The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-09
SAVINGS {; AT HOME
WAR SINEWS FOR.
A R N Y ABROAD
Marcosson, Back from Front,
Urges All Americans to Be-
III come Joint. Partners
THRIFT A WAR NECESSITY

Ey ISAAC +. MARcc3soN,
!. American War Correspondent.
Mr. Marcosson ha. been on
every European hAttle front and
has interx ewed ttg leading states
men and war leaders OF all the j
allied countries: ne was in Rus
ga;sia during the revott,tion and has
wrltten several toask, On the war.
We. have been at war more than
year, we have sent al army overseas;
we have shed our blood on the battle
fields 81 France; vet the whole Ameri.
can people, have not become partners
in the. great enterprise first for tho
reason that they have no acute reali-
cation of what 1t all means; second,
because the majority Of them have as
yet no intimate personal stake in the
struggle. 4. ,..:,.
When you read of millions Of fight
ing men in the European, armies and
Of billions Of dollars being poured out
OH the red altar, you are apt to lose.
sight of the large part that small
things play, in the conflict. Yet the
whole stnpendous effort Is made pos.
sible by the sum of small units, IA
Just as the war is being won by,
the private soldier so must the cost
be betrayed by the private coin. The
vast treasure recruited from q com
parativefy few people will not be so
potent a,factor3 Nm determining the
result as the money Of the masses
In other words. the auarted that you
put into thrift stamps IS like the
drop of water that makes the rushing
rivulet or the grain Of sand that
builds up the mighty shore,
Money Alone vitt Not Win.
But it is not merely money that
the Nation must have to win this
fight Wars, are fought and won by
men and materials men on the firing
line, men back of the firing line, and
mem III the Industries back home pro-
ducing the things the fighting men
s,ss
/ This stream of smaterials-the pro-
duet of the labor of millions of work
ers on the farms. in the factories, and
In the 5skipyards=can not be poured
Rcross the Atlantic inathe enormous
volume needed to make our strength
felt .inS France, unless alfpf us here
at home reduce our personal cOnsump.
ton Of labor and materials, and thus
give the Government a large store to
draw. upon. !: .5. 49,: VIII Y
Assthe Secretary Of the Treasury
has 50, we'll expressed II: We must
work and save as never before in our
history. We must increase our out
put and reduce our domestic consump.
ton Of all necessary. products, in order
that there maybe a great: increasing
volume of war materials going for
ward to our armies and the allies VINO
are fighting side by side with us. As
the people reduce their personal con-
sumption, they will be enabled to
finance the war by lending their saw
inxs to the Government, while at the
same time they will help themselves
by increasing fheir per soma sresource s
and income,s In other words atlss 81 pos
sible to trahsmute ones economies
into specific obligation Of the Gov
eminent, and each, one who saves IS
able to know that siiis economy Is
producing a concretai sresult advan-
tageous to himself, ofbenefit to his
Government, aiida direct contr ibuti0n
to. the winning Of the war
War Is the Nations Business.
L have ranged the far-fiunE Euro.
pean firing line that stretches from
Russia by way Of France down into
Italy.I have seen at first hand the
hiasoIs results Of German agsressiqn.
Il iSSwrit4en In gashedl landscapes, IN!
IIayaEads cities; in despoiled churches.
and IN outraged. peoples. Every quar-:
ter Saaf You invest IN War Savings
Certificate is Just one tiny antidotd