The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-18
FRIDAY, JUNE e
DESIGNATED WAR
SAVINGS DAY IN
NORTH DAKOTA
Pledges To Be Asked For
Purchases of Stamps
Each Month
STATE QUOTA is
$40 PER CAPITA
Every Adult Person Is Ex-
pecte dto Buy One SIS
Stamp a Month
STATE QUOTA Is
$40 PER CAPITA

Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo
head Of the War Savings and other
movements for financing the war
has designated Friday, June %. az
National War Savings day. While
many of the states have done well
in the War Savings movement most
Of them have failed to a certain ex-
tent, mainly through lack Of a CO.
ordinated and comprehensive organ
ization to complete the desired quo
Ia. In compliance with the tele-
Adoo, Geo. H. HOLSTER, Fargo War
Savings director for North Dakota
has issued orders for all county d.
rectors to call meetings at every
schoolhouse in their county at 8
o'clock in the evening. June %, for
the purpose Of securing written
pledges from everyone in the dis
trict to buy a minimum number Of
War Savings stamps each month for
the balance of the year. Similar
meetings will be held in every town
and city in the state.
The quota of stamps for North Da-
kota to sell has been fixed by the
national authorities at $13,000,000, or
$50 per capita, based on a popula-
ton Of 100000. This will require
pledges of 100000 a month for the
remainder of 1918.
Monitor Pledge Holder.
The pledges Of each district will
be left in the hands Of a representa-
tive known as q War Savings mon
itor, making about 1000 monitors in
the state. Their work will be tc
check up all pledges during the year
and to see that they are paid reg
ularly, as we'll as to secure new
pledges from persons not reached by
the drive.
Every adult person will be expect
ed to buy at least one SIS stamp a
month, and those able will be expect
ed to take amounts up to the $1,000
limit.
Nebraska Drive Success.
Through such a drive as this Ne
braska astonished the country by Sc
curing it's large quota in one day
and with this splendid example be-
fore them, and with the experience
gained in Nebraska as to methods
all the states in the Union, which
have not already attained their quota
by then, will try a great clean up
June %.
To get this movement under way
State Director HOLSTER will hold dis
trict meetings at the following
points:
Grand Forks. Tuesday, May 81;
Minot. Wednesday, May %; Bis
marck, Friday, May "a; Fargo. Tues
day, May %. Directors of counties
contiguous to these points and others
interested will attend these meet
ings.
Every County Organized.
Since December 20, when the
work began, every county in the
state has been organized for the Wal
Savings movement. and since thai
time good work has been done in eX.
planning in various ways what the
stamps are. arranging sales agen-
cies, and organizing clubs. While
the success attained has been graf
flying and each month has shown a
steady increase in stamps sales. the
latter are far below what must be
done if the state quota is to be any
way near reached.
The state committee says the thrift
idea has taken great hold upon
the people, but that too much stress
has heretofore been placed on the
thrift stamps and not enough on the
need and benefit to the individual
and the government of a sustained
purchase of the SIS stamps. and it is
to gain universal pledges for pur-
chase Of the larger denomination by
adults that this drive Is to be put
on.