The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-06-21
PROCLAMATION ISSUED
BY GOVERNOR STEWART

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States Chief Executive Tells of
Importance to People of
Thrift Day.
Governor S. V. Stewart has issued
a well written and patriotic docu-
ment in the form of a proclamation
urging the people of Montana to heed
the great Importance of the state of
Montana going over the top in the
War Savings and Thrift stamps CAM
paign.
The following is the proclamation:
To the American people, who are
daily becoming more and more i'm
bued with the determination to leave
nothing undone that will contribute to
a final and conclusive victory for
America and her allies in the battle
against a~utocracy and it's demonstrat-
ed attendant evils and dangers, the
call for the observance Of the twenty
eighth day Of June as national war
savings day comes with peculiar in
~sistence. We are rapidly becoming, if
indeed we have not already become, a
solidifed nation with respects to the
war and the necessity for the success
Of our arms.
IT'S not all of war to fight. Each
time we send a host to the front to
fight for a government the very life
of which is at stake, we at home must
be prepared to make some further
sacrifice in order that those men may
be maintained on the fighting line at
the highest possible point of efficiency.
When we reflect upon the sacrifices
to which the peoples Of Europe have
schooled themselves in the four blood
red years just passed, we have forced
upon us the conviction that we of
America as vet have little realization
of what sacrifice really means.
Thrift Day is the thought of econo-
in order that the sinews Of way may
quately. If by denying ourselves some
garded as necessities in our daily life
we may conserve our financial re-
sources to the point where we may de-
vote still more Of our funds to the
maintenance of the governments war
activities, surely we owe it to our
fighting men, to our country, and
above all to ourselves and our loyalty
and our self-respect to make such
self-denial effective. 1t must never
be said that a loyal American refused
or neglected to make any sacrifice that
would result in increased efficiency for
our forces in the field.
At this hour of crisis in our nations
affairs, to waste anything that may
add an ounce of force to our blows for
liberty and democracy is nothing short
of a crime. AS a people we should be
proud to conserve on every hand,
There are no doubt many instances
wher eby retaining from INDUCING
ourselves in the possession of some
slightly-needed requirement we refrain
from entering into competition with
our government and thereby make il
possible for factory and workshop tt
mre speedily fill orders that demand
immediate attention in pushing the
war work.
Our government has provided form.
of securities that are within the pur
chasing power of every citizen-eithel
Liberty bonds, War Savings certifl
Gates, or the humber but none tn,
less effective Thrift stamps. Perhap!
because of the small denomination:
of the latter, an impression seems t,
obtain that these securities r in
tended peculiarly for purchase b!
school children, by little ones who ma!
transfer their pennies from thei,
!. coin banks to the stamps. This is al
error that should not persist. Tn
government has asked for q maximum
sale of these stamps, and adults shoul,
not hesitate to add their purchases t.
those of the great band of loyal schoo
children of the United States, in tn
hope that the maximum may be large
ly over-purchased.
Therefore, l, S. v. Stewart, as gov
ernor of the state of Montana, do mos
urgently call upon the people of tn
state to meet at the places designated
by their county directors for Wa
Savings stamps on the 28th day o
June then and there to pledge them
selves to the purchase of War Saving
stamps to the greatest amount the
can afford, denying themselves o
every non-essential and devoting ever,
possible resource to the purchase o
our governments securities, and thu
making more sure the eucceSS4UA tei
mination of the conflict. The habit
of thrift formed at this time will b
of incalculable benefit to US individ
ually and as a nation when we ar
come to the reimbursement that mus
follow the cessation Of hostilities.
Thrift and self-denial are hand
maidens in the house Of victory. Gu
actual necessities at home are in
fnitesimal as compared with those Q
our soldier boys. Let Is never b
said Of any red-blooded Montanan tina
he was needless Of the call OF HI
country in this regard. ! devoutl,
hope. that every citizen Of this state
Of whatever race or age, may on tn
18th day of June be enlisted y tn
great army that stands back OF o9
heroes in the service. and BY the!
elf-denial and their investment y
securities proclaim to our soldiers an
to all the world that we are oackin!
them to the last penny OF our re
sources and the ultimate ounce OF Q"
energies.