The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-09

Washington, April 9.-Secretary
McAdoo. in a statement wired from
Raleigh. n. c., and given out by treas
ury here today, called on the country
to furnish 2O,0OO,OOO subscribers to
the new liberty loan.
That number of purchasers. he said,
would mean a loan OF four or five bill
lion dollars instead of three billion an
nounced as a goal.
Let Us Not Stop.
The statement, authorized by Sec
retary McAdoo from Raleigh, N. c..
where he spoke today, said:
Let US not stop when we have
reached our quota. Let us go forward
and make the quota three or four
times as great if it is possible to do it,
and let US at the same time make the
number of subscribers to these bonds
three times as great as it was before.
There is no answer that will carry
such diScoura cement to the e.emies of
America ana of civilization as that
twenty million American. citizens have
subscribed this time for liberty bonds.
I'VE can get the twenty million if
we stay in the fight and make up our
minds to ii. If we do this it Will
mean that We shall have not three bil-i
lion but four billion or five billion, to
help our gallant men in this supreme
test of all time for the liberties of the
world"
- Raising Quotas.
kilograms to loan headquarters
here today indicated that many loan
organizations in all parts of the coun-
try already have raised their quotas.
From the ST. Louis district came this
message:
Newspapers In Complaint
Newspaper protests against Secre-
tary McAdoo's ruling against the. CIV
ing out of estimates of liberty loan
subscriptions began to reach Washing
ton today. Newspapers suggested that
the enthusiasm of prospective sub
scribers might be dampened-
Treasury officials said they were
making every effort to get early re-
ports on subscriptions and tney ex-
pected to be able to announce totals
for the country soon.
"Sa1esmer plunged into the work of
disposing of SIS. 100000 of bonds. st.
I,ouis's quota of a little more than
3e.OOO,o0O has been lost sight of and
nothing less than the sum aimed at
will be discussed.
The honor roll OF commun1ties
which have already subscribed quotas
continued to grow today
San Francisco sent word that sixty
five communities in that district
claimed honor flags. New York re-
norted the award of about twenty-five.
From Chicago came word that twenty
four townships in Will county, Illinois,
had gone over the top and that Joliet
raised it's entire quota in eight hours
without the assistance of single cor
poration or bank. Burlington, VT,
also was an early claimant for the
flag. Cleveland reported that citizens
of nineteen nationalitieS are making
a house to house canvass in the foreign
language district and are harvesting
many subscriptions.
An early over-subscription of the
loan may result in easier income and
war tax payments. The final o. K.
of treasury officials on pending legis-
I;-tion making provision for payment
of war taxes by inStallmentS depends
upon the response to the loan appeal.
it is stated authoritatively here today
The governments financial needs
will average about $33.000,000 day.
including loans to the allied path.
Secretary McAdoo has taken the stand
that payment of war taxes should not
ouirements. But there is reason to
believe should the loan ''go over the
top early. he will consent to the
passage of such legislation. it was said.
Many People Ask Time.
kilograms and letters have been
pouring into the offices of Secretary
McAdoo and Commissioner Roper of
the bureau of international revenue
asking an extension of time for federal
tax paying. The date now fixed is
June IS Congressional bills contem-
plate dividing the payment into two
or more installments.
The complaint of many persons is
that if they are forced to pay the en-
tire tax at once. they will be forced
to cut down their bond purchase.
other messages state in many cases it
will be necessary for the taxpayer to
borrow money with which to meet the
tax burden. Division of payment, they
argue, would permit the banks from
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