair
ian. That each county chairman be
1T to his own judgment in the mat
II of presenting a special badge to
i voluntary subscribers during the
rst day.
4. Be it resolved that where a
Lmily takes out subscription and
ere are several members in the
.mily that wherever possible the
Inscriptions be split up among the
embers of the family SO as to in
ease the number of subscribers.
5. Whereas, the woman's national O
Derty loan committee has asked
lat certain matters be referred to
EN-, and whereas the work of solic-
ing subscriptions will entail large
Mount and
Whereas we adopted the assess .
ent plan which can only be oper-
ed under uniform system and
Whereas it is imperative that there
no duplication of work
Therefore, be it resovled by the
inference of county chairmen that CO
ere be one organization under the b.
unity chairman and that the wo-
IN be asked to assist in putting II,
er the loan and that they work A.
ri and under the direction of the "a
ate and county chairmen so that :"
e plan adopted will be a success. DC
6. That we recommend uniform IS
ton by all banks in the matter Of as
terest rate, margin of deposit and Oh
e taking of collateral notes for un- to
i'd balances, and that we recon- ~
End that the interest rate be per a.
ut per annum until date of final Ill
yment Of bond according to gov
lment terms. .. re
G. D. THOMAS, wi
F. w. SARGATZ, in
d. L. EVANS. No