Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1919 — GREAT GUNS!—WHAT MAIL [ARTICLE]

GREAT GUNS!—WHAT MAIL

Unolc Sam WHI Carry a Whopping Load-of Reading Matter About Victory Liberty Loan to Hi* Prospects. Two hundred and fifty tons of first class maill That Is the staggering weight of tba matter which Uncle will distribute throughout the Seventh federal reserve district in giving “scientific billing to the Victory Liberty loan." To Insure maximum efficiency in the distribution of this enormous amoant of propaganda material the distribution bureau of the department of publicity for the Seventh federal reserve district has evolved the following scheme, based on the most reliable figures obtainable. The estimated population of the district is 14,246,506 divided as follows: Popula- Per Cent Divisions tion. of Total. Cook county (Illinois 2,896,431 21.16 Illinois (outside Cook county)... 2,168,344 14.75 Indiana 2,239,492 15,28 lowa 2,219,099 15.00 Michigan ... 2,744,490 20.08 Wisconsin 2,016,647 18.72 Total ........., The above districts are divwfed into counties, the county being the unit of distribution. There are 33fi counties. Each has a chairman. He receives all the propaganda allotted to his district based on the proportionate population, and his own working organization see to It that all “live space” is properly billed. Here are a few facts regarding the whirlwind machinery of distribution: Twenty thousand square feet of space are necessary for addressing and mailing room. The distribution bureau has its own post office. Three hundred men work day and night. One million posters will be mailed in four-pound packages. Eight million Victory Liberty loan buttons will be bandied. • Two million circular letters to bondholders of previous Liberty loan issues will be mailed. - Five million letterheads and envelopes to bond salesmen will be distributed. Tens.' of thousands of automobile owners will receive windshield stickers advertising the loan. It has been officially announced that the drive for the sale of Victory Liberty loan bonds will start oh April 2L If careful plans of the distribution bureau carry through every American on the morning of April 14, at least a week before the drive, will be greeted with the nation-wide injunction, “Finish the Job.” HELP “FINISH THE JOB. 1 *