New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
9. of Commandments to
cuide Man in Financial
Life To Be Issued in
Thrift Campaign in 1920
BANKERS Approve Plan
c;ght.Day "week'' Planned
to Fight Profiteers and
Rent.Raising Landlords

sr LOUIS. Oct. 1s.-Ten command
..srt. for the guidance OF mans
s,.ncial life have been drawn up by
,.t;onal committee Of bankers and
..hers to aid in the great drive OF
tom against the cohorts Of the high /
cost Of living. $780,,
n stiffen his morale in q battle to
ave something from the privateers
md rent -raisers is part Of the pro
1ramme for the national thrift week,
70 begin. January II.
plans for rallying the armies OF
money-savers for the 1870 drive Dy
holding this thrift week were approved
by the American Bankers Association
~ ;ts recent convention in this city.
Tha idea already had the Endorsement
AZ the United States League of Build
lnv and Loan Associations, National
Federation of Construction Industries,
Retail Credit Mems Association, Ma
eonal Association Of Life Insurance
fTnderwrters. National Credit Mems
Association, the American Life Conven-
ton and other national bodies.
The Commandments
Inc ten as &CNOAi~
mended by Walter W. Head, of Omaha,
y;ce-prssident of the National Bank,
Section OF the American Bankers As
sociation, are:
/. Make budget.
2. Keep an intelligent record of ex-
psnditurcs.
8. Have bank account.
a. Garry life insurance.
s. Make will.
4. Own your own home eventually.
!. Pay your bills promptly.
). Invest in war savings stamps and
o.ner government securities.
8. Spend less than you earn.
10. Share with others. Thrift with
cut benevolence is doubtful blessing.
The EIGHT days Of the national thrift
geel. have been named after some
points Of the financial creed as follows
Saturday, January 17.--"Bank Day.
or National Thrift Day." to emphasize
Inc need for individual thrift and the
service bank renders community.
Sunday. .Jaauary 1S.-"Thrift Sur
es:y,' With sermons in all American
gg!a,ts ca The relation Of economic life
o religious we'll being and the need
Il eaarlng with others.
Iondey, January 19.-"National In
-N&NfCS OoS. ~ SticSc tHG HStQ VI
protecting ones family.
tuesday, January 20.-"Own You7
O'gn Home Day" to show Why it is de
s-ab,e and how it is possible to owl
your own home.
Wednesday, January 21-"Make
vii Da.,' "a urge men to make wills
THURSDAY. January 22.-"Thrift i
Industry Day TO advocate factor
.srift ana cooperation between capita
and labor
Friday January Family Bud
get Day.
saturday, January 24.-"Pay You
Bills Day
Employer Pays Bills
Supporting this movement in an ac
dres,; to the bankers in their conver
tien here, Arthur VI. East, of New Yorl
national director Of the Thrift Wee
movement. said:
Financial and industrial leaders a,
Interested in the increased cost of Ii,
ing because they know that in mos
cases the bill for the increased cost
handed by the worker to the employe
for liquidation. The bill for the Coz
resulting from the inefficiency of tt
average man and housewife in tt
spending of money and their failure ,
get full value for money received
also handed to the employer for pa.
ment either in increased demands fl
wages or in increased dissatisfactio
and industrial unrest.
$50, many employers are learnir
that, along with plans for stimulatir
The interest Of the worker in his jo
there must go hand in hand with it g
education of employees in fundament
economics and in the use and value (