The Washington herald., 1918-10-07
McAdoo Urges All Buy
More Liberty Bonds

The second week of the Fourth
Liberty Loan campaign opens with
the most tremendous task of all loans,
past and present, facing the gov
ernment's sales forces" declared
William G. McAdoo yesterday.
Not only are the canyassers con-
fronted with the herculean problem
of selling fifty per cent more bonds
for the entire period of the cam
paign than they ever have attempt.
ed so sell, but the daily sales aver
ages to date are far below what they
should be. At the outset Of the pres
ent campaign il was necessary to
sell SS15,000,O0O per day in order to
roat the loan. Based on sales re-
ports to banks and trust companies,
the task has increased to the point
where an average OF s4l6,OOO, 900 In
subscriptions must be taken daily
between now and the close Of busi-
ness on October 10 il the 5000 0OO on
desired is subscribed.
Must Heed Slogan.
'Tf there is one explanation to the
apparent tagging of the loan it is the
failure Of the purchasers to heed the
slogan OF the drive. Buy More
Bonds. Reports from all parts oi
the country indicate that there is nc
failure on the part of persons WHO
bought bonds in the third loan to BUY
again, but some of them are forget
ting that they not only must buy
again but they must buy more hca ily
than ever before. There probably will
be many sales during the present loan
TO persons who have not bought here
fnf hVNk
OF new subscribers are obtained II
will be necessary for former suoscrib-
ers to buy approximately % per cent
more bonds than they did in the third
loan to send the fourth over the top
New subscribers scarcely will take the
added 5000, ,0Oo, 900, it is believed.
These facts are to be borne in by
salesmen throughout the country this
week on moderate wage earners ano
wealthy persons alike. Not only vii
small purchasers be told that they
must do more than they have hereto
fore, but the attention OF the wealthy
is to be called forcibly to the fact
which Secretary McAdoo made at the
outset of the campaign, that only p, @,
500 persons bought more than $1,000
worth of bonds in the third campaign,
DOADAC NlAt M u lS a SlO6 d
that is suggested for workers and
buyers alike. If this can be done
and there are those who think il
can if everyone will do his or her
utmost, it would mean an unprece-
dented record for volume in world
loans.
Canvass Every District
To-day will find active canvassins
under way in every district, Kansas
City workers being the last to
start. They spent the first week
Of the drive in doing propaganda
work. and reports of a fine spirit
among the people came from there
tonight. Some optimistic workers
thought 1t would be possible to OBJ
tain their quotas in one day, but
this opinion was not general.
only scattering detailed sale.
reports reached the Treasury De-
partment today. Both the Cleve.
land and San Francisco districts an.
nounced that they had passed the
500, 100000 mark. Thirty of forty.
one counties in Idaho have obtained
their quotas. Washington is at tbs
thirty-seven per cent. mark, anc
North Carolina at forty-eight. In
order to accommodate farmer sub.
scribers. statesmen will be placed a.
voting booths in sections of ths
Cleveland district where primaries
are to be held Midnight meetings
are being held in some factories fol-
workerst who cannot attend day
meetings.
In districts where Spanish in.
fluenza is interfering with cam
paigninE, telephones are being used
generally by canvassers to arouse
interest"