The sun., 1918-04-14
.Y.L0AN DRIVE
FOR FIRST WEEK
IS$2SS,O72,46O
This District Is Beating
Rest Of Nation at Ratio
Of 2 to /.
s573.451.OOO FOR THE L. s.
Honor Flag System DisclOses
Slackening Of Efforts After
Quota Is Reached.
s573.451,OOO FOR THE L. s.

One-Quarter Of the time allotted to the
'h!rd Liberty 1Ioan--a full month
rlosed last night with the total sub
scr.p.ions for the entire country placed
at S57S.A5l.6o0. The New York district
maintains the lead it established on the
frst day. and Is taking bonds pract.-
ally at the ratio Of two for every bond
sold outside Of the district.
The days gain in the New York dis
'rict was s:l.5l2.400. and the districts
'otal OF s23s,07:.450 compares with a
'ota, Of sl54.7S6.35o at the end OF the
sixth day in the second drive. The fig
lres for the nation show that the day.
edvance yesterday toward the goal Of
$4,000, 100000 was $12l.707.6o0. The
cures for Minneapolis are not included.
rs the drive there does not start until
tomorrow.
BY districts the subscriptions have
been as follows: New York. se3s,07e,.
$50; Chicago. ss3.s12.ooo: Boston. s53.-
hS6.70o: st. Louis. Si.015.l00: Cleve-
and. &+2.3As.oo0; Philadelphia. S3e.627,.
400; San Francisco. $23.S5s. 900 : Dallas,
.ls.s2S.s5o; Kansas City. slS.53As0o
Richmond, $s.307.550: Atlanta, S3,5s6.-
500.
The outstanding fact in the campaign
10 that while some communities are
forging ahead tremendously in the drive
others are tagging behind. One-Quarter
.: the sum which the Government must
rave has not been subscribed IN the
quarter Of time MlecsF for ths loan
drive. This situation would he far more
gratifying II the limit of the loan were
$4,000, 100000 instead OF that sum being
ne minimum measure of the Govern.
'nents needs. No matter how much is
subscribed under the act authorixing the
ioan. the Government is privileged to
AXE all and issue bonds in unlimited
amounts.
what sitsation shows.
But with the situation as it stands to-
eay the prospect is bright only for the
subscription Of the actual minimum au-
thorization and this in the face of the
'act that American troops are fighting
shoulder to shoulder with the Allies,
With the cry for help from Lloyd George
and the "do or die here pronouncement
of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig still
"cholng around the world.
Officials of the Liberty Loan are won
dering if the honor flag system is goinR
% prove boomerang. Thousands OF
tiles throughout the United States have
Won flags for completing their subscrtp-
ions. and there appears to be dispost-
ion TO slacl,en efforts when the quota
reached and the flag won. The evt-
lerce Of over optimism rolled into every
Liberty Loan headquarters from many
ra"es during the day. The men behind
he loan say that II cannot be asserted
100 plainly that no individual. commit
'ee. community. city. State or Federal
oace that II has set. The $4,000. .000, ,OOO
must be raised.
More than 1000 communities have
won honor flags. In the New York dis
'-'ct - towns have been given the award
tags. in the Cleveland district 1874. Bos'
'cn lls. Chicago ia and Kansas City
II. Other districts have not yet re-
norted their totals. Detroit. Portland
Toledo. oklahoma City. Erie. Pa. ; De:
Nolnes. Sioux city. Lynn, Mass; Dan.
vile, Joliet. H.. and Evansville. Ind.
lave all won honor faEs. Sioux City
with a quota Of s2.400N00. has sub
scrlhed S3,s00.000 From Alaska comes
word that Ketchikan and Anchorage
nave won honor nags. In the New Eng
and district 81 OF the Il8 fiags awarded
nave gone to New Hampshire towns.
Secretary McAdoo last night closed &
weeks speaking tour in the South will
an address at New Orleans. Next weel
re Will speak in Texas and Arisona.
Detailed Figures.
The detailed figures for New York ant
for the district, with the quota Of eacl
and the figures Of yesterday and the to
IA. subscriptions to date. are as follows
Subscriptions received
Total
Quota. Yesterday. to date