The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-27
Personal MESSAGE TO THE
WAR SAVINGS WORKERS
OF CRISP COUNTY

in France who failed to do his. utmost
because his efforts alone would not
win The war?
1t is your part in this struggle to
| provide the sinews of war-money with
which to buy food, clothing and am
munitiCn, and unless these are pro-
Hided in generous abundance by the
| people at home, than the sacrifice OF
the boys over there must be in vain
Upon you personally rests large
responsibility to see to it that their
sacrifice is not in vain.
There has been committed to your
care the greatest and most powerful
war weapon in the world today that
is the means and the. opportunity OF
directing public opinion.
| The sentiment of our people controls
| the success of this war as we'll as the
future Of the Republic and everything
which makes life worth living for us
depends upon the success of your eff
forts and the efforts of others such as
yours
l am confident that each and every
one of you realize this and are awake
to the full amount of your RESPONSE
bility.
Your Government has intrusted to
your hands the raising of a large
amount of money-money absolutely
essential to the successful carrying
on of the war and we feel that the
trust has been well placed and that
every War Savings worker in Georgia
will measure fully up to the task set
for him in this great work.
AS a war measure War Savings is
positively essential and as an econ
omic principle it is of fundamental
ir1Cstance TO cur people and to the
future prosperity Of our country.
This war is financed, not paid for,
on a fifty-fifty basis Broadly speak
ing one half of the expense is to be
met by taxation and one half borrowed
through the medium of bonds and War
Savings Stamps. But as a matter of
fact it will never be paid for until the
money to pay it has been saved by
the people.
And herein lies one of the great
fundamental necessities for teaching
the people of this Nation to economic
and to save.
Every person, young and old, rich
or poor, owes it to the Nation to save
and to economic in the things which
money buys-goods and services. This
duty rests equally upon all and it can
not be escaped. To avoid it is to be
a Stacker.
The man who could and should buy
$1,000. worth of War Savings Stamps
ard only buys 800. is more Of a slack
er than the man who. could buy fifty
dollars worth and refuese to buy any
We want no 5000. slackers in Geor-
gia any more than we want $50. ones
and you and your organization should
see to it that every man pledges his
self up to the limit of his ability and
the limit set by law
Do not accept small pledges from
men who ought to make big ones. Tell
lheIh Ihat you nave no conscience
save to sell either in 500, $50, $780,
or $500 lots.
People must do their duty and do it
fully.
T. Your success in the present drive
will depend very lergely upon two
things.
1-On how completely you have
organized and
2-How thoroughly you do the work
of demanding the pledge from every
individual and upon an indiyiuaI basis.
Every one should be called upon to
pledge in accordance with his own
individual circumstances.
The meetings en- June 28th should
be dignified and business like. They
are the most important public meet
ings that have ever been held in the
community without n--caotion