The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-29
War SaUings
Societies To
Be Organized

| SdHlAeu Ill every TOWN., village anu
hamlet in the State of Florida dur
ins the month of February in ac-
cordance with extensive plans map
ped out by the State Director Of
War Savings, J. F. G. Griggs.
It is the purpose of the govern
ment to have as many societies
formed in the United States as is
possible, at least one society for
every SO inhabitants of the United
States. This will mean that there
will be War Savings Societies in the
churches, in the schools, in the
farming communities. and every
where as many as 10 or Is people
can be gathered together to become
interested in the art of thrift and
saving.
'!'he governments idea for the for.
nation of thrift and saving societies
is rot primarily for The purpose of
raising money. AS Mr.. Frank A.
"anderlip expressed it, the govern
ment has unlimited credit, ana it
can secure money as fast as it needs
it. but the government Ices need
service, shop room and material, and
it Goes need citizens who are thrifty
and saving, for they are the govern
ment, and the more thrift and saw
ings is exercised, the stronger tinan-
cially is the government. The fun
hamental principle of saving has
rever been established in the Urted
States. This country saves less per
capita than any country on the ia G
of the earth. Germany, the country
with which we are at war, leads all
nations in savings accounts, the
average savings per capita being
SSS.OS. The next country in point Of
saving is Germany's principal ally
Austria, where the saving per cap
ita is $46.29. Belgium, now subju-
gated to German rule is third, with
a saving per capita of $3.50, and
next in order comes France-$27.56
:. United Kingdom-$25.14 ITALY
!. $24.5S, Hungary-$22.47, Russia
$1,000. United States 1922. These
countries which are leading The
United States in thrift have demon
strated that this habit and practice
OF their people stands any nation ii
good stead in troublesome times sue!
:, as now pervade the entire eastern
continent. The plan for the organi
! cation of War Savings Societies ha
been mapped out by experts II
Washington during the best method
;, employed in all of the European
- countries; special manuals have BEEF
:, prepared for the formation of socie
- ties generally, and one especially in
tended for use in the schools, as 1t i
- proposed to make savings and thrift
- irregular feature of the curriculum il
all schools
- 1t is especially important that thi
al phase of school work be taken up i
- the South, for of all these groups q
States the Southern States are mex
Il. to last in the point of savings-th
hv New England States, of course, lead
ta ing, with per capita savin
~ S2A2,SO.
10 During the month of January. tn
activities of the War Savings Con
or mittees in the various counties {
of the State and of the nation hay
of been engaged in the establishmer
ev OF sales agencies where stamps ca
al be secured. There are not as man
ke agencies in this county as the go,
eminent desires, for it is anxious
have thrift stamps at every plat
,al where sale and exchange is engage
In, and every business concern
Individual is especially invoked
get small supply of stamps, So tn;
nd those who desire to purchase the
les will suffer no inconvenience in ma
ad ing such purchase.
ass It is not proposed to discontin,
efforts to establish agencies. but Il
80 committee having charge of Il
work in this county is anxious
receive applications at any time
~ as to encourage the establishment
sales stations, which can sell STAN
:" just as they would sell posta
=. stamps.
1t is proposed to organize in til