New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Baker and Crowder Join in
Appeal to Nation as
Campaign Lags
I8 Millions From N. Y.
Is Total at Present
Cleveland Is Second in List
of Cities; Last Day
Rush Expected

ported up to noon of .s86,632,119 to-
ward the goal OF S170000,000 New
York's Citv's industrial division, which
made the only report yesterday, added
s2.479.4O0 in twenty-four hours, boost
ing the local contribution to SlS ,60O,ooo
during the first four days Of the drive.
Secretary of War Baker, Dr. John II.
Mott, director general of the campaign,
and Provost Marshal General Crowder
issued urgen. calls to the country to
rally to the tagging drive,
Work Not Yet Endcd
Il think ali Americans now recognize
the fine record Of our army. but VIC
must not fail also to aDpraise the work
we have yet to do" said Mr.. Baker.
Following the exhliration of combat
comes the tedium of peace, but the
task of peace are infinitely Important
and we must uphold our sons Us they
perform them.
"The drive for the united war work
fund is the direct challenge OF the
measure of our appreciation. 1t is our
way to reach arms of helpfulness to
every distant place where the flag OF
freedom is unfoldcd for the healing of
humanity"
Speakisg at the Chamber of Com
merce luncheon of the industrial di-
vision yesterday, from the same plat
form With John d. Rockefeller, jr.,
Mortimer Schi6 and Sherwood Eddy,
international secretary of the Y. M.
G. A., who has just returned from the
fighting front, DR.. Mott outlined half
a dozen reasons why the seven welfare
organizations would have to continue
their work abroad.
Crowder Makes Appeal
Provost Marshal General Crowder,
from Washington, said that it had
been reported to him that campaign
managers we're apprehensive because
of the feeling of the people that the
war was over and nothing further was
required.
"This feeling ought not to exist" he
said. "Our boys will remain in the
service many weary months. New gov
ernmcrts are not formed in a day, nor
can they be established at the magic
organization has to be gone through
with. During this time the Allied sol
diers will have to be the policemen of
the world. They will be doing valued
service in the interests OF world peace
as they have been doing as world SOL
diers, Wo must see that our soldiers
have every safeguard. Now is our op~
portunty to obtain it for them
East Lags Behind
Dr. Mott told the leaders of lo5 in
dustries they had the burden Of carry
ing New York and the Eastern states
"over the top" from the last place they
now occupy in the national tabula
tons. He told them that the history
of the fourth Liberty Loan. during
which the same section Jagged. only
being repeated. These figures, show
ing how the East had fallen down, in
comparison with the rest of the coun-
try. we're then given out:
The Eastern Department, for the
first four days gave $3l,436,3s6, or 80
per cent Of its quota; Northeastern
Department, sS,2S457s, or 55 per cent;
Southeastern, s4621 92d, or SO per
cent; Western. s4,179,527. or 40 per
cent, and Southern, the leader of the
country, s4,Os0,970 or 81 per cent Of
it's quota.
Besides the coming Of peace several
clements have hindered the success of
she campaign, the most important
being the inability of national banks,
Ynder yi existing gg,,,,l9, laws, to subscribe
Currency, last night wired DR.. Mott
that, while Congress had not passed
the necessary legisltion to allow this,
there WAS no reason why national
hanks should not make conditional
subscriptions, to become effective when
me bill becomes law.
Twenty Millions Held Back
Twenty millions of dollars, from a
Number of war chest" cities, will be
added to the national total, if the rest
OF the country oversubscribes its total
GO the extent of SO per cent a. ex-
pected. This vast sum is being held
save already reached their original
quotas.
The total of approximately $2,500. 900
announced for yesterday represented
only the days garnerings OF the Indus
trial Section, and does not include the
unreported amount Of the thirty picked
teams, which is expected to be million
9 day from now until the end of the
drive. ''e
The high report yesterday was from
the banking trade with 5000 900 as the
days gift. Petroleum and allied prod
ucts came second with s605,l93. Others
that passed the 100000 mark were
Wholesale dry goods. S201,150; cleo
trical trades, s104,1S6; export and i'm
port, VII 1896; life insurance, s154.5OO:
milk and dairy supplies, s1O4,o5o; min
ing, s253,500; telephone companies
S2oo.93l; sugar, molasses and corn
syrup, SI39.400.
Some Large Subscriptions
Among the larger individual cor.
porate subscriptions appearing in the
trades reports we're the following.
American Telephone and Telepranh
Company, Sl60,000: General EIertrir
Company. 100000; Western Electric
Company, $4,000; Inspiration Cope.
Company, 100000 Of which S92 SEQ Is
the New York allotment; American To.
bacco Company, S62 900; Greene Can.
anea Copper Company, $4,000; Unitec
Verde Extension Copper Company. $50
600, not yet allotted; American Lin.
seed Company, $4,000; George Ehret
10000; American Sugar Refining Corn.
pany, $4,000; Railways Steel Sprina
Company, $4,000; New York Tele-
Central Lines, $4,000, and Tidewater
Oil Company. s25,000. The Chile Coo.
per Company has made gift of $50.
600, which was not received in time &c
appear in the luncheon report. A pift
OF $4,000 from Edgar l.. Marston also
was reported.
Franklin Simon Gives $4,000
franklin Simon G. Co. yesterday sub.
acribcd $4,000 to the fund, $4,000
by thc firm, another $1,000 throu0f
the theatrical committee and 81 00f