McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-07
buy ESSENTIALS
ONLY WILSON
PRESIDENT APPEALS TO AMERl.
CANS TO SAVE MATERiLs
FOR WAR PURPOSES.
WAR is ONE OF NATIONS
All Of the 100000 American People
Must Be Economically and In
dustrlalIy Adjusted to War
Conditions.

Washington-To save materials and
labor for necessary war purposes.
President Wilson has appealed to
Americans "to buy only those things
which are essential to the individual
health and efficiency" and to volun-
teer on or before June 2S, national
thrift day, to invest systematically IN
war savings and thrift stamps or 9th
or government securities.
"This war is one of nations-not Of
armies" said the president, 'and all
Of our 100,0O0,000 people must be &C.
onomically and industrially adjusted
to war conditions If this nation is to
play its full part in the conflict. The
problems before us is not primarily
financial problem, but rather 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. Thoughtless expenditure Of
money for non-essentials uses up the
labor of men, the products of the
farms, mines and factories, and over
burdens transportation, all of which
must be used to the utmost and st
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 national concerted
thrift movement. l 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 tasks, and to buy
only those things which are essential
to individual health and efficiency,
and that the people, as evidence Of
their loyalty, invest all that they can
save in Liberty bonds and war saw
ings stamps.
"The securities issued by the treas
ury department are so 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 virtue and
brings great benefit to the individual
at all times; with the desperate need
OF the civilized world today for mate
rails and labor with which to end the
war, the practice Of individual thrift
Is a patriotic duty and necessity.
81 appeal to all who now own eithsr
Liberty bonds or war savings stamps
to 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.
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 as regularly as
possible the securities Of the govern
ment; and to do this as far as posi-
BILE through membership in war saw
ings societies. The 2Sth of June ends
this special period Of enlistment"