The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-18
War Savings Plan 10 Given Fullest
Appreciation by Bishops OF
FOUR Iowa
p~ioeeSes.
LETTER SENT OUT
Duty Should Call the Wealth Of the
People to Aid in These
TImes, 1t !s
Stated.

Catholic clergymen in four diocese
in Iowa are indorsing the a saw
ings stamps. An open letter has beer
sent out to the people OF Iowa D!
the clergy Of the state headed oS
Archbishop Keane. In which the cam
paign is given the fullest acknoW
Judgement. The letter which was
sent out last week from Dubuque AM
which is signed by the prominen'
Catholic clergymen Of Iowa, among
whom is Bishop Davis of this QUO
cese, is given herewith:
To the Rev. Clergy of the Arch
diocese of Dubuque; the do
ceses of Davenport, Sioux CITY,
and Des Moines:
At the request of MI. Homer
A. Miller, chairman of the war
savings and thrift stamps COM
mittee for Iowa, we are writing
you to enlist your interest IN
the campaign which is now being
conducted for the disposal OF $4o,-
600, 900 worth of these stamps IN
this state alone. AS the govern
ment limits the purchase OF these
stamps by any one person to
$1,000, and is inclined to discour-
age the acquisition Of SO large
a sum by individuals, 1t is clear
that If the present allotment is
to be sold in Iowa, it will only
be through a very complete and
minute v Of all Jul c1t1-
zens.
Every agency that comes IN
close contact with the people has
been invited, and in the first
place the churches, to lend their
aid to the popularization of this
new wal loan. This has been In
geniously contrived to get the
new money" which does not ordI-
narily find it's way into invest
ment channels, but which Is
wasted on the %luxuries, the ex-
travagances, and the bad book
keeping Of the man Of modest In
come. A stamp whose accrued
interest for FIVE years. at 4 per
CEN is only five dollars, will en-
able any wage Garner to help win
the war for the country, and save
money for himself without hard
ship, or too much self-denial. So
small a sum as twenty-five cents
obtained by the thrift and the
economies of a child, will pur-
chase a stamp that will soon null
tiply into an interest bearing
security.
If any word or influence of
ours, with your cooperation. can
stimulate the interest Of our
people or rou the whole
hearted patriotism Of the thirty
thousand children in our paro-
chial schools in the cause OF
financing this war successfully,
and thus ending it soon, we feel
it our duty to utter that word,
and to exert that influence IN the
interest of this campaign.
So many new and unexpected
things have happened within the
last twelve months, that many OF
us are a bit confused and tempted
to think in the old way that the
country Is SO big and rich, 1T
does not need our support, and
car get along without US.
It must be u endeavor to
dispel that fallacy wherever we
meet it, and to preach the pat
riotism Of service, generous, un-
firing and complete. In the u
try which has the power to con-
script the hearts of it's citizens,
the drill master Dutp has an
easy task once the ~conscripts don
the livery of service. Let 1t be
our privilege to speed that mo-
ment of patriotic ~exaltation.
(Signed)
JAMES J. KEANE,
Archbishop, DUBUQUE.