Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-05-03
|BROWNSVILLEOUOTA MUST Be GOTTEN
TOGETHER WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY,
OR CITY Will FAIL, OFFICIAL WARNING
Conposs o Fourth Loan Subscribers Finds Many Cutting Down Their
Subscriptions Almost Minimum Bonds Situation Serious
Point Out That Patriotism is Dead the Loan
is at Least Good Financial Investment

any money lying idle in a bank might bet
ter be invested in Victory Bonds.
Ii was also explained to the committee
men that after the first installment was
paid and the second one due, the bonds
could be sold if the subscriber was un-
able to carry the payments. 1t is the opin-
ion of bankers that the bonds win remain
at par or at least not more than two per
cent below. If this holds true there will
be practically no discount on selling the
bonds. 1t was pointed out that banks in
New York and Chicago were willing to
buy all the bands. but it was the intention
of the government to distribute them
among the people of the country in order
that the much needed lesson of thrift
might be learned by the people.
Every effort possible will be made to
finish the quota today. The committeeman
will work on their special assignments to-
day and will revisit some of the subscribers
with the intention to have them subscribe
more IL possible.
1t was found that many of the commit
teemen had been out of town and had not
participated in the last drive and ii was
put to a standing vote which was unani-
nous that every committeeman should put
his business behind him today and make n
strenuous effort to finish the quota today.
1t was explained by one of the commit
teemen that it was up to the people to pay
the war debt and il it was not done by
bonds il would be done by taxes from which
the people get no return for their money.
Some object was raised against these
pocket book arguments and 1t was stat
ed that it was the patriotic duty for the
people to subscribe and do their bit as
the boys "over there" had done IT, II
would seem from the returns, they said,
that the people forget the dead of Flan-
ders' field. the manned and blind that had
given more than their ALL
County Chairman H. NJ. SHELTON took
the floor at the beginning of the meeting
and said in part:
'Gcntlemen. / am apprehensive as to
whether we will raise our quota or not IL
il true that many clods have been thrown
in the wheel of cur drive that have him
dered US in doing our best, but il il get
ting late and we simply must raise our quo
tn. The time is now ripe for every COM
mitteeman to get into the field and work.
The people know their duty. They know
that they must raise the amount allotted
10 bFOWhSViiie. Dut tHey must 20 ~ HOW
and it rests upon the shoulders of the COM
mitteemen to see to it that it is done. A
careful canvass must be made and every
man, woman and child must be given an
opportunity to subscribe. Let it be known
that il there is any one that has not been
seen by the committeeman that it is possi-
Bile for them to make their subscription at
the bank or with any man of the committee.
But let's get out and do this thing tomor-
row."
A new list of assignments to the COM
mittees were passed to the men and the
meeting adjourned.