The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-06-28
Order War Stamps Today

The National War Savings Committee, which is
carrying on, through its State and local committees, a
fore June % to pledge themselves to save to the utmost
of their ability and to buy War Savings Stamps with
their savings, has given out the following statement:
"Th0se of us who remain at home while others do
the fighting have an everincreasing number of oppor-
tunities to do definite and highly important work for
our country. We wish to do this work as an express
sion of the gratitude we feel in being privileged to con-
tinue at our usual tasks, to enjow the loving compan-
ionship of our families, to meet freely with out friends
and %neighbors, to enjoy all the security of life and most
Of TT the Pleas pleasures ntSs: and : the Zee, economic %ami pr privileges vii gs,$ of of;9 peace &c
these things, are fighting out battles for us on the
sacred soil of France and on the high seas.
"0ur new opportunity to serve comes as a result
of designating June % as National War Savings Day,
a day. on which all men and women and all children of
sufficient years to appreciate the days significance are
called upon to pledge themselves to save to the utmost
materials for the Government, and to buy War Saw
ings Stamps with their savings. Our part is to do
everything possible to make this day stand out among
the great days of this period of the war.
"Could any one of US be asked to do less than this?
Could any one of us refuse to do so little a thing to win
a war for the worlds freedom? Could any one of us
ing out in its agony to be released from the clutches of
the monster that is befouling all it touches? Could we
refuse so simple a thing and at the same time ask 9TH
er men to give their lives that our own precious lives
be spared and our fresides be kept safe from the ter
rors of the Hun?
Our duty is clear, our privilege is great, our sac
rifce is little, our work is important.
National War Savings Day is to be the great
rallying day on which everyone in our country is ex-
pected to pledge. himself or herself to save and econo;
mize. This saving and economizing will first OF all
leave in the markets a greater supply of labor and ma
terials for the use of the Government with which to
fight the war. And then the money savings of the in
dividuals are to be invested in War Savings Stamps.
What the Government asks us to do is to pledge
ourselves to buy at definite periods with our savings
specific amount of War Savings Stamps. The thing to
be accomplished is to get subscriptions which will take
care during the balance Of the present year of the un-
sold portion of the $2,00O,O00,00O of War Savings
Stamps authorized by the Congress to be sold during
1918.
when one stops to think of the matter, it is really
a small thing to raise $4,000 00, 900 in a country of
more than l00,Ooo!00o people. If everyone would do
his share, it would be necessary for each person to SUBJ
scribe to only $40 worth of stamps.
1.-THE duty Of US at home is to see to it that the en-
tire amount is subscribed. We must work to that end.
We must add to our already great army of war savers.
We must make more sacrifices ourselves and urge sac
rifces upon others. National War Savings Day must
be made the great success all of US hope for"