The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-04-19
LIBERTY LOAN is
CHAMBERS SUBJECT
Members Who Have Bought
Bonds Hear Of Necessity
For Boosting Campaign
IrBERTY BOND FIGURES

Button, button, who's got the
buttonP" ~
II vas a simple inquiry Yesterday
afternoon at a meeting of the cham
her Of commerce by A. Lewis, Jr., of
the Bank Of Hawaii, m he looked
around the assemblage Of business men
representing the biggest corporations
in Honolulu, and Immediately members
looked down ut their coat lapels
Many lapels did not carry the Liberty
Loan Fund button.
There was reaching into pockets,
buttons were forthcoming and were
soon attached to the lapels.
Mr.. Lewis smiled and so did L. Ten
uey Peck, head of the Liberty Loan
campaign. .,...
The little inquiry of Mr.. Lewis start
ed something. The chamber Of com
merce, which had little business before
it, soon resolved itself into Liberty
Loan meeting and a motion offered by
Mr.. Peck that every buyer Of Lib
erty Bond, who has received a button
shall wear it constantly, was passed.
Furthermore, every member of the
chamber who wore a Liberty Bond but
ton was made a volunteer salesman to
effect additional sales from persons
| around town who do not wear buttons
| and to endeavor to increase the pur
4 chases of those who already have lapel
adornments.
Haste Essential
Mr. Lewis said that subscriptions
must come in faster than they have
| All subscriptions must be in the banks
! by week from Saturday. 1t was ne
cessary to use every means to get sub
scriptions and reduce the balance due
on the whole quota Of $3,6l4OO0.
| Mr. Westervelt gave some new ideas
on the difference between War Savings
stamps and Liberty Bonds. War Saw
ings stamps did not meet assessments
upon the community. Liberty Bonds
| did. Therefore, Liberty Bonds must
he purchased by those who are in any
| doubt at all as to what they shall put
their money into.
w. \. Bowen asked the bankers pres
cnt to answer whether, after a persOr
has bought heavy amount of Liberty
Bonds, they would be Justified, from
II bank standpoint, in seeking moro
funds through the banks, if their credi'
was good. Mr.. Lewis answered in the
affirmative.
The proposition was proper, but th'
prime object in the sale Of Liberty
Bonds was to effect shch n sale of thu
not come back again on the market
! The object was not t6ah have the bond
come back Immediately upon the mar
ket. Mr.. Bowen said the answer sat
isied him and he would profit by it.
| Mr.. Peck referred to Liberty BOnC
buttons as an essential thing to dis
play.
Won't Publish Names
The chamber decided it would be I'm
wise to make any eG9rt to publish tn
names of subscribers and amounts sub
scribcd for, in the Third Liberty Loan
1t was asserted that to attempt T.
do 50 now, just as the campaign was il
full swing would be inadvisable frOT
| many standpOints, but il would b
manifeStly unfair to many persons, VIII
had placed heavy amounts In first an
second Liberty Loan Bonds In man
instances, it was asserted by sewers
persons present, including j. l.. COeI
burn and w. W. Chamberlain, it wa
known many loyal people had du
down deep and extremely heavily int
their funds to buy the bonds of tn
first two issues. Their purchases
the third loan were light in cases, b.
cause of sheer inability to raise none
in large amounts.
! Mr. Chamberlain spoke Of one wOma
| AL
/, in Liberty Bonds and had asked hi
P whether she should borrow or go
/ extremes in securing funds TO purcha'
heavily in this campaign. KNOWN
her affairs he felt she should not.
I "Consciencr - said several speaker
including Mr. Peek and J. +. c. Hagen
was one of the best incentives to pc
e sons to dig up their money and app