Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-28

Is lp per cent, 10 everybody. but lne
bankers are its biggest hackers, for it is
in their institutions that thrift is actually
represented, the more all the people save,
the more the banks count up in deposits.
But to say that Thrift Day represents
a question of savings I'm the banks alone
would be doing an injustice to the man
who thought it. He is q. Y. Clement,
chief Of stan of the Collins Publicity
Service with Mr.. Collins the phase in
which banks are affected in the Thrift
Day idea is only incidental. He wants
every person to be responsible on Thrift
Day for at least one act Of thrift
BENEFIT TO BANKS.
Every one can do it, ne said today;
"the housewife can do il in the kitchen.
the business man in his oftics. the la
borer at his work, the clerk, the chauf-
feur-everyhOdy Time, material, labor
n host of things besides money can be
saved. OF course, this ultimately spells
itself into money, and money sooner or
later seeks the banks. That is why Thrift
Day in time must affect the banks"
How'd you come to think of it," he
was asked.
81 suppose because I've been living in
Philadelphia" he answered.
When | was a boy out in DuQuon,
ILL.,. we used to he very proud of the fact
that a fellow townsman, General Logan,
WIS Inc lOlnuGF OIL lJtNOIdllOll Jay
Then when | came here | learned that
all kinds of days were being started. You
had Mothers Day and Fathers Day.
there was an 'Arbor Day and a Flag
Day and ! couldn't see why it wouldn't
be just as sensible, if not more so, to
have a Thrift Day Everybody can get
in on that, and everybody benefits.
You see, If you get everybody thinking
Of the same thing. there is bound to he
some action. Now. 1t stands to reason
that If you get a whole community like
Philadelphia thinking of Thrift Day
there's bound to be some thrift to follow.
To save is the kind of thing we like to
put off until tomorrow, always tomorrow.
But when you set a definite day, like has
been February 3-and focus on that
day, and then activity then something
has been accomplished That is what has
been done. February has been set If
the people think and talk thrift until then,
why next Thursday they'll do some saw
ing; and it will be all gain, nothing lost
and no expense.
Mr.. Collins drew from his desk "A copy
of the current issue of the Bankers Mag
gazine and quoted:
philadelphia, which has the honor Of
having the first bank organized in the
United States and the first bank chartered
under the national banking system, and
was among the earliest to enter the saw
ings bank and trust company field, is
again to the forefront financially by pro-
posing that February 3 next be designat-
ed as Thrift Day throughout the various
States. ."
Besides having the distinction of orig
mating Thrift Day Philadelphia is noted
for its propensity 10 thrift, 1t rs said
that although wages for skilled laborers
are from 10 to 20 per cent, less than in
Chicago, ST. Louis, Cleveland, New Or
leans, Seattle, Portland and New York,
yet the saving is so pronounced that
more Philadelphia workmen have savings
accounts than in any other city in the
United States proportiOnately, and that
more of the 3 orkmen own their homes
than i'm any other city in the country,
In fact, il is said that year In and
year out, every time the clock strikes
during daylight two new homes for work
men are added in Philadelphia.