St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-08
PRESIDENT URGES BUYING OF STAMPS

AS stated in The Clarion a week ago, the campaign for the fur
Their sales of thrift and war savings stamps is now on IN earnest.
IL began last Saturday and will contnue-and, let as nope, success.
fuly-for some time to come.
The matter Of saving, as we stated last week, is a lesson the
American people have to learn. Wastefulness $ a camoufiagc o.
the past anG must be forgotten IN the halo of the future, whatever
that future NAV have in store for us. The wage Garner can and
will be the first to learn this lesson of the war. 1t is a lesson ms
brothers in European countries learned long ago, and we have but
to recall the huge indemnity imposed on the French by the Germans
in 1870 and the quickness in which it was paid TO prng nome 10 us
the absolute necessity of learning thrift. Not that we have any
fear Of a German victory now and a possible indemnity the Huns
would impose on us, but the fact that our w1ful want all these years
has cried out to high heaven and today, as never before, the ghost
Of waste threatens to walk abroad in the land II people do not
change their ways and the manner of their. living.
President Wilson, ever alive to the best interests of people and
nation. realizing in his mind of minds the necessity Of conservation
Of resources against any future contingency, is backing the war saw
ings stamps campaign and to that end has issued the following ad-
dress to the people Of the United States:
tsThe White House, Washington, D. G., May %, 1918
To the People of the United States:
This war is one of nations-not of armles-and all OF our
one hundred million people must economically and lndustrl-
ally adjusted to war conditions if this nation is to play its full
part il the conflict. The problem before us is not primarily a
financial problem, but rather a problem of increased produc-
ton Of war essentials and the saving of the materials and the
labor necessary for the support and equipment Of our army and
navy. Thoughtless expenditure of money for non-essentlals
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,
The great results which we seek can be obtained by the par
ticipation Of every member of the nation, young and old, in a
national concerted thrift movement. therefore, urge that
our people everywhere pledge themselves, as suggested by the
Secretary, to the practice of thrift to serve the Government 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 essen
tal to individual health and efficiency and that the people as
evidence of their loyalty invest all that they can save in Lib
ery Bonds and WarSavngs Stamps. The securities issued by
the Treasury Department are 50 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
oil the civilized world today for materials and labor with which
to end the war, the practice of individual thrift is a patriotic
duty and a necessity.
I appeal to all who now own either Liberty Bonds or War
Savings Stamps to continue to practice economy and thrift and
to all who do not own Government securities 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 Government until after this war,
Government.
EARNESTLY APPEAL TO EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND
CHILD TO PLEDGE THEMSELVES ON OR BEFORE THE
TWENTY EIGHTH OF JUNE TO SAVE CONSTANTLY AND
TO BUY AS REGULARLY AS POSSIBLE THE SECURITIES
OF THE GOVERNMENT, AND TO Do THIS AS FAR AS
POSSIBLE THROUGH MEMBERSHIP IN WAR SAVINGS
SOCIETIES. THE TWENTY EIGHTH OF JUNE ENDS
THIS SPECIAL PERIOD OF ENLISTMENT IN THE GREAT
VOLUNTEER ARMY OF PRODUCTION AND SAVING
HERE AT HOME. MAY THERE BE NONE UNENLIsTED
ON HAT DAY.
WOODROW WILSON.
buy W.. S. S.