The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-29
THE VICTORY LOAN
DRIVE IS TAGGING
LATAH COUNTY FAR BEHIND SCH
EDULE ON HER QUOTA-MUST
SPEED UP NOW

| Latah county, Moscow and the state
of Idaho are far behind the schedule
fixed for the Victory loan drive. We
will not reach our quota unless more
interest is shown and larger blocks
| of bonds bought. The farmers are
| not responding as they should. With
1.-THE government guaranteeing the
| farmers 50 or more per bushel for
their wheat and the banks offering to
loan money for six months to the
| farmers to buy these bonds, thus per-
mitting them to harvest and sell
their wheat before the notes are due,
there is no excuse for the farmers
not taking larger share of the bonds
than ever before.
That the bonds will sell at a prem
ium within a few years if not with
in few months, is generally believed.
One has only to look back to the
Civil War and the lean" years that
followed the closing of that great
struggle to realize that the bonds are
"a good investment. Government bonds
bearing six per cent interest sold
after the close of the Civil War at 20
cents on the dollar and wise men
bought them. In short time the
bonds advanced to $1.30, thus making
60 cents profit on the 20 cents in
vested, and vast fortunes were made
by the men who bought at 70 and sold
at S1.30 The Victory loan will be
the last chance we will have to buy
bonds. In a short time there will be
such a demand for them that they
will bring a premium. The man who
pays $100 for a bond now is almost
certain to get more than par in addi-
tion to the interest within a short
time. The first and second issues of
the Liberty loan have sold as high
as $1O4 in New York.
The following special to The Star
Mirror shows how Idaho stands and
how the loan committee was disap-
pointed in the showing made Monday
BOISE.-(Special to The Star-Mir
ror)-Reports received at Idaho Vic
tory Loan state headquarters today
have not shown the speed it was hoped
would be developed the first day
of the second week of the drive.
Urged by State Chairman Gwinn to
close up Idahos quota by May Sd if
possible the county chairmen are be-
ing given every aid possible from
state headquarters.
Clearwater county announced S30,-
600 subscribed today with the balance
in sight. Chairman Earl d. Farmin
of Bonner county wired Chairman
Gwinn that so per cent of his coun-
tvs quota had been raised with no SOL
done yet Chairman Randall
reported from Weston that 100000
had been raised in his county up to
night. R. F. Hickey chair
man of Caribou county reported S16,-
100 today with no outlying districts in
,luded. Chairman W. E. Bowerman,
If Fremont county wired headquarters
;oday that his county would be across
w the end of the week. Captain AL
)ert Fl Connors of Standpoint, who
vas granted leave by the war depart
nent to assist the Idaho Victory
oan campaign during the first week
# the drive has been given an ex
ension and will remain in the state
ntil the loan is put over. He will re-
ort to the state headquarters and be
ssigned to speaking dates.
News of the sudden death of Gov
rnor Lynch, head of the twelfth fed
raj reserve. which occurred this
lorning at his home in Alameda City,
alif., came as distinct shock to the
daho state headquarters. 81 am
rieved beyond words to learn of the
assing of Governor Lynch" State
hartman Gwinn said last night. "His
,ss will be keenly felt throughout the
est and his brilliant direction OF
overnment finance in the twelfth re-
srve district will be difficult to re-
lace 1t was my pleasure to know
overnor Lynch personally and be-
eve no man in America worked hard
or gave more of his hearts devo-
on to the various war activities than
d he. His death in the midst of the
ictory Loan campaign adds a pecu-
ar solemnity to the duty plainly be-
re us to finish the work of which he