The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-02-08
SEVEN MILLIONS STATES
QUOTA on w. =. STAMPS

'of every school building In New
Mexico as headquarters for a United
States War Savings club. with the
school children az club members,
was the plan presented 10 the as
scmhled county school superintend-
cnls Of the state here last week, by
Hallet Reynolds Of Las Vegas, New
Mexico director Of the 1918 War
Savings campaign In which New
Mexico people are expected 10 lend
Ia the government for use In the
war total of s1OO0.O00, or more
Than twice a. much as the states
quota In the first and second liberty
loans. Mr.. Reynolds plan was re-
colyed with enthusiasm by the
school men aud will he carried out
under their direction aud with their
enthusiastic assistance. They look
not only 10 results In placing war
saNinls and thrift stamps, but to the
'rXcrcis' of tremendous influence
on the children for forming habits
of thrift.
Raising s7,cOOOOO in New Mexico
In a single year by the sale Of war
savings aud thrift stamps looks at
first glance like an impossible prop
ositiUn,' said MIR. Reynolds In dis
.cusslng the huge job be- has under
taken. III means that we must have
.S2n per capita for every man. wo-
mau and child IN 'thc state. but
when the Iropusilion.i analysed II
appears Ia be- not only possible for
.us to get the money. hut reason
able certainty that We will get II.
with the loyal backing of a patriotic
citizenship What We want 10 drive
home to our people is just this: The
purchase Of war savings or thrift
stamp is not a donation. II 10 not a
gift In any sense. II is a loan to the
government, Just as the purchase
of a liberty bond is a loan, and the
savings stamp produces better in
tcresl 10 lis holder When you buy
war savings or thrift stamp you
put a two-edged sword in the hands
of your government: you give Uncle
sam d0ublc-harrclled gun. You
provide him with money on whrh
to Aght and you Mt inst that much
. from his shoulders in reducing The
. labor required for manufacture and
distribution Of non-esscntial things.
You give the government money and
you save the government time and
labor which II needs for essential
. things.
From the personal standpoint.
the war savings stamp is entitled To
, be- looked upon as one Of the great
est things our nation has ever done
/, for It's citizens. Men. women and
children who use the money usually
put into non-essenlials for the buy
, ing Of these savings stamps are TAX
ing steps along business lines which
, will bring them out at the end of
, the war better fixed financially than
, when We entered the war. They
/ will have money to work on. aud
, They will have established each in
himself the habit Of thrift and %
, the proper care and investment oi
, money. ! have yet ta meet banker
, who does not regard the war saw
inrs stamp as sound, meritorious
- In, "stmcnt aud an institution bound
, Ia work for the financial sOlidity Of
|, the individual and the community
IN which he lives. That is tho rca-
, son bankers here and throughout
D the nation are today lending their
\ hest efforts tO this great campaign.
Just assume that we In New Mexico
[ save this S1OO0OOO in 1918 aud put
- II into war sayings stamps at better
- than I percent interest. Five years
( from now when We all hope aud
( believe this war will be- over and
I reconstruction starts, this state will
/, have IN ils hands, ready for use,
s7O000O0 in hard cash which It's
r. people can put into farms, live
s stock, banks, investments Of all
, kinds, and which you and me and
the rest Of us would not have had
without this institution,
il Just remember that we do mol
If have To put this s7OOOOOO mp in cash
,c at one time We can begin now anC
a save as we can all through thi,
,l year, If We will just make the star
a right now We will finish this year
o. with that s1,Oo0,OOO where II be-
.r longs, In active use In lighting thii
,- war to victory, and thousands of n
IN will have laid the foundation fol
our own future financial safety an'
. prosperity, II every man. woman
20 and child In New Mexico who ha
VT .t\yCutV-tlyp cents in cash would q,