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The Momentum OF Thrift

Picture rpoWGrful Ship--aS large
as your imagination can conceive,
without stretching it out Of proper
! tion-a ship stalwart, massive. ma
jestic In your mind watch this ship
from the days Of first construction,
! the laying OF the keel, the lowering
of the enormous beams and plates,
the rattle of thousand riveters,
sWarms of artists, artisans and me-
chanics climbing over it like bees oV-
er a giant honeycomb. until in your
minds eye you can see the great
task completed; flag bearing the
word Security in golden iatters
floating at the bow and another en-
blazoned Thrift at the masthead.
You see this ship at her cock in a
great harbor with Il towering skyline
as a background; a powerful crea-
tion OF man built to withstand the
shocks of all ages. The laundering
bass of her whistle sends vibrations
through you as the roaring of a vol
cano, and as the huge hulk moves
away, Slowly, almost inperceptably,
you, as a small speck on its wide
deck, feel it increasing in motion un-
til it clears into deep water and for
ces ahead ep speed.
Top speed.
Imagine the momentum.
There are approximately 10000
/ 900 bondholders OF the United States
! Government. For a large part they
are investors who have not been ac-
customed to saving. The bonds they
now hold have been acquired by
steady, systematic, conscientious
thrift. They have got the habit.
, They now have something they nev-
/ er had before. They have stake. In
! time of sudden stress they have a
tangible source of revenue. They
have learned how to save and in saw
ing have driven a riyet il that Won
derful, massive ship when is now
| forging ahead at top speed.
Imagine the momentum of this
habit of systematic saving?
Think what it will mean to the
nation in a few years. 1t will have
direct bearing on every activity. 1t
will become ingrained as all Ameri-
can principle and it will acquire such
headway that you will be unable to
get into eXtravagant, wasteful habits
even if you wanted to. The result
will be a nation of savers, not only
of money, but OF the things that
mean money, and before long we will
have erected a monument to thrift
that Benjamin Franklin in his most
optimistic dreams never conceived.
In order to make war taught
thrift and the practice of saving a
permanent and cheerful habit in
America, the government is promot-
ing a campaign to encourage wise
spending, intelligent saving and safe
Investment The roYeEfnf
I the. 80 0O0, 900 bondholders Of the
country is behind this movement.
The object of this movement is to
encourage the public to continue to
| buy War Savings Stamps and Liber-
| ty Bonds to help the government
meet it's war expenses and at the
same time to encourage the estab-
| lishment of a sound economic pro-
gram of thrift among the people in
order to make the most of the era OF
prosperity that will follow perma-
nent peace. When thrift is popu-
larized and becomes a happy, every
day national habit, we will have es-
tablished a national family stability
that will enable us to cope with
emergencies Or to take advantage of
opportunity when it knocks at our
door.
| Visualize the momentum of this
great thrift ship.
What can stop the economic power
Of a nation of savers 30,000,00O
strong?
If you are an investor in this great
craft you have an interest in the
greatest economic organization the
world has ever known.