Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18
ACTIVE CAMPAIGN
FOR WAR STAMPS
Delaware Thoroughly Organized
for Work in All Three
Counties.

The intensive campaign for the sale oil
War Savings Stamps, through pledge.
which will be redeemed during the mex,
ak months, has started in earnest. Della
ware is thoroughly organized, or will be
within few days, so that the elimination
of the campaign, with meetings in every
school district, on June Is, will find the
State with her full quota OF 81 coo, DOC
pledged.
Kent and Sussex counties, under the
leadership of DR.. G.. Layton Grier and
Hcrvey p Hall, promise to give good
account of themselves. Reports received
today show that canvassers are IN the
field and that effective organizations are
put together IN every locality. The same
can he said of New Castle county, under
the leadership of former Governor Charles
X. Miller. The city of Wilmington,
through its bankers and industrial leaders,
is pushing ahead in q way which IS most
gratifying to State Director Henry p.
Scott. The organization will be rounded
into perfect form this week. Governor
Miller will meet the prominent grange
leaders tomorrow afternoon. In the even
ing he will have a meeting with active
workers in Brandywine hundred, and he
proposes to organize the western part OF
the city on Friday night.
Meanwhile factory and shop leaders are
securing many pledges and have made
preparations for much more active work
toward the end of the campaign.
Special effort is being made to secure
the active support of parsons who can
pledge themselves TO purchase the maxi
mum amount, 81 900, but at the same
time persons of smaller means are being
given every opportunity to AID the
ha
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo has
set forth the thoughts back of the cam
paign in the following statement:
1T is essential that the American people
economic and save in order TO make
available to their government the money
INDISPENSABLE needed for the war and TO
release supplies and labor required for the
production Of things necessary for our
own military forces and for the military
forces of the nations associated with us,
Ono of the best methods of bringing
about this result is for everyone to pledge
himself TO economic and save and 10
purchase, at definite periods, SPECIFIC
amount Of War Savings Stamps, thus
giving concrete evidence OF his support
of the practice of War Savings.
Every side of the question rs TO he
approached between now and the end
oi the month and every agency Is beng
urged To exert-its influence TO help make
this campaign success. Mr.. Scott has
sent out a special appeal TO the ministers
ut the State to present tins cause 10 thclr
congregations next sunday tie has made
his request in the following letter:
4 am particularly directed by Washing
ton to request that in YOUR services next
Sunday, June -. YOU shall urge your
people TO pledge themselves TO save.
economic and buy War Savings Stamps
To the MAXIMUM of their ability during
the next six months
Investments in these bonds issued by
the government which bear interest
per cent compounded quarterly. Is one
OF the methods the government has
adopted TO raise money with which 10
finance the war This campaign carries
with it not only the raising OF money. but
il also carries the great moral lesson Of
thrift 1t is intended that these Stamps
shall be purchased out of savings and that
these purchases shall bring home to our
people the duty they owe to back UT nc
men in the trenches and TO keep them
supplied with everything TO make them
strong fighting units The American
people must learn to do without iuxuries.
to stop the purchase Of non-essentials so
that America productive capacity may
lie turned more fully TO supplying war
needs
The plea which You arc asked 70 make
i along these lines with the added IN
junction to your people to invest as
largely as possible The quota Of $50 for
every man. woman and child and you
Will realize that 10 teach this men and
women of means must purchase far be
vond this sum to make M for the small |
purchases of those who we all know are /
incapable OF investing largely.
The intensive campaign closes with |
series OF meetings IN every sctoolhouse /
on Friday, June IS, and the government |
feels that the men who occupy the puipIts |
in America can help this cause moro than |
any other single class The preaching of
such sermons next Sunday II Is hoped will
be regarded not only as a patriotic duty
but as q privilege.
The appeal for the people 70 save is
based principally on the fact that IN
diligence in extravaganza and the pur-
chase OF non-essentials Is in fac bidding
against the government for supplying the
material. The national director Of the
declares that u IS just a. bad |
as far AZ the results are concerned 10 |
oppose the government by bidding against
il for materials and man power which II |
needs and we do not need. As 70 oppose il
By talking against il. i Is Just as bad so !
far as the results are concerned, TO try TO
keep man power from working for the
bv hiring 1t to make things
We do not need a. 1t would be 10 try 10 /
keep II from working for the government /!
by making speeches or preaching sermons
a gainst working In the war industries
The motive may not be so bad. but the |
results are the same. Good motives and |
good intentions, however, will not win |
his war.
German people should be trained by /