Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
CITY CONFIDENT
LOAN QUOTA IS
TO BE FULFILLED
Banks Finding Means to Aid
Further in Floating
Subscriptions
MANY HAVE YET TO BUY
Clerks Going Over Cards to
Sec Who Failed in Pa
triotic Duty

All Harrisburg to-day is loohihS
at the Liberty Loan proposition lrs
new Iight-as a means whereby II
can back up the President in his
demand that the German autocrats
come down. The Spanish influenza
epidemic "crimped" the Loan last
week, preventing the city from
getting over" in the four-day per-
iod, but the "flu" now shows signs
of abatement and the population of
the city and district is determined
that its apathy of last week Will be
replaced with vigor which Will put
over the proposition in a walk.
Many of the Homes and Indus
trial workers We're sick with inf1u-
enZa. and some of the most prom
inent captains and commanders
have had deaths in their tamilles'
The result has not been helpful to
the loan proposition, quite natur-
ally.
Loan viii Go Over
But the Liberty Loan is going over
so far as the Harrisburg district is
concerned-and it is going over so
far as the United States is con-
cerned.
In all likelihood the banks of
America will figure to-day on ways
and means to place the S3,OOO,OOO,-
900 worth of unsold bonds In the
hands of the people.
But the banks cannot bear THIS
tremendous burden themselves. 1t
is up to the rank and file OF the CIT
iZenship to hold up it's end" If the
hanks were to handle the burden
themselves the result would be dis
astrous from a financial standpoint
Many possibilities might become ac-
Qualities.
Combing the Town
n At Liberty Loan headquarters to-
%day a force of clerks was going over
the 10000 cards in the Harrisburg
file. These cards contain the names
of every wage-earner in the city.
They are being compared with the
sheets showing bond purchases. so
that by tomorrow noon headquar-
ters will know who has bought bonds
and who has not.
Income Comparison, TOO
When these cards are compared a
further comparison will be made
with the income tax returns for the
city district, so that it will be known
definitely whether men who are
making over $4,000 year have
bought bonds to the amount of which
they are capable.
German Woman Buys
One purchase to-day was by a
German woman of German birth,
who has six brothers in the German
army and Il sister who is a German
army nurse.
My sympathies were with Ger
many up until the time the United
States was compelled to enter the
war" she said. II have lived in this
country 2l years and when the time
came to make a choice / did not
hesitate for a moment. This is my
own United States l have $500
worth of first issue bonds; $500 of
the second issue, and $500 of the
third. | want Sl,OOO OF the 1ourth
issue"
Buys With Allotment Money
Mrs. Frank Zimmerman, of 653
Dauphin street. this morning bought
a $50 bond. Mrs. Zimmerman is a
soldiers mother. She received her
August allotment money-S3O-the
other day, and to it she to-day add
ed $40 cash and bought a bond.
Many instances of this kind are be-
ing reported.
Workers All Busy
Abatement of the. "fiu," having
begun the various teams, composed
of hundrds OF workers. to-day are
combing the city far more thorough
ly than they covered it last week.
They expect great results.