The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-01-17
War Time Needs Demands that Woeful
Waste of American People Should
Cease---Do Your individual Bit,


usual right about We have been nation of
reckless spenders We become nation of thrifty
When became involved in Congress periodically
nineteen billion dollars for purposes We have
realized that had still something do We had raise
this No has conception of what this amount of
money really is would make of twenty gold pieces
around the equator lying next the other Vanderbilt
President Of the National City Bank of New York and Chairman
of the National War Savings Committee address said
that dollar that the United States spent
on down through all the through all the days peace
has spent for pensions the Panama CANAL for constructing
public buildings every expenditure that has made from the first
days Of Alexander Hamilton the Treasury down the beginning
of this fiscal year foot And going
to spend $40 100000, 100000 in ONE YEAR
This vast amount of money to be spent equip army
the standards required by
lion dollars worth of products will be required from the workshops
Of this nation The annual output of the manufacturing plants
the United States amounted about
That about what nation bought
ourselves individuals Now all at $9OOOOOO 100000
this output to be diverted to the the army navy
leaving but to take of other What
does this mean? Our industries will have to be speeded up
But that individuals will modify ways
living and buy only the things Whenever
things of luxury though well able pay
simply that taking Just that away the
necessary equipment of and makes the job of
United States Government just that much difficult
gospel thrift saving the that should
be preached and pactced by 1t is for that
that started this great
Savings tends double purpose will cultivate the
valuable habit of saving among the people and
time is expected that by the year return
the United States Government 100000 100000 proceeds Of
War Savings Stamps sale.
What are War Savings Stamps? They stamps issued
by the United States Government and guaranteed by the entire
Of the Government just the the Liberty Bonds
They are sometimes called Baby Bonds These stamps issued
denominations the twenty-five stamps and the $500
stamp The twenty-five cent stamp the thrift stamp and the
stamp the War Savings Stamp The $500 stamp be
bought during the month $42 Feb for 43 and
increasing value at the rate of cent each month for
period of five when the Government will redeem them at
postoe $500 This that you getting the safest
investment offered the world today and realizing interest at
the rate Of four cent compounded quarterly the holder of
War Stamp finds to cash in his stamp before the
of the five period he do by giving his post
days notice. will just what he paid for the
stamp plus interest at the rate of cent month The
Thrift Stamp 25 cent stamp is used by those who do not
feel able to purchase the $500 stamp These twene
cent stamps purchased and affixed thrift CARD until
total OF stamps saved They then exchanged
So or War Savings Stamp
Where these stamps bought? the purpose of
the make these stamps the easiest thing to buy in
the whole country The Government wants these stamps be
sale at 100000 places before the end of January Each state
county city and village being organized and before the end of
month"; these stamps will be sale only postoces
and banks but at business place and school house the
nation The people to be taught just what these War Savings
Stamps are and what they mean nation wide campaign of
organized city, village and township 1t the ambition
the Government to bring this gospel of thrift and saving
every individual that lives the confines of this great nation
The County Stean has been divided three parts
the of being organized in this War Savings Campaign
part county under supervision of Chairman
and the following appointments have been made Schwab of
St Cloud Eastern Stearns Arson Evans of Paynesv
western Stearns A. Strebe Sank Centre Northwestern
earns The cities and villages will in all probability be organized
first and then the country.
The committee the City of Sank Centre been named
assisted by Mrs HI aiyeson Mrs A. Moynhan John Mech
bon, J. AsSchoenhof M Wallace meeting of the bds
ness will be called for Monday night to them back of
movement in the of establishing War Savings Stamp selling
stations and intensive local publicity