Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1919 — GREAT GUNS!—WHAT MAIL [ARTICLE]

GREAT GUNS!—WHAT MAIL

Uncle Sam Will Carry a Whopping Load of Reading Matter About Victory Liberty Loan to Hla Prospects. Two hundred and fifty tons of first class mall I That is the staggering weight of the matter which Uncle Sam 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 amount 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 imputation of the district is 14,246,503 divided as follows: Popula- Per Cent Divisions tion. of Total. Cook county (Illinois 2,858,431 21.18 Illinois (outside Cook county)... 2.108.344 14.75 Indiana 2,230,402 15.23 lowa 2,210,000 15.00 Michigan 2,744,400 20.03 Wisconsin2,ol6,o47 13.72

Total 14,246,503 100.00 The above districts are divided into counties, the county being the unit of distribution. There are 339 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 handled. 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 on April 21. 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,”—— No better job wo k produced In this section of Indiana than that turned out by The Democrat.

HELP “FINISH THE JOB." Get Behind the Victory Liberty Loan. “Peace must be financed as well as war, and the Initial stages of peace may be found even more expensive than war. Therefore, get behind th* Victory Liberty Loan when it comas.** —Secretary Glass.