The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-15

couraRemeht, 10 ccOnOmiZe and save
money by putting within their reach
the opportunity Of lending their sav,
ings, in such small amounts even as 25
cents, to their own government.
We have therefore organized a war
savings campaign upon wide scale
and shall bring to the attention of
every man, woman, and child in the
country the privilege now offered to
them of serving Themselves and serving
their country by depositing their sav.
ings with the government of the
United States upon the sa fest security
in the world. The government will
accept these savings and issue its di-
rect obligations for them in the form
of war-savings stamps and thrift
stamps.
Direct Incentive to Save
These stamps are not issued by the
government as an investment for the
rich. They are intended for people of
small means primarily. They are in
tended to bring within the reach of
everyone in the United States the op-
pOrtunity of investing in the obliga.
tions of the United States government
upon terms unusually advantageous
to the investor and to encourage every.
one to save his money and lend II to
st1e g0vernfneut 81 !. st,fiF
~ The plan offers the most direct in
'centive to ,economize and save ever Of.
fered to the people Of the country.
When the government makes ii posi-.
bile for everyone to know that by saw
ing twenty five cents, which otherwise
ham Aal hn
that twenty five cents in government
obligation, it is a definite objective to
which each ones economy may be di
rected. In other words, it is possible
to transmute ones economies into a
specific obligation of the government,
and each one who saves is able to
know that his economy is producing
a concrete result advantageous to him
self, of benefit to his government, and
direct contribution to the winning
Of the war.
! look upon the war savings cam
paign which the department has now
inaugurated as promising the most
wholesome benefits to the American
people, and producing fundamental
conditions that will be of immense
help in financing, as well as in sue
ceSsfully prosecuting, the war.
Big Savings for Liberty Bonds
Interlocked with the question Of
small savings" which can be invest
ed III war-savings stamps at interest
is the question of "large savings'
which can be invested in Liberty
bonds at interest. The men and WON
en- Of large and moderate means owe
greater duty, because they have a
larger margin of income, to cut off
self lndulgences, to deny themselves
useless and needless luxuries, TO make
sacrifices of comforts, pleasures, and
rOnveniences that will effect genuine
economies and set an example to the
Nation. Every dollar saved repre-
sCntS actual supplies saved and made
available for heroic soldiers and suf
ferng civilians in Europe and America
1t is easy to visualize the course of
a dollar saved from waste and in
goes to the government as loan for
tn" war; second, it is expended by the
government for food, clothing, and
ammunition which 60 directly to gal
liant soldier or sailor, whose fighting
strength is kept up by the food, whose
body is kept warm by the clothing
and whose enemy is hit by the ammuni
tion. 1t has not been expended in the
purchase of needless food and clothing
for the man at home, and is, therefore,
released for the use of the soldier; it
is saved wealth to the man at home
and can be loaned to his government at
interest, with resulting benefit to him
self and to his government.
America Resources Abundant
We must realize that the govern.
mrnt' : credit is vital to the success
Of the war; that it underlies every ac.
hNity. II is sacred duty of every
citizen. and it should be regarded ~ "A
glorious privilege by every patriot to
uphold the government 5 credit with
the same Mind of self sacrifice and no
hiIitN Of soul that our gallant sons rx.
hrhn when they die for US on the hnt-
tlrtrIds Of Europe. 1t is as imperative
to 1uNtnIn the government = credit as
il is to sustain our armies because our
urmu'a can not be sustained unless the
government : credit is always above
Irprourh.
The courage and resources Of the
Nation me so abundant that America 5
success in the war is beyond. question