Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-26
RDND SALES BOOMING
AS MILLIONS MARCH
natal Passes S2,OOO,OOO,0O0
in Liberty Day Rally for
Victory
uHoLE NATION STIRRED
~ York and Chicago Staging
astellar" Performance to Speed
Up Quotas


r.o third Liberty Loan Is rising
~. the $4,000. 100000 mark today as
,obinr millions Of Americans are re-
..,dinc to President wilson's appeal
~, Liberty Day break all records for
4 IA sales. with hardly more than
!. romaining for the campaign. the
.,,rv Dcpartment announced today
. ny, 40 reports are discouragjng. as the
ln.,.-oi Total at the C'osc OF business
IN o. was SI.S9S.TS5.O50. This Is 6d
w cont of the minimum quota OF
I, $50 900. 600.
"rorlv roports at the Liberty Loan
.,Sauarters indicate that the nation
ss.s.d out from coast u coast ana
w. hogan with added vigor early in
=. n,orning Hope of an enormous total
Mia ont hy Treasury officials, and
a. ircreasc is expected to carry several
- states and cities over their quotas,
6nlv two districts. Minneapolis and
. !. touis have been accredited with more
- 100 nor cent subscriptions. Kansas
r,y has not been officially accredited
ae nor cont though the district VIII
.,ohablv submit its record today sup
,,rtinr its former claim for oNcrsub-
rription.
chicago and New York are staging
ma stellar" performance Of the cam
..ien Chicago is in fourth place with
,,orc than 5000. 600. 600. and New York
gIl lags at tenth place with more than
400 OOO. 600. or 81 per cent Of its quota.
Is6ividual subscriptions are pilinE up IN
iotb districts though loans directors say
he big banks aud heavy subscribers are
gl holding their purchases i'm reserve.
rleycn districts have gone over the 90
nor cent mark. leaving Atlanta credited
NTH 81 per cent The Dallas and the
San Francisco districts are tied with 6S
10, cent, and Boston is in seventh place
Win 61 per cent
81, Louis After More IIOnorS
ST. Louis. which broke all records in
ubscribing its quota first, has gone
,feld for more honors and is claiming
total subscribers for the district at 1000
900. Tennessee is the last state in the
district to complete It's quota, and the
district committee is concentrating on
that point to bring the record to 100
per cent all around. St Louis's work
IN the campaign has won high praise (
from the Treasury Department.
The StlEilld OF UtItdl llb\fIllE 'N'l
New York has acted favorably, and
A gain Of $4,000, OOO was reported in
the last Treasury total Tho state was
credited with SiI1,939,3OO and the city
" New York with $327S27,95o.
Cleveland is reporting splendid re-
turns from the entire district and Bos-
ton is claiming remarkable unity among
the people of New England especially in
he drive for individual subscribers. NJ
hnta and Richmond have grown with
Increasing sales and added demands on
the committees, especially because Of
ihe big patriotic demonstrations planned
for the day.
Liberty Poster for the Germans
Liberty Loan posters are being nunG
down oh the Germans today by the
aerial forces with General Pcrshing. a
telegram from the general 10 the Liberty
Loan headquarters tells Of the delight
which the posters have given the Amer
lean forces, in assuring them that the
folks back home" arc SOlidly behind
them Thousands have been distributed
throughout France, and whenever pos
sible ayiatOrS shower them on the
civilian population inside the German
lines proving that America is out with
her billions Of dollars and millions Of
men TO fight the war to IA just peace.