The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-07-04
More War Savings Stamps


raign to sell at least $25, 5,00O, 900
worth of Thrift and War Savings
Stamps to people of the Ninth
Federal Reserve District between
now and January 1st 1920, was
announced today by Theodore
Wold Governor of the Ninth Dis
trlct Federal Reserve Bank.
Last year the people of this
district bought $53,OOO,OOO
worth of stamps. So far in 1919,
the sales have amounted to only
$2,528,O00. This is considered 4
very poor showing in view of the
fact that the Government needs
the money and is depending upon
a very much larger sum from
this source of revenue. With the
Liberty Loans out of the way,
those in charge of the War Saw
ings work believes that sales can
be rapidly increased and are
working out plans for a compre-
hensive campaign to bring about
this result.
In order to properly conduct
the business of the Government,
the Treasury Department will.
need to borrow considerable sums
of money for some time to come.
Every cent realized from the sale
of Thrift Stamps and War Saw
iugs Stamps decreases the a.
mount that it will be necessary
to get from the sale of Certifi-
Gates of Indebtedness and in
other ways.
"There will be no district, coun
ty, nor city allotments of War
Savings Stamps" said Mr.. Wold.
Nevertheless the Government
expects each community and indi
vjdual to do his full share in
spending wisely, saving careful
ly and investing in Government
Savings Stamps. The campaign
SO far this year has been conduc-
ted on the basis of thrift educa-
tion first and sales second. Meth
er the Treasury Department nor
the Ninth District Organization
have changed their minds in re-
gard to the vital Importance OF
teaching our people the value of
thrift and the plan to continue
our efforts to induce the forming
of thrift habits, but Treasury of
ficials also insist and rightly so.
that the proof of progress in the
thrift educational campaign is
the sale of War Savings Stamps.
For this reason the War Saw
ings Organization all over the
United States is going to make
s.n effort to increase sales, and
since the Ninth District is not in
the habit of tagging behind the
rest of the country, we are now
devising ways and means to urge
people to save, and in addition,
to invest their savings in Govern
ment Savings Stamps"
The Ninth District War Sav.
ings Organization consists of the
Central Organization in Mime
apolis and a county organization
in every one of the 295 counties
of the district. Since before the
Victory Loan campaign there has
been comparatively little War
Savings activity, but those in
charge are now working to put
the organization into shape t.
perform the big task of carrying
on an intensive campaign of
thrift education and stamp sales.
The main features of the CAM
paign for the remainder of the
year, as outlined by M. E. Harri-
son, District Director, are as
follows:
FIRST-The organization OF:
War Savings societies in every
school room of the Ninth Federal
Reserve District. The organiza.
ton of school societies as a
means of teaching the 'Happy
Habit" to the children has met
with fine success. There arelG!-
ready 1000 active school War
Savings societies. It is planned
to increase this number to 35,-
COO which is the total number of
school rooms in the district.
SECOND-The organization
of War Savings societies in all
industries in the district employ
ing five or more people. There are
now over 1000 industrial socie-
ties enrolled and this work will
be carried on intensively by the
Central and local organizations.
especially in the larger centers
of population until the industries
are completely organized.
THIRD-The perfection of a
c,mplete wOmen's 0rpanizatinn