Arizona republican., 1919-04-21

WASHINGTON, April 20-House to house methods will be employed by many communities in an effort to raise their quotas for the Victory Liberty loan on the opening day. This method developed to 8 highly perfected state by a hundred or more cities and towns, during the the fourth loan cam paign, has been adopted by many more loan organizations for the Victory drive and canvassing committees have been drilled and organized for the in tensive efforts tomorrow.
 Reports to the treasury today were uniformly to the effect that prospects, for raising the huge loan of s4,5O0,- 000,000 were bright and that prepara- tions had been made to push the work to the utmost during the first week or ten days. Many cities held loan dem onstrations today, although subscrip- tions will not be received formally latter part of the week, the treasury on the volume of pledges.
 In the official statement issued to- day by the treasury, it was explained that although the federal reserve banks are the only recognized official agencies for subscriptions to the loan, the secretary of the treasury appreci- ates the efforts of unofficial agencies
 Many Agencies Help
 Large numbers of national banks state banks and trust companies, in- vestment bankers, express companies newspapers, department stores and other corporation firms and organiza- tions," said the circular, "have pa triotically offered to receive and trans init applications for the notes without expense to the applicants The secre- tary of the treasury appreciates the value of widely distributed, through the federal reserve banks, to these in stitutions throughout the country Subscribers agencies must transmit oi cover by their own subscriptions al applications received by them. In the latter case, they must specify the number of subscribers and the aggre. gate amount of notes subscribed for by each, and furnish such further infor. nation as may be prescribed by tn, secretary of the treasury.
 NO commissions will be paid upo1 subscriptions and those who receiv, and transmit applications are there fore rendering the service to subscrib CTS as a patriotic duty. Only the fed eral reserve banks are authorized f, act as fiscal agencies of the Unite, States, in connection with the sellin. and delivering of notes of the Victory Liberty loan.
 Rules for Helpers
 Applications must be accompapie, by payment of ten per cent of tb amount of notes applied for. No pav ment other than the ten percent re qulred upon application should ac company any application for an az gregate amount of notes in excess n flOOOO. Applications for an aggregat amount Of notes not in excess of s10 0O may, at the option of the subscribe, De accompanied by payment in full. a race value without interest.
 The subscriber should indicate o the application blank whether como notes or registered notes are desire, 1T no preference is indicated aitho coupon notes or registered notes ma, De delivered. All applications win h deemed to be for notes of the ,485 ne cent series, except applications snac; Iying notes of the 3% per cent ser;e, but the subscriber may, nevertheias, at any time before completion of nav ment' by notice in writing, elect f receive notes of either series in q, first instance" -'i LII