Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-20
AUGUSTA LOCALS
STATE TRUST co.
OPENS PIG CLUB
With 1856 MEMBERS
Hon. Norman L. Bas-
sett and A. L. Deer
ing of U. of NJ, Off,
cially Start, Satur-
day, Project to Help
Boys and Girls Raise
Pigs for War Food

w men Ellis L olhtI ouliSi NlotC
that comic little masterpiece, Pigs
Is Pigs" he raised lowly animal
to position of dignity which has
since remained unchallenged.
When a big and prosperous bank
seriously adopts the plan of a Pig
Club the status of Mr.. Pig is again
elevated several degrees.
Now it happens that Mr.. Buffers
were guinea pigs, which grew and
grew and grew but pigs is pigs"
nevertheless and the State Trust
Company. in giving out some 200 pigs
OF the gerius, Sus scrofa domesticus
to boys and girls of the vicinity on
Saturday, is quite certain that their
pigs will grow and grow and grow
to the great profit of their owners.
The casual observer would have
indeed wondered whether a little sec
ton of a county fair or a Brighton
market had temporarily installed it
self in the rear of the State Trust
Company building on last Saturday
afternoon but Norman l.. Bassett
made the project plain in his speech
which official inauguratcd the Boys
and Girls Pig Club" Mr. Bassett
spoke in his usual forceful manner,
which made an amusing matter Sc
rious to his several hundred listen
erS.
What is all this for" he said. and
proceeding to answer his question,
said: Pork is the food product which
has the biggest demand, is the east
est shipped and the quickest pro-
duced. These 1S5 pigs should weigh
200 pounds apiece in six months Can
YOU think of any way to get $4,000
pounds of food product quicker"
eve are I'll partners in this great
war. You 1875 girls and boys by
joining the Pig Club unite with your
elders. soldiers. sailors. Red Cross
workers and all. in helping to make
this world n decent place to live in"
who finances this enterprise" you
ask me. The State Trust Co. We
take Your note for the pig and YOU
repay us when the pig is sold The
government guarantees Is IL cents
per pound live weight. If the mar
ket pays more. you get more for your
pig. Today the market Is 16 cents
per pound"
I'VE have gathered these pigs from
all over Maine and have even gone
as far as Massa We have
turned them over to you on conf
dence. Legally. the notes which You
have given in exchange for your pigs
worth tho
written on but the State Trust Com
pany is not worrying. We know that
every note is fully secured by the
honor of an American boy or girl
and that they will be paid.
why do We do this?" the speaker
continued, ITO make money? No.
II we We're trying to make money
we wouldn't be selling pigs for $40
that cost sl1. No. we start the club
with loss of over 500. We had
another reason for promoting this
club
I'VE saw in this project, which
seems so far out of the run of ordi-
nary banking methods, another
chance to help our boys and girl at
home get in another blow at the
Huns. They used to say that banks
and corporations had no souls. Lots
of things we used to hear have been
changed in the last few wears. You
have seen and known by the wav
; banks and corporations have helped
in this war that they have cluls. inst
as YOU and I have. and work hear,
and soul to help win this war.
In promoting the Pig Club we are
accomplishing four-fold p,lrpose
! We are teaching boys and girls ar
important ownership, business anf
thrift. we are making every member
of the club partner in war work
we are helping to increase the food
supply Of most needed commodit,
and uniting everyone in helping to
Gown Germany.
ITO stimulate interest in growing
Your pig, y. Y. Hill. vice president
of the State Trust Co, has offered $50
! in prizes to be distributed on the
following basis: Profit on sale Of
pig. 25 points: size of pig. 25 points:
best kept account, 20 points. best
story, How ] Grew Ny Pig 90
points; and if a local contestant is
the winner of the contest. 10 points"
In conclusion Mr. Bassett said q
pig should be brought up in the wav
he should go. To show how this
, should be done he introduced A. 7,
Deering. county agent Of the J'niver-
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