Evening star., 1918-04-30
Increased BUYING
OF LIBERTY BONDS
Subscriptions Reported to the
Treasury Show Results of
Intensive Campaigning.

Intensive Campaigning.
Intensive canvassing Of the final
week Of the liberty loan campaign was
reflected today In the Treasury's report
increase since last nights report of
1920. .140.55o. This increase covers only
part Of yesterdays business.
A press dispatch from New York to-
day says that $685., 100000 had been
subscribed In the second federal re.
serve district. The overnight gain
was $23.510.000.
Spurt in Atlanta District.
The Atlanta district, which has stood
lowest in the percentage column,
showed a sudden increase Of $4,000. 900
in subscriptions. Other districts re-
Cleveland district reported gain of
$26,000.o00. The city Of Cleveland has
subscribed 70 per cent Of it's quota, Gin
cinnati 121 per cent, Toledo 1873. Columbus
80 and Pittsburgh 55.
From the Kansas City district, whose
total subscriptions now are 10 per cent
above the districts quota. were re-
ported. the following state totals: Col
orado, s1s,00o.0o0: Kansas. $34.22a, 900;
Nebraska. Sss.ss2.ooo; oklahoma, !2s,-
Msxiee, .1,sss ooo cities tie lIiHOt in the 1S dis-
trict have raised the following percent
ages of their quotas: Kansas City, Mo-,
1875: st. Joseph. 149; Kansas City.
Kans.. 100; topeka, 14o: Omaha. 12o:
Concrete. Col, has oversubscribed eight
times: Antioch, Neb., seven times, and
Badwater. Wyo.. six times.
The Chicago district, which leads all
others in the number of Individual
subscribers. reports the following num-
Der of bond sales by states: Illinois.
635. 900; Indiana, 2S1, 900; Iowa, $4,000;
Michigan. 100000; Wisconsin, 100000.
Chicago has subscribed II per cent of
its allotment, Indianapolis 81 per cent,
Des Moines 141, Detroit 14s, Milwaukee
126 and Sioux City $50.
A press dispatch today from Chicago
says that official figures show that 9.S4 per
cent of the seventh districts $425, 5,0O0,-
600 quota of the loan is yet to be OBJ
tanned. The deficit is in Chicago. only
$S7,653,500 worth of bonds having been
subscribed, whereas the city's allot-
ment calls for $126,000,000.
Standing Of New England Cities.
New England cities have the follow
ing standing: Portland, Me-, 113 per
cent; Manchester, 105; Providence, rs;
New Haven, Il; Waterbury, So; Cam
bridge, 81; Boston, 58: Worcester, LOG;
Lynn, 102: Lowell. Ill; Lawrence, a.;
Fall River. 10s: New Bedford, 1902;
The Philadelphia district committee
reports 344 honor communities, Of
which Pennsylvania has 226. New Jer-
sey 81 and Delaware IS.
In the Dallas district the leading
cities standing is reported as follows:
San Antonio. 100 per cent: Galveston,
1O1; Houston. 50: Fort Worth, .1O7;
Austin. Is; Shreveport. ss. Arizona is
l per cent past its goal and Louisiana
stands q little above 100 per cent.
Texas has subscribed 80 per cent of its
quota.
Plea for Intensive Finish.
An appeal to all liberty loan COM
mittees to inaugurate an intensive
finish for the third liberty loan and
to see that no possible subscription is
TDvsrlookeS, has been sent out by the
tains twelve suggestions Of things
that may yet be done to make the
third loan big success. The sugges-
tions offered by the Treasury Depart
ment are:
Inaugurats q 'buy-another-bond"
campaign. with the idea. OF getting
those who have subscribed a little to
subscribe a little more.
See that the employees of every in
dustrial plant have been canvassed,
creating, II possible. committees Of
employees to complete the work. Find
out II any plants need recanvassing.
See II all stores and off1ce buildings
have been completely canvassed.
Call attention publicly to the fact that
the desired twenty million subscribers
means one bond buyer to five people. or
practically one to a family. Has your
community responded to this extent?
Need Every Possible Subscription.
Many wealthy men and large instttu-
tons are holding of on account of
paying large income taxes. hoping that
their subscriptions will not be needed
Impress upon them that every possible
subscription 10 needed, and remind
them again that the schedule Of govern
ment payments on liberty bonds call for
no payments in the month of June.
Follow up all pledges and see that
all Of these pledges materialige into
actual subscriptions.
Check mp to see that each individual
and community has done Its share
Ascertain IL these communities where
quotas have been reached are alive to
the necessity of continuing the battle
lor large oversubscriptions and wide
olStrlDutJOn.
Take advantage Of the fact that May
1s pay day. and good day for thou
sands to make initial payments.
See that individuals and firms which
beneAt from war business increase
their subscriptions in adequate proper
Many women. whose husbands have
already subscribed can buy bonds ON
their own account. Make an appeal to
them.
Appeal to your newspapers to publish
these suggestions in the hope that they
VII serve as reminders Of new oppor-
tunities for subscriptions.