Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-01-26
The Observance of Thrift Day, Feb.
Third, is Not Confined to Any
Race, Class or Denomination.
ALL CAN CELEBRATE
AND REAP BENEFITS.
AS a Nation we Need to be Taught
to Save as Well as to Spend
More Wisely


las holiday, in that it's proper obser-
vance is a vastly different and far
more beneficial one to the individual
than the usual celebration of the
average holiday. On this day the
even tenor of things goes on; bust
ness is developed; and financial IN
tstitutions remain open to do their
share in the celebration. There is no
cessation of progressive activities
familiar to most holidays, and which
Frequently result in reckless waste of
both time and money.
| Another feature is that it is the
only holiday not confined to any race,
religion or class. In it's final develop
ment it is neither national, sectional,
regional or factional, but can be cele-
brated by all humanity, to the ulti-
mate and lasting benefit of individ-
uals, communities, nations and the
world.
Economists for years have been
agreed on the increasing evidences of
waste on the part Of the average
person, but the remedies advanced
have been various, and frequently
too impractical for successful appli-
cation. From Philadelphia, with
every element for universal endorse
ment comes the suggestion of Thrift
Day, February 3rd. The primary
point is not whether the idea is abso-
jlutely new, but whether it is practi-
cally susceptible of useful application.
i The celebration Of Thrift Day lies
in the faithful performance by each
y individual Of some thrifty action on
! that day. The very simplicity of the
g idea will go a long way toward it's
Successful develo opn1ent, and this de-
velopment will mean a mighty step
!, forward to better conditions for
: everybody.
For this reason, leaders in. all
!. fields of activity, particularly finan-
cial institutions, are cooperating to
make memorable the first annual OBJ
( servance of Thrift Day this year, so
| that there will be a fitting standard
$ to be followed on the Thrift Days to
Y come.
. While the saving Of money is one
very desirable feature, this is not the
n essential basis of thrift. It actually
Y includes the utilization of common
:, sense in three things the use of
d earnings, the use Of time and the
: cultivation of temperate habits From
}. leach of these qualities a lesson might
proftably be taken by many.
Statistics show that the lack OF
thrift is more concerned in the max
Z. ing of poverty than deficiency il
wages. Thus it is that every thrifty
: person may be considered as public
benefactor, and every thriftless per
son public enemy. Society is spill
in two classes-the provident and i'm
provident. The annual observance o:
r Thrift Day is confidently expected tt
)r eventually reduce that latter elemen
" to an insignificant percentage Of th'
population Careful estimates shov
rt that the percentage is now heavily Of
Ly the wrong side of our national ledger
re The very essence Of honesty is tn
1e living within ones means.
e. In the use Of time, how many ar
rt there who fully realize that tim
d. once gone is lost forever? The Thrift
at Ity Individual does today what h
f could do tomorrow. He utilizes hi
IL time in his youth that he may hav
he it to spare in old age. Common sens
p in the distribution Of ones time
[r. a powerful factor in thrift and Thrift
Of Day offers the opportunity to practie
iit