Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24
LIBERTY BOND TOTAL
NEARS TWO BILLION
Eight Federal Reserve Dis
tricts Have Passed Half
way Mark
Washington. April e.

washington, April y.
The total subscriptions to the third
Liberty Loan actually paid in have
reached S1,7OO. .O9is5O. it was announced
by the Treasury Department today.
Official reports indicate an aggregate Of
S1,75O, 100000 tcw hours hence. No
decision has yet been reached ~ was
announced also, AS to whether the St
Louis or Minneapolis official reserve
district was the first 10 attain it's quota.
Two more States, Colorado and Ari-
zona, officially went over the line today,
bringing the total number Of states
which have exceeded their quotas TO
an even dozen,
Eight of the Federal reserve districts
have passed the 50 per cent mark and
the Philadelphia district reports ~ per
cent with more than S123,OO0O0O. Dis
tricts with lower percentages subscribed
are New York, 46 per cent; Richmond,
30 per cent. and Atlanta, IS per cent.
Kansas city reports thrce-fourths of
its quota and Us in third place. with the
| Chicago district following with more
than S26S,OoO.Ooo subscribed. or 63 per
cent of its quota.
The New York Federal Reserve dis
trict continues with large daily aver
ages, but its position is below eXpCcta-
lions Of loan directors and officials con-
versant with banking. Accustomed to a
forward place among the Federal Re-
, serve banks in the subscriptions TO Gov
ernmcnt loans the district has fallen to
tenth place. New York city and parts
/ Of New York State have subscribed IS
per cent of their quotas, points in Con-
4 necticut have recorded 81 per cent and
several northern New Jersey towns and
/ counties have subscribed 81 per cent
/ with Newark leading with a percentage
/ Of 50. yet the loan officials declare there
/ is no obvious reason for the districts
| low rate. The larger subscriptions in
/ the last few days Of the campaign are
| looked upon as inevitable, and with the
! demonstrations on Liberty Day. with
| subsequent sales to corporations and
large individual buyers. the district is
expected TO regain its former stride and
/ lead the country.
Denver, col. has subscribed % per
cent; Kansas city, Kan, has gone over
more than IS per cent; Topeka has re-
ported IS per cent; Omaha reports -
per cent, and Oklahoma City has sub
scribed its allotment by 81 per cent. The
Kansas city district is nearing $780,
00O,0
Committees composed of forCign-ian-
guage units are working assiduously fol-
the loan
Wisconsin has been declared unohici-
ally to have exceeded its quota, and
western enterprise has resulted in a re-
port of $4,000 individual subscribers in
the state Of Illinois, with Iowa leading
at $4,000 bond purchasers, Salt Lake
City claims one bond sold for every six
OF its population
Elaborate plans are being made fol
observance Of Liberty day Throughout
the country.
In West Virginia arrangements have
been made for the ringing OF bells from
- o'clock noon to l2.15. The West Nir,
gnia loan committee has tclographeC
Federal reserve banks rcquestin tha
this demonstration be extended ma
tionally
New England awarded 20 honor fag'
yesterday bringing the total in thai
district TO i59
subscriptions totalling Sl0,512 00i
have been received in jefferson county
Kentucky where the minimum quota
was S7.941 600 This county include,
the city of Louisville. Reports show that
individual subscriptions are close tc
| $1,000 in that district, almost twelve
per cent. Of the population.