The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
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SLOGAN, Lend MONEY,
UNCLE sam, IS BANKER
NEW WORKERS ARE COMING
ACROSS WITH CASH
All Activities Aside From Those
Having To Do With War
Laid Aside
Especial to Free Press. l

New York, October 8 .-Spellbo1n6
by the clogan Lend" the men, wonel
and children of Greater New York
are today transferring in trust tc
Uncle Sam every dollar that they can
draw, borrow or beg, as the latest
Liberty Loan drive piles up to huge
Eeights. Never before in the history
of all the war calls here have New
Workers given more ready response
than is ringing. out all over town as
the zero hour for an almost two bill
lion dollar burst lover the top ap-
proaches. Unless all signs fail, The
people CT this city can carry double
their load in this loan, and sci back
their breath again to support succeed
ing rallies for even more backing
for the bcys abroad
The Stamping Stagnates.-
Politician paralysis, such as has
never crippled. all local campaign ac-
tivities less than month before
election day, is no wcompletely con-
trolling any attempt to show the
slightest stir of partisan parading un-
til the curtain falls on the govern
ment's bond sale. Not only are no
candidates stamping in the state can
vass. but party literature, banners,
speeches and electioneering are no.
where seen nor heard from one end
of this island to the other, with a
guternatOrial vote few weeks ahead.
While the U. S.~A. is on the stump
to secure the sinews of a war that
yIynYa
limits of this town seems ready to
raise whisper on campaign issues
that might distract the people from
the main business in hand.
Activities Are Adjourned.
First of all activities to offer a sus-
pension until the last loan pledge
has been collected here, are the new.
war work allies, who are prenaring
to place before the public their united
appeal "for the boys over there" AL
though seconds count in the shooting
of the big story of this patriotic al
lance of the Y. M. A. c., National
Catholic War Council, Y. w. CA.
Jewish Welfare Board, War Camp
Community Service, Salvation Army.
and kmerican library Association, its
publicity promoters have volunteered
to kill all copy containing appeals for
their drive sum until the public has
piled its present patriotic investment
to the top notch and the loan cam
paign closes. That the American
people should now focus single
minded support upon the bonds be-
hind our bullets, appears to be recog-
nized and respected as the foremost
fact by everyone Jhereabouts.
Discount The Draft.
Perfecting plans to leave homes and |
offices at the first bugle blast, thou
sands of New Workers all over town
are now practically prepared. to play
their part in the new draft army at a
moments notice. Household ar
and business systems in |
every locality are already shaped to
cover the march away to camp of req
ments of the older and younger
for the draft. Though
his new drain on the home man power
n civilian circles will be consider
able, a patriotic public here is now
ready to make the best of any situa-
ion that will help swell and strength !
IN our army.
The Publicity Punch.
Piastered with posters, bandaged
)y banners and filled with street cor
Ter stunts, this city is now more COM
,letely dressed for war campaign than
ever even in the last year of COLI
slant driving for war funds. Every
post, wall, motor-car and button hole
Ire carrying the limit in printed or
pictured propaganda, and the noise
If bands and oratory fills every block.
No eye or ear in all this metropolis can
Miss this steady appeal for more back