The Era-leader., 1918-06-27


From now until June 2Sth President
Wilson expects every man and woman
Ito sign the pledge to save and to IN
vest their savings in War Savings
Rs---- Stamps. The crisis this
YWS.A| nation is now passing
ns:Ss::: ' s.:: e ;s;s' through, when its ill.,
k-S-l e0,s-o111 erty is being fought
for on the greatest battlefield OF his
tory makes stringent economy abso
lutely necessary if we are to win this
battle.
w. S. S.
To win this war it Is not only necos
sary that every American soldier
fight, bnt every American dollar
quarter, dime and penny must fight
too. This is not a war of soldiers
out a war Of nations-soldiers against
soldiers, manufacturers against man
ufacturers, farmers against farmers
dollars against marks. That naticn
will win whose people are game to
fight the hardest, save most and stand
closest behind their boys IN the
trenches.
w. S. S.
American soldiers while fighting
for America are risking their lives,
but American dollars are running nc
risk while serving the government. IN
fact the dollars are getting better
pay than the soldiers. War Savings
Stamps earn compound interest and
are backed by the richest government
On earth.
w. s. S.
If every man and woman in this
country would only understand thai
by extravaganza and by wasting
money on unnecessary luxuries they
are unconsciously prolonging the wal
and causing the needless loss Of youns
American lives they would do all ia
their power to discontinue and dis
courage the purchase Of luxuries.
w. S. S.
To manufacture and sell luxuri ,s
requires material and labor that are
sorely needed by the government to
supply our army and navy with the
necessary arms, food, clothing and
other equipment. When you waste
money on non-essentials you are de-
priving our soldiers of supplies they
urgently need for their comfort and
safety.
w. s. S.
Remember every cent you invest 10
War Savings Stamps shorten the wa.
! The individual investment shortens II
! to very small extent to be sure, but
multiply this investment by 100000
900 and you have something gigantic
and its effect on shortening the war
can be measured in weeks, months
and even years. Every day the war
is shortened means the preventing IT
thousands of American casualties, not
counting those of our allies.
Great Britains losses in men last
year and this have been at the rate
of million a year, and next year,
when our Sammies are bearing the
hunt of the fight we will learn that d
months fighting may cost us 100000
men. If you will only realize that
every dollar you save and invest with
your government has a definite effect
in shortening the war, you certainly
have a most powerful incentive to buy
War Savings Stamps.
w. S. S.
The sale of War Savings Stamps Is
not an affair for children alone, al.
though they have done great deal ii
the past, but this sale has been pro.
noted by the government as one of
its main sources Of revenue for car
rying on the war. $2,000,000,0 is
to be raised by the sale of War Saw
ings Stamps this year, $37,0OO,OOO in
Louisiana and s40,OO0,0OO in Missis-
sippi. Judging by past records these
states will not fall behind, but it will
require the cooperation and hard
work of every man, woman and child.
w. s. S.
This war will be won by steady and
pesistent endeavor rather than by
spurts and spasmodic exertion. We
have had great and admirable out.
bursts of effort in the different Lib.
erty Loan campaigns and later we
shall witness sudden and tremendous
efforts in battle, but we rely upon
something else as the handspring Of
our war enterprise. That something
else is the steady and sustained ex-
penditure of national energy at all
times and under all conditions. That
alone makes decisive victory possible
in battle. At home this is best exen-
.plified by the steady, persistent flow
Of money into the United States
Treasury from the sale of War Sav.
ings Stamps from every nook and
Granny of this immense country.