El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-23
d. DOROTHY y. JOHNsToN.l

u This passing the buck to use a
I western expression. has been INDUCED
in by many individuals and business
men, and even the banks, in their
commendable desire to make good
local showing, but the time has come
when the greater part Of this must
cease, and the governments war Sc
curities must be absorbed by the peo-
pie and as much Of 1t from current
savings as possible This is the rea-
. son the experts in charge Of govern
ment financing are making every ef-
fort to impress upon the people the
necessity for intelligent and sensl-
Z Bile economy in order that their saw
ings from current income may be
available for government needs
through Investment in government
/ war securities.
In working out the war savings
. stamp plan it has been made A little
more difficult to realize on them than
{ on Liberty bonds, but still loophole
is left for cases Of need The owner
can go TO the local pOstOffice and
J give ten days notice and receive
not only the amount paid. but inter-
4 est on that amount at three percent,
while If held to maturity. January,
/ 1928, the earnings is at the rate OF
: four percent compounded quarterly.
Tells How TO Sell Stamps.
THE best plan OF selling war
] stamps seems TO me 10 be to sell one
3 Of the war saving cards with as
many IS stamps as the purchaser will
Z buy, and then in each case issue
I thrift card started with one or more
! Is cent stamps to be filled from time
to time and then exchanged Tor the
Z s. stamps to be pasted on the war
/ savings card The plan appeals par
ticularly TO the women and young
people, and they especially like TO
/ see the blank spaces filled rapidly and
completely.
'aThe most striking feature in Brit
I ish statistics is that showing that
while this enormous amount has
been invested in war savings certifi-
Gates, at the same time the savings
deposits of the country have in
! creased 20 percent, showing the pro-
! gressive power of education in saving.
THE success of the stamp cam
paign means the education Of TO-
] 100000 new savers in this country,
and the savings Of this army OF thrift
viii soon offset the enormous money
cost of the war. while the national
unity and sense Of country and pa
triotism impressed upon US all should
give US better government in every
city and state, as well as nationally,
and in every way better country TO
live in, while our victory VIII make
the world as a whole a better one"
Coles Praises Women.
In the work the women are doing
to help win the war A P. Coles spoke
of the sacrifices they are making in
the loss of their sons, brothers and
husbands The women do most OF
the suffering Of the world" said the
chairman of the war savings stamps
committee for the county. The wom-
en- do the saving for the men, and
every man who hasn't saving wife,
that man will never get ahead and
make a fortune-I don't care who he
is" He averred that the girls should
prepare themselves for any position,
from the kitchen to the white house,
and told how the great men OF the
country came from the fields and
shops and the working class For
example, he quoted Frank A Van
derlip, who started out caring tor
81 motherless calves, down on the
farm, and who only recently resigned
a bank presidency Of 100000 per year
in New York to work for Uncle sam
at 81 per year, to arrange Tor carry
ing on the expenses OF this great
world war. ''The thrift stamp teaches
the boy and girl to save as they go
along. and encourages thrift" said
Mr.. Coles. Buying these stamps
won't help Coles or Mrs Averiu or
Vanderbilt You Will be working for
yourself and helping your country.
Cobb ArOuses Enthusiasm.
2. L Cobb aroused his hearers with
his discourse on the seriousness OF
the war and the need of America to
arouse herself. 'Sherman's army in
its march OF conquest never Tronged
a single woman" he said Contrast
that with Belgium, and the atroci-
ties brought by the barbarians Of the
kaiser in their torture Of the women
and children.
Can anyone put the life back in the
old vitality Of EnglandZ' he asked
"Can the rich blood that flowed from
the veins of Belgium ever again
course through the plucky people who
stood the first onslaught OF the war?
There is only one power that can
bring US victory. and that God Al
mighty, who has always sustained
the right. The only hope we have TO
/ fight the barbarians, in the face OF
! thousands Of bayonets and cannons,
[ is the faith in God and right"
He spoke Of the improvement that
( would be bound to come when Ameri-
] ca takes liquor away from her work
ers-the increase Of individual man
! power. America must be shaken to
her very foundation before she wins
] this war; she must have men willing
to work throughout the day. that
America may live" he declared. And
man alone can never win The wom-
] anhOod Of any land must help. before
there is victory. Let US remember