The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-14

"a shadow of Goubt that thc>e p"oFtt
were doing their part. both those a
home and at the front. He espresso
the desire that the peon!e Of The tnlte'.
States would emulate the example set
% forc;hlv before him bv the people
abroad. The War Savings Stamps
plan presents an outlet FOR our desire
to 10 something. The horrors of inva-
sion and the ruthlessnes> Of the Hun
as seen by Mr.. Lafaigue. brought
home to him the necessity of financial
support to our Government, lest SINH
lar misfortunes of war be visited upon
us. At present we are invited to par
ticipate in loan to Uncle Sam. \ loan
of unprecedented returns and lack OF
loss possibility. But il we do not wake
ND to our duty and contribute under
the present plans we may be made to
give our money. It is entirely posi-
BILE and legal for the Government to
take this action. Europe has set before
MS a scene which should stimulate de-
sire Of the American people to prevent
a similarity and an example for US to
follow in their unselfish, WIDELY devot-
ell prosecution of the war. Uncle Sam
has provided the plan for service for
MS stay at homes and the opportunity is
at hand-now.
Commissioner Frank Wood, railway
locomotive engineer for many years and
a man who knows labor, laboring men
and the way to their hearts and reason,
followed Col. Parker at the City Hall
in an address Oh the need for Thrift.
He forcibly illustrated his personal be-
lief in the virtue of the War Savings
plan as war all by reciting the steps
he had taken in his own family and
the response it had created. The
Thrift Stamp plan, said Mr.. Wood,
was designed and perfected as means
70 interest small investors and TO en-
courage them in saving III order to
take their surplus money ont of mar
let for labor where.I it is compN NC
with the United States Government
Cor the labor of men needed for war
purposes. II was rot 20 accumulate
money that the Wa Savings plan was
;naugurated Int to teach individuals
how to practice se1Ienial thereby re-
leasing the needed labor. Had money
raising been the object of the Govern
ment the stamps would have been Of
fered in unlimited quantities and
snapped up by the great money-kings
Of the east. But the limit of stamp
purchases and the desire to have every
citizen take part is proof that it is not
a matter for money raising but a
means provided to take money out of
circulation by providing for it a splen-
did investment. Commissioner Wood
said that he hoped and believed that
every laboring man would make it a
rule to save systematically and effec-
lively until the habit had become fixed
and permanent. He closed his address with
an earnest appeal to everyon to sup
port the government not only on the
carrying out of the War Savings Plan
but in every measure advanced by the
men who are carrying on their should
ers the great responsibility Of directing
q nation at war.
At the Arcade Theatre Judge w. c.
Baker of the 23rd Judicial District,
held the crowded house enthralled for
nearly an hour during which he ap-
peal for the united cooperation of
the people in his audience to the end
that the war might be brought to the
earliest possible successful end. Judge
Baker is well known in Morgan City
where he has many friends. He is .
speaker Of ability and has the faculty
of wording his message 80 that it is
borne fOrcefuily home to his hearers.
Judge Baker not only elaborated on
the Thrift Savings movement but on
many other phases of the war. He
impressed upon his hearers the need for
complete unfolding Of the program Of
the Food Commissioners. Without this
aid the war aims Of the government can
not possibly be realized. The speakers
said tina. only severe sacrifice would
assure us Of the war efficiency neces-
sary to defeat and subdue the ruthless
foe, and he further pointed out that
the reason that the Hun is 80 formid-
able in war is because he has applied
thrift to every characteristic Of his in
dividual and national existence.