New-York tribune., 1919-06-14
Slow Start in This City
Ex:President Taft Among
Speakers at Rallies Held
i'm the Financial District

&1aT inally was sched-
W. uled to end to-day.
William G. McAdoo
chairman of the Citizens National
Committee, speaking yesterday at a
luncheon of the Manhattan canvass
committee at the Bankers Club, said
that as the goal set manifestly could
not be reached to-day it had been de-
cided to prolong the drive.
~ am very sorry to have to reach the
decision to extend the drive, but in
New York City it is necessary to do
so,f he said. Reports from outside of
New York indicate that other sections
have fully subscribed their quotas, and
an extension elsewhere will not be nee
essAry. The advantage of extending
the. campaign in this city outweighs
the disadvantage. 1t is not a con-
fession of failure; it is a confession Of
thes insuperableness of the obstacles
encountered. The campaign here did
not really get under headway until
the second day, and as Saturday is q
half holiday, and many persons can
not. be reached at all that day, there
have been really but four working
days.
Certain Of Success
q am sure that if we 20 at .his
problem vigorously on Monday, invig-
GRATED by rest over Sunday, we will
meet with success. l am not discour-
aged. There never was Liberty Loan
campaign in which at one time or an
other cold feet were not more numer-
GUS than warm feet"
Receipts reported by the various
team captains yesterday totalled $780,
500, all in one-dollar subscriptions. A
rally at the Custom House in the
mofning, at which William H. Edwards,
Collector of Customs and chairman of
the, Citizens Committee Of Boy Scouts
for Greater New York, urged a crowd
which filled Bowling Green to "be good
scouts" netted close to thousand as
sociate members, and brought the total
receipts reported to date up to $780,
600!
Che decision to extend the drive met
with the approval of the campaign
workers, who agree that there had not
been time enough during the week to
reath all the good prospects" among
NeW York's population. All of the can
vassers held to the view that there are
hundreds of New Workers who have the
will to join the Scouts but who have
not been reached.
; Some Teams Are Held Up
Teams working in the theatrical dis
triets said progress was slow for the
reason that they were being barred
from the theatres during performances
They reported that concerted action
had been taken by some of the theatre
managers to prevent their audiences
being solicited. A similar complaint
was registered against some of the
caHarets.- The offending places will be
visited by campaign officials and urged
to reform.
4. B. Leach, chairman of the Man
hattaa canvass committee, said the time
had been so short and reports had been
SO sslow in coming in that it was i'm
possible to say offhand how far ahead
the work of the committee had gone.
ut is safe to assume" he said, chat
unfeported subscriptions will bring us
we'll over the $250,000 mark which we
haa expected to raise by last Wednes,
day. Now that we have until next
Wednesday there is no doubt of the
outcome"
Ex-President Taft Speaks
president of the Boy Scouts of Amer
icss spoke from the Sub-Treasury steps
at poon yesterday to large crowd. He
LAID particular stress upon the fact
that the benefits Of the organization
had not been made available to more
boys because of the lack of funds. The
scout movement is necessary, he said,
to teach boys the value of time and the
joy of work.
I'VE don't work our boys hard
enough" he said. eve occupy them
In school for few hours day and
they have great deal of leisure. The
BOY Scout movement is one of those
steps OF improvement that keeps a bow
busy most Of the time. It takes away
tne opportunity for improper develop
mept through too much leisure. It
teaches the joy of service and takes
away the selfshness that too much
ieisure gives him. Let US TAXI care Of
tnc poys and we can then leave the men
\ to themselves"
Pulling the Brokers Out
collector Edwards, who visited the
Sub-Treasrry meeting following his
meeting at the Custom House. called
for three cheers for the Boy Scouts
and they echoed through the canyons
OF the financial district and brough,
the brokers out of the Stock Exchange
on .the run. Scout canvassers, located
at vantage points. explained the en-
thusiasm and collected a dollar for
-ach explanation.
byron r. Newton, Collector Of Gus