The Washington herald., 1919-05-05
COUNTRY
IN LOAN drive
AS END NEARS
Secretary Glass Sends Out
Emphatic Appeal For
Harder Work.
sl,657,979,35O TAKEN
More Than $400, 900, 900
Must Be Subscribed
Daily to Finish.

The country today enters upon the
last week of the Victory Liberty Loan
campaign with subscriptions tagging
as they never have Jagged before in
any of the other four drives that the
Government has staged since the
United States entered the Europeon
war
Official returns to the Treasury De-
partment show that only slightly
more than one-third of the 1850. 600. =
90 quota sought has been subscribed.
The latest official figures. received
yesterday. showed subscriptions total
ing S.657,979.35O. and unofficial reports,
which usually are high, received in
dicate that at the outside not more
than four-ninths of the loan has been
subscribed.
OffieiaI Figures.
Official figures for the opening days
OF the last week of the first and sec
ond loans are lacking. but the best
available information is that on both
occasions more than four-ninths OF
those respective loans had been sub
scribed.
On the opening day of the Third
Liberty Loan it was estimated that
s--2Oo.OcO.oo0. or approximately two
thirds of the loan, had been s,,b
scribed. The opening day of the last
week of the Fourth Liberty Loan
found about s5.OOoOoO.ooo or one-baIf
OF the country's quota unofficiaIIv
reported subscribed.
These figures on the former loans
become a matter of more concern
when 1t is recalled that the interest
rate on none of them was as high as
rs the rate on the Victory Liberty
Loan In those days, too. there was
not the incentive of overwheIn,np viz
tory for the United States to PROMPT
buying.
This' IN word. is the situation
"hich last night prompted SECRETARY
Glass TO send broadcast a strong an
peal for a final effort i'm behalf or
me Victory Liberty Loan in the Las,
week of the campaign 'o''
II the minimum quota set for the
country IN the present campaign 10
20 De subscribed. slightly more thar
S4oo.Vp.OO must be raised dajI,, -
tween now and next Saturday nioh,
NJ the outset of the drive . do;I,.
average of $50 600 90 would have s,IE
scribed the loan. 'u"-
Latest Percentage.
The final week of the campaign
VIII VIII witness an interesting race he
olstrlcts for the honor of he
InS tne nrst over the top, st. Louis
Mhicn won this honor in the Fourth
Liberty Loan campaign. now is lead
ing with approximately 65 per cent
OF its quota subscribed. Its nearest
competitor, on the face of oficia !
returns. IS the Minneapolis district
with approximately So per cent.
Latest official percentage figures
on the other districts follow: Ros-
ton' 10; Kansas City. 80: Richmond.
-SS; Cleveland. 80; Atlanta, .ss: phil
adelphla, 80; New York, 81: San
francisco. .25. and Dallas. .21.
The New York campaign will he
particularly intensive during the
coming week. With the district
standing tenth in the percentage
column, its leaders are determined
10 raise themselves out of this place
rapidly and go forward to a gener-
Gus oversubscription as they have
IN previous campaigns.
Reports from all other districts
in the country are optimistic in
tone despite the fact that il is fully
realized that effort of the most se-
rious kind must be put forward in
every section. To a district the dec
laration I'VE will not fair is forth
coming.