The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-06-27
SMALL COUNTRY GO DRY !?
Matter Of Wartime Prohibition Also
Submitted to a Vote of the Entire
Body and Questionnaires Will
Be Sent at Once.

Shall the KenosIa Chamber of Com
merce get behind the jitney ordinance
and help push it to its passage9
Shall the Kenosha Chamber of Com
merce go On record as favoring war
time prohibitions
These two questions, the former
made necessary by the street car mud
die, and the latter put up to the Cham
Der by patriotic people who wish to
see the great waste Of food-stuffs and
the destruction of the man power of
the country stopped, will have to be
answered Individually by each member
of that body within the next few days.
At the meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce on Tuesday night, after the
discussion Of both these questions, it
was decided to- refer both to the whole
membership of the body and the secre-
tary was instructed to mail cards to
every member and ask him to cast his
vote Immediately by returning the
card with his answer written on it.
The meeting was opened at the usual
time by the members in a body sing
ing "The Star spangled Banner. -
The singing was led by Secretary
Richard Francis, accompanied on the
piano by Miss Helen Stemm. Dinner
was then served and while the members
were dining several piano selections
were played by Miss Stemm accom-
panied by Secretary Francis on the,
cello When the dinner had been dis
posed of DR.. G. F. Adams arose in his
place and called the attention of those
present to the fact that Kenosha had
been put on the map of Europe by
Lieutenant Gilbert Lance, and asked
to join in drinking health to the
lieutenant with prayer for his future
success, which was gladly done.
The Chamber then got down to bust
ness and took up for consideration the
War Savings Stamps campaign. G. 9.
Brown, chairman of the Kenosha
county campaign committee, was pres
ert and made a short but interest
ing talk in regard TO the War Saw
ings Stamps campaign. Among other
things Mr.. Brown said:
"The War Savings Stamp campaign
is one of the greatest, moves of the
nation today. The Third Liberty Loan
had 100000 bond buyers, but the
secretary of tie treasury wants
100000 War Savings Stamp buyers.
This is different from the former
Liberty Loans inasmuch as it fosters
saving. 1t is a pledge to be made June
28th standing over the rest of the year
that the buyer will save certain
amount each month. Wisconsin s quo
ia is $51, 000, 600 and Kenosha county s
quota is $822,380. The president Of
the United States is back of it.
The country needs this money now as
it never needed it before.
s'The sale of War Savings Stamps is
paying tn expenses of running the
government. Or to turn it around an
other way, it is building the ships of
the country, and it amounts to several
millions every day. I believe the War
Savings Stamps will eventually pay
the standing debt of the country.
Heretofore the sale of stamps has been
confined to children, but now the gov
ernneLt is urging the entire body of
the people to buy a certain number of
stamps every month until the end of
the year. The president wants every
man, woman and child to invest In War
Savings Stamps.
sProvisions have been made for
the registration of stamp purchasers
in every ward and school district in
the county and I believe that register
which will be signed next Friday will
one day be brought forth as an
honor roll and every man. woman and
child will be proud to have his or her
name on that list.
81 hear from the county that regis
tration is going on rapidly in every
school district in it and there are some
sixty-eight. It is a great savings
plan and / believe it will be contin-
ued after the war;
Secretary Richard Francis then ex-
planned the plan of the stamp sale. He
told the Chamber how under the old
system of selling Liberty Bonds a man
could purchase as great an amount of
bonds as he pleased but could not pur-
chase more than $1,000 worth Of War
Savings stamps. He also explained