Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-06
THRIFT STAMPS PROVING FACTOR
 IN TRE MARKET

The campaign Co sell thrift stamps in Bisbee will be on in earnest in a few days. when committees appointed by J. C. Ryan are 10 make an effort 10 sell some Of these to every busi- ness man in the city. as we'll as tO all others who are willing to do their bit in this drive To secure money needed by the government for the prosecution or the war.
 School children and the Boy Scouts Win play an important part m the bis drive. and il is hoped to realize a large sum. Every child who can do SO will buy one or more thrift stamps and start saving toward purchasing a war savings stamp.
 Children S>art Saving
 Already the boys and girls are starting to deny themselves candy. movie shows and other pleasures. while other patriotic sons and dausn- CTS of Bisbee are even selling their playthings. such as skates. baseball gloves and other toys to those who can afford them. in order that they can secure mOney with which to get started with 9 thrift savings stamp or several
 From the east comes word that the sale oi war savings certificates and thrift stamps is rapidly becoming a factor in the investment market. In the first week of their sale there were only S20.OO0 placed in Chicago. Week before last. the latest for which there are official figures. the Chicago sale amounted to S133,O00. Last week is estimated to have seen Se50. 600 sold. It is believed that sales next week will total S1.O00.O0O. and the weekly average for the balance Of the year is expected to be larger.
 sso.ooO.OOo Worth Sold
 It is probable that total sales for the country since December 1 amount 70 about $S0.G0OO00. This has been the subject Of widespread criticism. 1t is assumed that this progress means failure for the savings stamp pgso- gram. The fact is that the country will soon be taking the stamps at the rate of $4O.00O.000 a week. Even now sales exceed these of the British with their two years experience and O. ganzatiOn.
 Last year the British sold S5OO.- O0O.O0o stamps More than that amount will be sold in this country in the next six months. Stamps were placed on sale before there was any machinery for handling the campaign The organization is about complete in the metropolitan centerS: in rural dis tricts it is only fairly begun.
 The ramifcatiOns Os the Organiza- ton are best illustrated by the fact that there are now 10000 accredited agents in Chicago beginning the sale of stamps and certificates. and the number will soon be SO.00O. These are agents whO buy in large quantities. paying cash or giving collateral SC curity- and are in addition to the thousands who buy a few stamps from the pOstOfice and distribute them.
 Organizations Perfected
 The state has its committee. with a director, secretary, publicity man ager and other officers. Each city. county, ward and township in the state has a similar organization. Every mail carrier is an active agent. com peting for prizes and sales records. School children. Boy Scouts. members of churches. fraternities. labor unions. and other societies will make up an army of agents. What this sort of work can do is illustrated by the fact that one school sold $500 worth O. stamps last week
 Thrift societies will be formed throughout the country. each member pledging 10 buy a given amount of stamps weekly. England has S0.O0O such societies. Employers will ask pledges of their workers and subtract a given amount from pay envelopes weekly. The present prospect is that a campaign which started Of so bad ly as to discourage the country will soon bring the majority of the people into fiscal partnership with the gov ernment.
 Not all of this new money. proba- bly, not half of it. would have been saved otherwise. But a large per centage of the sum would have been saved. in any event To that extent the diversion of savings must have