Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-09

| Inc campaign 10 AEouse Wis SieS ""A
Marshall county to the task OF Invest
ing its savings In s66O,O00 Of war saw
inss stamps before the end Of the year
was opened at the Odeon Friday after
noon by the state committee which has
| been touring Iowa for two weeks. The
sleet STORM interfered with the at
tendance but not with the message that
urged that Marshall county must do its
! part in buying its share OF the states
quota Of s4S,000,000 worth Of thrift
stamps.
Heading the campaigners was Homer
A. Miller, Of Des Moines. chairman OF
the state war savings stamp commit
tee. The meeting was held under the
| direction Of the local committee. OF
which Mayor S. H. Reilly is chairman.
| Carl f. Kuehnle. Of Denison, and
! President w. A. Jessup, of the State
| University Of Iowa, We're the principal
| speakers.
Twenty Dollars Per Capita.
In an Introductory statement Mr..
| Miller said that 1owa's quota OF VS.
| O0o. 900 Of war savings stamps figured
| about $50 per capita for every man,
| woman and child. He described the
stamps as the best investment ever Of
| fered the public by the government be-
cause the stamps draw 1 per cent In
| terest. compounded quarterly and the
stamps could be cashed in by giving
the postoffice ten days notice. One
| large corporation, he said. had offered
| to take the entire issue if the provi-
sion, limiting the amount any one per-
t,1- 70 { nm Yern0vpd
Want 10000 900 Subscribers.
President Jessup, Of the state uni
versity. explained that 1t was the plan
Of the campaign that 30.ooo.ooo people
should becoma subscribers to the war
saving fund by buying the stamps.
The government" he said, has APP
propriated $40, 900. 900, 900 for war meas
ures already, and II the war continues
longer than another year, as it now
seems probable that 1t will. It will re-
quire twice that amount
He explained. that the governments
war financing program demanded such
immense sums because OF the very
large preparations the government was
making and because Of the long dis
lance from home that our army would
fight.
In order to equip and supply that
army and keep It in the held 1t is
necessary for those that stay at home
to give out Of their ABUNDANCE to the
government"
He warned against peace talk as
propaganda that had been the cause
Of Russias downfall and the Italian
reverse. I'VE can not" he said. fight
a war to final victory while feeling
that we are about to have peace"
Kuehnle Urges Thrift.
In a rousing patriotic address the
keynote Of which was thrift, Carl +.
Kuehnle urged elimination Of extrava-
gance and unnecessary expenditures
and the investment in war savings
stamps Of the money saved by thrift
HSeven hundred fifty millions Of dol
lars" he said ARE wasted on Ameri-
can tables annually. The garbage OF
New York City was sold for 100000 a
year and the contractor who bought 1t
got rich. Iowa Is now a $4,000, 000,O
state and It's per capita wealth Is $4,000.
It Is the duty Of the people OF Iowa to
invest part Of that per capita wealth
in war savings stamps"
AS samples Of our national extrava-
gance he mentioned s4o0o0,o0o spent
each year for chewing gum, 100000, 900
for pleasure riding In automobiles and
$4,000. 100000 for intoxicating liquors
with half the states Of the nation dry.
Tells Of Women's Part.
Mrs. Ralph Plumb, Of Des Moines. a
member of the campaigning party. out
lined the plan that Des Moines women
had worked out to assist in the war
savings stamp campaign in that city.
She said the women had formed an
auxiliary organization and had sub
divided the city into districts in charge
Of lieutenants and had appointed wom-
en- as sergeants in charge Of blocks. 1t
was the business Of these women to
make house TO house canvass and to
interest the women Of the families In
the war savings stamps.
Earlier in the day members OF the
party spoke at all the schools and were
entertained at luncheon at the Y. NJ.
C. "A. After the meeting they went to
the Marshalltown Club, where an In.
formal reception was held. Postmaster
A. G. johnson introduced Mayor Reilly,
Ill.,