Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-06-07
PRESIDENT WILSON APPEALS TO
AMERICANS TO BUY ONLY
ESSENTIAL THINGS.
WAR is ONE OF NATIONS
Al Of the 100, 900 American Peopl
Must Be Economically and In
dustrially Adjusted TO MAJ
Conditions.

WashlngtOn-Io save materials anu
labor for necessary IA purposes.
President Wilson has appealed to
Americans ito buy only those things
which are essential 10 the individual
health and efficiency and TO voIun'
teer on or before June rs, national
thrift day, to invest systematically n
war savings and thrift stamps or 9th
or government securities.
This war is one OF nations-not or
armies" said the president, and all
OF our 100, 000, 900 people must be &C.
onomically and industrially adjusted
10 war conditions If this nation Is to
play its full part In the conflict. The
problems before US Is not primarily
q financial problem, but rather a PROB
lem OF increased production OF war
essentials and the saving OF the mate
rails and the labor necessary for the
support and equipment OF our army
and navy. T%houghtless expenditure OF
money for non-essentials uses up the
labor OF men. the products OF Tn"
farms. mines and factories, and over
burdens transportation, all of which
must be used to the utmost and at
their best for war purposes.
Results Demand Unity.
"The great results which we seek
can be obtained only by the participa-
ton Of every member OF the nation.
young and old, In a national concerted
thrift movement. | therefore urge that
our people everywhere pledge them
selves as suggested by the secretary
of the treasury, to the practice OF
thrift: to serve the government to
their utmost in increasing production
in all fields necessary to the winning
OF the war; To conserve for food and
fuel and useful materials OF every
Kind; to devote their labor only TO
the most necessary tXks, and to buy
only those things which are essential
to individual health and efficiency,
and that the people, az evidence Of
their loyalty. invest all that they car
save in Liberty bonds and war sav.
ings stamps.
Door Wide Open. p
1.-THE securities issued by the treas
ury department are 30 many OF them
within the reach of everyone that the
door OF opportunity In this matter Is
wide open to all Of us. To practice
thrift in peace times is n virtue and
brings great benefit to the individual
at all times; with the desperate need
OF the civilized world today for mate.
rials and labor with which to end the
war, the practice OF individual thrift
Is a patriotic duty and a necessity.
81 appeal to all who now W either
Liberty bonds or war savings stamps
20 continue to practice economy and
thrift and TO appeal to all who do not
own government securities to do like
wise 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 government until after
the wal and to that same degree does
not buy in competition with the gov
ernment.
81 earnestly appeal to every man,
woman and child to pledge themselves
On or before the 2Sth of June to save
constantly and to buy az regularly as
possible the securities Of the govern.
ment; and to do this as far as possi-
bic through membership IN war saw.
ings societies. The 2Sth OF June ends
this special period OF enlistment In
the great volunteer army OF produc.
tion and savings here at home. May
there be none unenlisted on that day. 3