The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-06-20
NATIONAL WAR SAVINGS DAY
MUST BE MADE BIG SUCCESS

The National War Savings Committee, which is
carving on through its State and local committees Ma
on-Wide campaign get all the people or before June
% pledge themselves the utmost of their ab
y and buy War Savings Stamps with their savings has
given out the following statement:
"Those of who remain at home While others do the
fighting have everncreasng number of opportunities
to do definite and highly important work for country
We wish to this work expression of the gratitude
we feel in being privileged to continue at usual tasks,
enjoy the loving companonshp OF our families to meet
freely with friends and neghbors, to enjoy all the
security of life and most of the pleasures and the economic
privileges of peace times while other men, who have had to
put aside all these things fighting our battles for us on
the sacred soil of France and on the high seas.
Our opportunity to serve comes as a result OF
designating June % National War Savings Day. day
on which all men and and all children of sufficient
years to appreciate the days significance called upon
to pledge themselves to save to the utmost of their ability
and to all possible labor and materials for the
Government and to buy War Savings Stamps with their
savings Our part is to do everything possible to make
this day stand out among the great days of this period OF
the war.
could any of us be asked to do less than this?
Could any of refuse to do so little thing to win
for the worlds freedom? Could any one of us put
aside this plea for saving while all Europe crying out in
it's agony be released from the clutches of the monster
that is befouling all it TOUGHEST Could refuse simple
thing and at the time ask other men to give their
lives that our own precious lives be spared and our fire
sides be kept safe from the terrors of the Hun?
Our duty is clear privilege is great, our sacri-
flee is little, our work is important.
National War Savings Day is to be the great rally
ing day which everyone country is expected to
pledge himself herself to save and economize This
saving and economzng will first of all leave in the
kes greater supply of labor and materials for the
of the Government with which to fight the And then
the money savings of the individuals to be invested in
War Savings Stamps.
What the Government asks us to do is to pledge our
selves to buy at definite periods with savings specific
amount of War Savings Stamps. The thing to be
pshed is to get subscriptions which will take during
the balance of the present year of the unsod portion of the
$4,000 900 of War Savings Stamps authorized by the
Congress to be sold during 1913.
when stops to think of the matter, it is really
small thing to raise 81 900 900 in country of
than 100000 people If everyone would do his share
would be necessary for each person to subscribe only
$40 worth of stamps.
"The duty of at home to to it that the entire
amount is subscribed. We must work to that end We
must add to already great army of war savers We
must make sacrifices ourselves and urge sacrifices
upon Others National War Savings Day must be made
the great success all of us hope for
Published with the Patriotic Cooperation of the
Skowhegan Pulp Company