Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23

Although Philadelphia has fallou 4,
hind in subscribing its quota 70 -.
third Liberty Loan. this ctv h,. ~,
making records in the number ~ ia,
vIdual subscriptions. according n =,
nouncemcnt made today by the CON.
mitteC.
The Liberty Loan clearing hous. IN
the auditorium cf the United Gas rr
provement Company, 1874 North rA,,
teenth street, keeps ninety clerks bu,v
from early in the morning to late n,
night sorting and distributing the thou.
sands of subscriptions received each day
The entire seventh floor is given over
TO this work, in charge Of Joseph c
Wickham. Official figures are expected
later today. It is said that the number
will run close TO three hundred thou.
sand.
Clearing House Innovation
The clearing house was not organized
during the last two loans. Ii Is an
innovation of the present campaign and
is designed to make the burden of the
banks easier. Fewer than twenty clerks
were employed at the beginning of the
Liberty Loan drive. However, they soon
became swamped with work and the
force has since been more than doubled
New girls are being added every day.
If the rush continues the department
will have to have more floor space, Il Is
said.
At the end of each day all subscrip-
tiOns are sent to the clearing house
They are then sorted and sent to the
various banks, trust companies or other
agency named by the subscriber Each
of the large banks sends a runner 70
the clearing house each night to bring
/ back the subscriptions in which that
| bank has been named. Many Of the
, subscriptions taken never reach the
clearing house. While it will be possible
to form some idea of the widespread
answer of Philadelphia to the loan drive,
clearing house figures will be far shori
of the total number Of subscription
| members of the Liberty Loan committee
! point out.
One Subscriber n Minute
AS an example oS the work being
/ done in the campaign in distributing the
/ loan widely among the people in this
! city, the booth in front of the Northern
/ TITLE and Trust Company, Sixth and
| Spring Garden streets, is pointed to by
| the committee. Yesterday during ten
hour drive more than 7Oi subscriptions
/ were taken at this booth alone, This
| is said to be a record for the city, as II
| is more than one a minute for the day
/ To date 2400 subscriptions have been
taken at this booth alone
The house.to-house canvass is pro
crossing WELL the committee reported TO-
day. The Fifth Precinct Of the Eighth
Ward is leading with 241 per cent OF It's
quota completed. 1t is closely followed
/ by the Fourth Precinct of the Sixth
| Ward, which has completed 2l1 per cent
| of it's quota. The former had a quota
/ of 400 subscriptions and has made s6S
/ The latter had a mark Of $50 subscrlp-
! tiOns and has contributed 3l7. The
| Thirty-seventh Precinct of the Thirty
ninth Ward is bringing up the rear win
| / per cent of its quota. It was allotted
2250 subscriptions and has made ony
| twenty-eight.
The total for the Philadelphia district
is now $112,354,500. This Is. only a per
cent of the quota of the district, ana
the drive is more than half completed
, Philadelphia retains her place as nlnth
among the twelve Federal Reserve cities
Of the country. New York has droppea
to tenth, with 43 per cent, while Hen
mond and Atlanta continue to bring up
the rear with 35 and II per cent re-
spectively.
st. Louis, a center Of German popula-
tion and activity, is far in the lead nav,
ing almost completed its quota, the ' eAse.
figures being 90 per cent. Kansas ciy
has spurted forward to second place WIN ll
64 per cent, going ahead Of both ChlcSs'
and Minneapolis.