The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-06-21

in his or her patriotism, will sign
tne nledge to save and to invest as
much of the savings as possible IL
Thrift Stamps.
Mere money means little. That IS
if I hoard it or fail to lend it to my
government to help maintain our
bows in khaki. But it means much
in defeating the kaiser. 1t must be
by my willingness to do without that
the victory will be won.
Yet my doing without not only vii!
help the government, but 1t is gong
to teach thrift to me and to America
We have needed this leson desperate
ly. We have not stood up very wei
under that hardest test OF aN-pros-
perity. We have become careless;
we have become a spend-thrift people.
Our nation does not compare, &C
cording to population, with those or
much poorer countries Sweden mas
five times as much saving per capita
as we have IL this country. SO has
Sw:tzarland. But it is thought that
we shall see thirty million holders
OF these certificates. Can you real
jze what it will mean fer US. 1t will
mean that there will be thirty million
better voters; better citizens. II We
really teach the great lesson OF
thrift by these little stamps, If we
build character and make women ana
men that we shall be proud of-thea
think we shall have gone a lonS
way towards recompensing ourselves
for the whole money cost of the war
If we do not accept the lesson-lf We
do not accept the personal responsi-
bilities-we are going to lose the war.
It is not won. 1t is gong to be g
good many months before it is won
by military decision. We must pre-
pare for it. We must help equip the
army and navy. We must help our
allies, who have borne the blunt OF
the German cruelty for four years,
and to do this we must save. l say
we. because the lesson of thrift mus.
be taught to ALL If we fail to learn
this lesson, we fail to win the war.
i should buy Thrift Stamps because
no matter how poor am am able
to buy at least five dollar one.
might say 20, can help some other
way" But l must not say this, al
though 1 know there are other ways
I can help if ] am able to give fifty
dollars or more. The poorest laborers
of my country can give at least 70
cents a week for thrift stamps
where we could not meet the pay
ments of Liberty bonds. And even
if we could buy Liberty bonds there
is the fifteen or twenty years which
we must wait before the government
pays us back Whereas, if l should
invest this in Thrift Stamps I would
only he compelled to wait five years
or until 1928 BY buying Thrift
Stamps I can help my government,
whether am the richest or the poor
est citizen of the United States.
Then 1 should buy Thrift Stamps
because am only lending it to my
government, which portects me in
every way. I owe it as a free gift
Yet the government is only asking
me to lend it, and not only do they
nay my money back but they also pay
me interest just as banks would do
1t is the least l can do to stand be-
hind the boys in the trenches. There
is not the slightest reason why
should not buy. We send our broth
ers TO the front. Do we not want
them equipped? Do we not want as
many as possible to return? Do we
not want to give them ali the pro-
lection that complete equipment can
give? Well, then we must not tamp-
er with the equipment Of the army,
but must buy Thrift Stamps and help,
We could not say that we are not
awake because we are awake. we
know there is war, but the thing
is so big we do not comprehend It.
Just as we do not know or understand
a billion dollars, we are asleep, SO
far as we understand how gigantic
the task is.
I want to appeal to you and to all
Americans. Never. during the pro-
gress of this war let us forget the
high and holy mission with which we
antared the war no matter WhaL LnS