Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-05-30
President Urges Countrynen
to Buy Only Those Things
Which Are Essential to.
Health and Efficiency, |
INVEST METHODICALLY -
IN u. S. SECURITIES
Every Citizen of This Country
Must Be Economical if the
Nation Is to Play Its Full
Part in Conflict.


Washington. May 29.-To save ma
terials and labor for necessary war
purpose, President Wilson today APP
pealed TO Americans "to buy only
those things which are essential to,
the individual health and efficiency, :"
and to volunteer on or before June
rs. National Thrift Day. to invest
Systematically in war savings and
Thrift stamps, or other government
securities. This war is one Of ma
tions--not one of armies" the presi-
dent said, "and all of our one hun
dred million people must be econom-
ically and industrially adjusted toI
war, conditions II this nation is to
play its full part in the conflict
The problem before us is primarily
not a financial problem but rather
q pto'lsms Of increased production
of war essentials and the saving of
the materials and the labor necessary
for the support and equipment of
our army and navy. Thoughtless ex-
penditure of money for non-essen-
tials uses up the labor OF men, the
products of the farm, mines and
factories, and overburdens transport
tation, all of which must be used to-
the utmost and at their best for war
purposes
Concerted Thrift Movement.
"The great results which we seek
can be obtained only by the partici-
patton OF every member of the ma
tion, young and old, in national
concerted thrift movement. l there
fore urge that our people every
where pledge themselves, as suggest
ed by the secretary of the treasury,
TO the practice of thrift; to serve the
government to their utmost in in
creasing production in all fields neces-
sary to the winning of the war; to
conserve food and fuel and useful
materials OF every kind; to devote
their labor only to the most neces-
sary tasks and to buy only those
things which are essential TO indi-
vidual health and efficiency; and that
the people, as evidence of their 10y
atty. invest all they can save in
Liberty bonds and War Savings
Stamps.
"The securities issued by the treas
ury department are so many OF then1
within the reach of every one that
the door of opportunity in this mat
ter is wide open to all of us. To
practice thrift in peace times is
virtue and brings great benefit to the
individual at all times with the des-
perate need of the civilized world
today for materials and labor with
which to end the war, the practice
of individual thrift is patriotic
duty and a necessity.
Save and Bny Securities.
~ appeal to all who now own
either Liberty bonds or War Savings
Stamps to continue to practice econ
omy and thrift and to appeal to all
who do not own government securi-
ties to do likewise and purchase them
to the extent of their means The
man who buys government securities
transfers the purchasing power of his
money to The United States govern
ment until after this war and to
that same degree does not buy in
competition with the government.
II earnestly appeal to every man,
woman and child to pledge them
selves on or before the 28th of June
to save constantly and to buy as reg
ularly as possible the securities OF
the government; and to do this as
far as possible through membership
in war savings societies. The 2Sth of
June ends this special period of en-
listnent in the great volunteer army
of production and saving here at
home. May there be none unenlisted
on that day."