The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-02-15
TEACHING PENNIES
CARE Of SELVES
is SALIENT MOTIVE BEHIND THE
THRIFT MOVEMENT AND WAR
SAVINGS PLAN.
MAY FORGET VALUE OF PENNY
Stop and Think What the Small Coin
Means in the Saving of World
Must Master Self to
Master World.

Master World.
st. Louis,-Teaching the pennies
to take care Of themselves is one
of the salient motives behind the
thrift movement and War Savings
propaganda, according to Hon. Charles
NJ. Hay of the speakers division Of the
wal savings campaign for Missouri.
Mr.. Hay represented Galloway County
in the ~Forty-seventh General Assem-
bly,.
In a recent address before the mem
bers Of the st. Louis Chamber of Com.
merce, Hay declared there had never.
been a finer opportunity afforded to
the people to sacrifices! be patriotic
and save at the same time. He ex-
planned the working of the War Say
ings Certificate, in which people are
taught thrift and at the same time con
tribute to one of the important factors
in winning the war.
Forget Value Of Pennies.
During the course Of his remarks
Hay asserted the average business
man, such as those who are members
of the Chamber Of Commerce, forgets
the value Of the penny, the nickel and
the quarter, and advised them to stop
and think a minute of what the small
coin means in the savings Of the
world.
q realize that we rebel against the
doing Of small things, sue as the saw
ing Of pennies. nickels. dimes. and
quarters. It's the big thing, the heroic
thing. that grips US, but if we are to
wis this war and fiGd ourselves real
masters of the world we must first
master ourselves-our desires, our
ease, our appetites, our passions, our
ind%ulgences, We must eliminate non
essential things, harmful things in our
personal and business life; we must
organize ourselves for efficiency. So
far our work Of giving in the war has
been somewhat of an ecstasy and we
have been carried away by the excite
ment, the novelty, the fashion of II.
Ven soon have to work and give out
Of u sorrow, and hardship, and, may
hap, out Of u extremities.
But, remember, the more saving we
are now in the midst Of plenty the less
heavy the burden in the later days. II
during the year 1918 every man, won.
an and child OF America would save 5
cents per day the entire issue Of the
$4,000, OOO, 900 War Savings Certificates
you'd be taken up. The purchase of a
Thrift Stamp per week by every per-
son would make up $1,524, 600, 900 Of
the issue.
First Step Toward Peace.
"The first step necessary for the
establishing of pesce-the sort Of
peace the world must have If life on
this earth is to be worth while-is alb
solutely and unconditionally to get the
Kaiser.
But we can't get the Kaiser by
mere words. These we have tried
through long months, and years before
We entered the war. Now we must
win with the cruel weapons chosen by
those who began this war. To win we
must have men; men Of blood, mind,
soul; men strong in body, true in
heart, loyal in spirit; men worthy to
live; men ready to die. These, by the
millions, have laid their lives upon
their country's altar.
ITO equip and maintain them we
must have money, money by the bill
lions. That money must come from
every quarter, it must come from
every pocket in the land. In the pres
ence OF men who stand before the
cruelest, bloodiest war demons the
world has ever known and say, Here
IS my breast, pierce il II you will; here
is my blood, let it if you will; / dedi-
cate my blood, my heart, my life, my
all, to the democracy Of my country
and Of the world'-in the presence Of
these, l say, every man left behind in
the security and comfort of his home
and his office should say, Here's my
pocket, 60 through It; here's my bank
account, check on it. | dedicate my
savings to the democracy OF America
and Of the world
War Certificates Explained.
WAR Savings Certificates may be
obtained at any bank or p~ostoffice or
At other authorized agencies by any.
one who purchases n or more War
Savings Stamps, When you buy a
stamp the certificate, containing
places for 20 stamps, with your name
and address, will be issued to you.
Each War Savings Stamp is worth IS
Jan. /. 1928, and costs SAP in Janu.
airy, 1918, and / cent more for each
month in 1918. reaching a maximum
price OF 1929 in December, 1918, at
which time the time for purchase ex.