Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-30
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Mail brought INTO Liberty Loan hrad-
quarters continues - contain encouraging
message, from those who are striving to
out DELAWARE over tile tup with It's
maximum quota rusti for the third
Liberty Loan
The idea ii doubling up the sub
Scrlptions has apulreuly met With the
approval of lsa5rou~ IS those Who have
already slihSct h... Il the tlmc would per
NIT. II might grg..--ifatc the placing ot
Double Honor Roll IN industrial cstah-
lishments
one large manufacturing concern has
had signs printed and placed about the
plant hAe tins Ii YOU have taken a $50
Liberty bond. make il Sle0 or Bust /.
"Jncl. sam wants YOU 10 loan hlm money
and will pay you high interest Othcr
concerns have adopted other WAYS q s,ak-
ing to have their cmpioycs duplicate the
amount of the bond they nave taken "ut
Wilmington has upwards Of 100000 Tt'Sl-
dents and the loan officials believe that
ont Of his number there ought ~ ht AZ
least 2O.00O separate subscriptions to the
loan.
DESCRIPTIONS TO DATE.
In to tudav. there Lad been l3.>>9
separate subscriptions and veIth the goa!
fixed IT 20,000 tins leaves deficiency oi
GIL These included the county oi New
Castle, some towns and sections ot winch
nave already exceeded thcIr quota
DISPATCHES from Washington tins week
announced the refusal nt the rcaSjlry
Department. IL grant PERMISSION 50 The
citizens of Il certain middle Y est con-
munIty & open i hank The reason Civen
was because the promoters q the bank.
:tll Of them men Gf atfiUencc, had talIcd tu
subscribe To prior Liberty Loans as
heaviIz-as their circumstances would have
nermittcd This detection IN tho eyes OF
the Treasury Department Was TOO serious
= bre ch IF loyalty and too great 2
failure If patriotism 10 permit u these
men being permitted Ii operate hanE in
this country.
BOND eIAcKERS ARE KNOWN
Loan officials contend that It Is not wise
for anyone to consider that ANY person
NAV say to a loan solicitor that thet have
subscribed simply 1or the sake u y yad.ng
the REQUEST and that ends the after
Federal officials in TINS loan. II Is sald
IS well as in other loan campaigns mann
4fiD . casual surveillance over subseIlp-
tons and those VINO suhstrhe largely
and those Who fail 70 do their full patu9tlc
duty are noted
When our soldiers come home after
having defeated the Kaiser and his Huns.
and ask the question, "W hat did You da 70
help us WIN the war those who failed 10
subscribe 10 Liberty Loans VIII have 10
ind some other answer for these soldiers
other than that they eOuldn AFFORD II.
The Benevolent and Protective order
Of Elks Of this city is nearing Tho S75.U 900
mark for Liberty Loan subscriptions At
a meeting helc last night. Frank Turner,
Liberty Loan manager tor the society.
announced that the totals had now reached
S73.350. There waS one subscription
for $4,000 and 8 number for s. 900
Today's luncheon resolved itself INTO
q conference OF bankers and business men
Interested IN the loan. Mr. Eosstll SAID
= Il would have to work harder than ever
10 raise the necessary s. 600 900 20 make
the maximum. lie asked the ten allied
b4uk- % pledge s., 600 600 ana tie invest
,nent bankers 10 pledge ) 900, 600
John J Raskob suggested that the LII
ertv Bank be continued for receipt Of
partla. payments - the Liberty Loan
The idea met with favor