The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-11
COUNTER SALES
OF BONDS WILL
BE PROGRAM IN
FOURTH DRIVE
Ninth District PlOaced on
New Basis No Per
sonal Solicitation
FARGO TO USE
TIE NEW SYSTEM
Chairman 7. D. Hughes
Announces Change in
Placing Loan

over the counter sales will be re-
lied upon to fill the Ninth Federal
Reserve districts allotment in the
Fourth Liberty loan. Confidence OF
A. r. Rogers, of Minneapolis, district
loan committee chairman; and his
associates, that the people of the
district could be relied upon to take
whatever sum Of bonds was fixed as
their fair portion was expressed to-
day when the decision was made
known.
The over the counters plan Of Lib
erty bond sales is complete innova-
ton in United States war loan his.
tory. 1t will stand to the ninth dis
trict's- credit as did the indivtdual
allotment plan used in the third loan
campaign.
The new system will be used in 80
per cent OF the districts 2S8 coun-
ties, Mr.. Rogers said today and will
De employed in Cass county, ac-
cording to announcement made to-
day by Col. T. D. Hughes. chairman
of the Cass county loan committee.
Campaign Begins Sept. %.
Figures OF the sum to be raised in
the ninth district have not been is
sued at Washington, but it is gem
orally assumed that they will be well
above the third loan figures. The
date of the campaign in the district
has been set for September %, to
be finished by october 5.
Dispensing with statesmen, special
solicitors, house to house canvasses
and the like, and even doing away
with speaking and rallies except as
the trophy trains will provide pub
al ~ SIT 5Y%
loan campaign, the citizens, both
men and women, will be asked to go
to the places where bonds are on
sale and buy. Under the individual
allotment system, they will be told
what they are expected to take. The
committee has full confidence that
the people will respond fully.
McAdoo Agrees to Plan.
Although the plan met with mis-
giving when Mr.. Rogers hroached 1t
last week at Washington before Sec
rotary w G.. McAdoo and Liberty
Loan chairmen from various parts
Of the country, he related SO cone
vificing a story of the districts
reliability in bond buying that no
serious objection to the attempt was
registered and obstacles will be
placed in the way.
THE district executive committee
has recommended to all counties that
this plan of buying over the cotir-
ter should be adopted in this Fourth
Liberty Loan campaign" said Mr,
Rogers. mo other district in the
nation has attempted the individual
allotment plan and it could only be
a success in a district uniformly
patriotic 1t Is not the, organization
alone which makes it success by
any means. Nothing could be ac-
complished without the willing
patriotism OF the people.
SIackers TO BE Prodded.
In most instances the polling
places to which men are accustomed
to go on election day will be used as
selling headquarters. This does not
mean that craftsmanship and solicit
tation will be dispensed with en-,
tirely, for those few individuals who
do not respond will be visited, per-
sonalIy and asked if there is any
reason why they are not willing to
do what is considered to be their
share. In a way this is a, splendid
tribute to the patriotism of our peo-
pie. In them is being reposed a trust
not thought of in any other Federal
Reserve district
'fIn this campaign we expect that
in Ave days the Ninth district will
do her share. Our selling campaign
opens Septmber %, and by the night
Of October we expect to report that
we have done all the government
asks OF us. !"