Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-24
DIRECTOR MILLER CONFIDENT
STATE vii ATTAIN ITS WAR
SAVINGS QUOTA.
STATES AP?oRrIoNMENr
FIXED AT $4,000, 900
Each Mans Quota Now Fixed on His
Ability to Pay-Per Capita Idea
Abandoned During Present Drive -
Campaigns On in More Than Fifty
Counties of State.
Special to Times-Nepubiican


Dos Mo!nes, June 24.-Friday Is the
big day. On that day Homer A. Miller,
state director Of the Iowa war savings
campaign, expects to be able to make
the following report to the treasury
department at Washington:
"Iowa's quota of s4S 100000 in war
savings stamps has been raised in cash
sales and pledges"
Progress of the campaign in the
fifty odd counties in the state in which
q drive is being put on indicates there
Is little doubt of his being able TO do
it. Reports of q most optimistic nature
are coming in from all sections of the
state. Even in counties where the
quota has been raised or lacks but n
few thousand of dollars of being raised
plans are being made for the observ-
ance of national war savings day.
In an effort to clean up the states
quota of stamps at this time, codnty
and city chairmen have abandoned the
quota Of 500 per capita Each mans
quota now is based upon his ability to
buy. Those who are capable of buying
the limit amount OF $1,000 win be
expected to do so. They will not be let
off with a $50 or 500 pledge as they
were earlier in the campaign.
In nearly every community in the
state special committees have sent out
cards to an taxpayers notifying them
of their quota Persons so notified are
expected to be present at meetings
held either on Friday afternoon or
evening and pledge the amount that
AGAINST them.
Failure to attend means that solicitors
will call upon them and collect the
amount.
Homer A. Miller, state director OF
tile caIITpaiisn, has issued the fcnoEF-
ing statement concerning the drive:
"Ou June % Iowa is expected to give
her answer to the governments call
for $4,000, 900 to aid in carrying on
the war. That answer should be Nna0e
in no unmistakable terms. We should
assure our government once more that
we can be counted on to make this
every sacrifice to help win the war.
am confident we will do this.
Iowa L. in excellent shape now to
reach her quota IN war savings stamps.
We stand well UP in the list of states
In the purchase OF stamps. From ninth
place in April we will Jump, as a re-
suit Of our May drive, to second or
third place. Going over the top now is
merely matter Of awakening to the
fact that we have work to perform
and every one doing his share Of 1t.
This Is no time for the man OF
means who has made a $25 or 500
purchase Of stamps to sit back In his
chair and say that he has done his
part. He has not and he will not have
done his full share until he has bought
the limit Of $1,000: the largest amount
the government allows any individual
or firm to own.
'Iowa is rich In material wealth
and patriotism. Both Of these will
answer the nations can to make
national war savings day a success. l
am confident Of Iowa"
Record Sales in May.
Iowa established q record in May
sales Of war savings stamps which IS
expected to land her in second or thru
place among the states Of the union.
Figures prepared atfthe office of Homer
A. Miller, state directed show thas
total stamp sales in the state for the
month amount to ss,840, Se4.59 more
than was sold in the entire f1Ve nlonlhS
period up to May 1. These figures are
of actual purchase that were made
during the month.
The government report OF state
standings for the month of May IS
expected to place Iowa way up in May
sales. The splendid showing made DUR
ing the May drive even may result ID
giving Iowa honor place for the month.
It is conseravtively estimated IN
state headquarters that there Is only
about $4,000 900 to be raised in the
drive which terminates on national war
savings day.
Total sales to date amount to VIZ
ss1,S57.s7. Pledges in various coun-
ties are estimated to be close to the
$4,000. 900 mark This makes a tota!
of approximately s30O00,ooo. the
entire quota for the state is only $4o,-
100000.
The April sales report showed tha'
only fourteen counties in the entire
state were up to schedule in cash
sales. According to the report OF sales
for may, forty-two counties H&Ye
raised their cash sales up to the re-
nllired amount.