Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-30
WILSON URGES
NATION TO SAVE
ALL FOR WAR
President Sets Aside June %
as Thrift Day." Asks
Pledge For Country

Washington, May 30.-To save ma
purposes President Wilson appeals
to Americans ito buy only those
tNngs which are essential to the in
dividual health and efficiency" and to
volunteer on or before June 2S. Ma
tional Thrift Day. to invest systemat-
ically in war savings and thrift
stamps or other government securi-
ties.
This war is one of nations-not
of armies" said the President, "and
all of .our 100000, 900 people must
be economically and industrially ad-
1usted to war conditions if this ma
ton is to play Its full part in the con-
Hlct. The problem before us is not
primarily a financial problem. but
rather problem OF increased pro-
duction of war essentials and the
labor necessary for the support and
equipment of our Army and Navy.
Thoughtless expenditure of money
for nonessentials uses up the labor
of men, the products OF the farm.
mines and factories and overburdens
transportation. all of which must be
used to the utmost and at their best
for war purposes.
All Must Participate
The great results which we seek
can be obtained only by the partici-
patton of every member of the ma
tion, young and old, in a national
concerted thrift movement. / there
fore urge that our people everywhere
pledge themselves, as suggested by
the Secretary of the Treasury. to the
.f k,,,sr f1,A
ernment to their utmost in increasing
production in all fields necessary to
the winning of the war: to conserve
food and fuel and useful materials of
every kind; to devote their labor only
to the most necessary tasks, and to
buy only those things which are es-
sential to individual health and ef-
ficiency, and that the people, as evil
dence of their loyalty. invest all that
they can save in Liberty Bonds and
war savings stamps.
The securities are issued by the
Treasury Department and so many of
them within the reach of every one
that the door of opportunity in this
matter is wide open to all of US. To
practice thrift in peace times Is a
virtue and brings great benefit to
the individual at all times; with the
desperate need of the civilized world
lO-udN lOT lldleTldlS ana LABOR WITH
which to end the war, the practice of
individual thrift is a patriotic duty
and necessity.
Invests For Nations
Il appeal to all who now own
either Liberty Bonds or war savings
stamps to continue to practice eco
nomy and thrift and to appeal to all
who do not own government securi-
ties to do likewise and purchase them
to the extent of their means. The
man who buys government securities
transfers the purchasing power of
his money to the United States gov
ernment until after this war, and 10
that same degree does not buy in
competition with the government.
Il earnestly appeal to every, man.
woman and child to pledge them
selves on or before the 2Sth of June
TO save constantly and to buy as
regularly as possible the securities
OF the government, and to do this as
Gar as possible through membership
- war savings societies. The 2Sth of
June ends this special period of en-
listment in the great volunteer
army of production and saving here
at home. May there be none unenlist-
ed on that day"
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