The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-22
Parish War Stamps Dr.
rector, VIII. Kramer,
Talks To Local Com
mittee
Encouraging
Thrift In Order To Devote
Man Power To War Wcrk

The local Thrift Campaign Com
mittee met at the City Hall Friday
night and heard a discussion of the
thrift movement by Mr.. W. II. kra-
mer, Parish Director of Thrift. The
Directors version of the thrift cam
paign was a revelation to most of the
committe and an education to all of
them. It's relation to war work and
the pressing need of such move
ment in order to release productive
labor for war purposes was fully ex-
nlained. Before the introduction of
the Parish thrift leader, Local Chair
man, J. P. Hebert opened the meet
ing and called the roll. Mr.. c. E.
King was elected to serve as secre-
tary of the local thrift committee.
In his opening remarks, Mr.. kra-
mer said that the thrift campaign
was not movement to get money
but to teach thrift with the imme-
date purpose in view OF cutting
down the competition for labor
which the Government is so badly
in need of. He illustrated this by
calling attention to the fact that the
Government has not yet been able
to catch up with it's program or with
the people of individual communi-
ties. Training camps are short of
blankets, tents, saddles, brides, ov-
ercoats, etc. The first draft lacks
as per cent. of being encamped. Yet
the people have met and oversub-
scribed all requests for money. Ma
terials are apparently not lacking
but the Government has been unable
to get the industrial man power to
fill it's orders because the peoples
demand for the product of that la
Dor has proven too strong a compel
itor for the government.
In 1917, Mr.. Kramer said that the
approximate industrial labor output
amounted to $24,OO0,OOO,000. The
government has already contracted
for. $19,OOO,OO0,O0O for 1918. This
amount added to the ordinary de-
mand of about $16,00O,OO0,O0 by
the people forecasts an industrial de-
mand amounting to $S5, 100000, 900
for the coming year. The govern
ment cannot reduce its demands on
labor for the coming year so the
people must. Instead of consuming
the industrial output of labor
amounting to $16,00O,00O,O00, the
people should let thrift cut this es-
innate in half.
To put it plainly, according to
Mr.. Kramer's talk, the government
wants the people to STOP BUYING
everything which they can do with
out. Sacrifice desires and save the
money that their fulfillment would
demand-thus saving the labor
which must be used to create the
goods to supply your demand and
which would be used to anticipate
your further demands. Every ounce
of energy saved by the people will
be at the service of the government.
The thrift movement is to become
nationwide. Mr. Kramer said that
every public school, lodge, organiza-
ton or any collective body of peo-
pie will be- drafted into the service
of the government. The people will
become united in thrift and thus
furnish the industrial relief that the
government must have in order to
successfully prosecute the war. No
drive is planned but the committees,
whom the Parish Director designated
as Thrift Preachers, will keep
steadily behind the movement until
the lesson Of thrift is understood, ap-
preciated and practiced by every cit
izen. The committees must make
good or be replaced. They must be-
lieve in the governments thrift; they
ment; they must teach thrift; they
must practice thrift. AS their mis-
sion becomes fulfilled the govern
ment becomes efficient in its war
work. When every citizen believes,
breaches and practices thrift in or
der to assist the government as well
as themselves, then the people will
become helpful power back of the
men in the trenches and the govern
ment can know that there will be no
miscalculation in regard to the con-
duct and outcome of the war Unless
the people at home are united in
helping the men in the trenches,
they, both the people and their SOL
diers, will pay the penalty ow ineffi-
cheney in a long-drawn-out war
which will rage with no certainty of
immediate or final outcome.
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