Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-03-16
THE REAL Sig.
NIflCANCE OF THE
THRIFT CAMPAIGN
BY James A. Davis.
Chairman Of the Public Speaking
Bureau Of the Cook County War
Savings Committee.

Thrift as q national characteristic,
a confirmed trait of its people, is one
of the vital elements of nations
wealth and strength. 1t is one of its
greatest effectives in maintenance of
war and its prosperous growth in time
of peace.
Thrift is rule of self control
against waste in any form. II Is
principle the practice of which soon
becomes a habit, an assured avenue
to prosperity and competency.
1t is stimulation to diligence and
industry, discourager or corrective
of Incidence.
Thrift is thoughtful management.
II is the care we exercise in supply.
ing our wants. II influences the
judgment we use in buying, in the
conservation of our earnings. II die.
tates that we buy no more Of anything
than we can profitably use, that we
refrain from buying anything we have
no use for. Thrift It is that causes
us to discriminate between and weigh
values. Il makes dollar function
, to its fullest usefulness. II is rea.
| sons curb on extravaganza.
II we are about to buy any article
| and have a choice between one for a
dollar and another for dollar and a
half, the $3.50 one differing in no es.
sential way from the one for a dollar
and no more serviceable, 1t is thrift
which leads us to purchase the one
for dollar, thereby saving fifty
cents.
This is the saving the thrift stamps
are created for, whether It be twenty
five cents, fifty cents, five dollars, one
hundred or a thousand dollars.
This act might be defined al
economy. II II were not that the def
mite object in view was that saving.
be increased by the fifty cents
Economy is only a feature OF, a stel
in the process Of thrift. The motiv,
in thrift is saving. the avoidance o
waste Of money. the desire for profit
One can't practice thrift without be
ing economical but one can be eco
nomical without being thrifty. In
crease In accumulation is the sole OF
ject Of thrift. More to spend is oftel
the objective Of economy.
II is thrift that converts opportur
ity to earn into earnings, the muse
, into usefulness. idle time into prof
able occupation.
II is thrift which makes the 60,
bage can unnecessary in France.
is thrift that led to the great By.Pro,
! uct Industries Of France, Belgium an
Germany for the conversion of vast
| into commercial products.
Every man, woman and child in on
country must consider themselves
human by-product plant convertin
| their needless. thoughtless over e.
/ penditures and waste into thri
stamps.
II We must not confuse thrift wit
miserliness and niggardliness. It
not demanded of us that we ceas
buying everything except the food
nourish us. Such policy wouI
stifle our industries and prostra
trade. Industrial activity Great,
payrolls, It creates profits to be take
for government revenue. II thel
were no proceeds from manufacture
. and trade who would there be to bu
thrift stamps?
What thrift demands and our go
eminent expects of us is that We r
frain from indiscriminate spendin
spending because we have the none
/ in our pockets to spend.
We must not interfere with u
stability and the progress of our 1
dustries.
/ II is not demanded that we depri,
ourselves OF rational amusements b.
that we control our indulgence
them.
III In substance thrift is carefulnes
management, prudence, frugality al
/ calculation to the end that q saviI
Of money be created.
That Is the thrift expected Of U
/ the results of which your PATRIOTS
/ will suggest be invested in Thri
| Stamps and War Savings Certificate
III That We may take advantage
| and profit by this great lesson
| thrift in the simple way provided, wi
! profitable returns; that we may lei
= our savings so created to our cover
ment, giving us the glorious satisfa
ton that we are helping in this CT
ical period OF our Country's histo
to win its righteous war; that we a
saving that our brave boys at Il
/ front and In training and on the SCI
may have the best of food and plen
of 1t, the warmest clothing, the lin
of comfort, and best of medical /,
tendance, the most reliable of arr
and ammunition, the. sharpest
| bayonets; that they may know tn
we are back of them heart and so
and purse to the last penny and q
last heart beat Isn't all this Al
"The Great Cause" worth saving
-25 cents at time?
Our enemies have called us a I
| ton of MASTERS. Let us give the
| the lie and prove that we are not on
/ the richest nation in the world
the thriftiest; extravagant only in
fording means for defeating the
Men win battles, but money wi
= wars"
| Judge John r. Cavsny 10 dsi