Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-04-24
GOOD START FOR
W.S.S. CAMPAIGN
MICHIGAN BEGINS TO RETRIEVE
IT'S ONE FAll-OOWN IN
1918 WAR DRIVE.
LEADS BIG CENTRAL STATES
Thrirt This Years slogan-Pssslno
81 Liquor Likely ts
help Sales

An opportunity for Michigan To re-
srieve it's one 1918 wsrcampsisn fail
sre-the War Savings Stamp Drive
- opening with the renewed sale q
stamps under = new organisation and
entirely different methods OF proceed
gre. Last year, while Nebraska. Iowa
and other states were fairly "whoop-
ing" IL over the top, Michigan Jagged
away down In the list among pledges
taken; and II oficials were minded to
tell how many Of those pledges we're
Afterward found uncollectibie, there
would be still less for the state to be
proud Of
II couldn't have been rhAa the state
was nissardly or unpatriotio-other
drives were highly successful But
some way or another the campaign
never caught hold on the state.
This year, while not forgetting that
the purchase OF stamps ts as patriotic
rs ever, the Michigan committee in
tends 70 talk also the sound sense
and substantial business OF War Saw
ings Stamps until the idea OF Thrift
reaches every household In the state
Its campaign will last, not weeks, or
months, but the whole year. II isn't
drive but an education
Luman ". Goodenough, the new
state chairman. proposes q dignihed.
constructive campaign. Mr. Good
enough IL a we'll known Detroit attor-
ney
The new year starts promisingly
In January Michigan sold more stamps
than any central state but Illinois. Il
leads Indiana. Wisconsin and Iowa by
very nice margin.
Hence. the campaign will be direct
cd toward. not only selling a great
amount OF stamps. but a great num-
Der of them. A sale OF stamps TO POO.
600 homes would be considered twice
as great a victory as a distribution
to 100000 oven through the sum total
OF sales in dollars might be the same.
ThrHtless Days Abolished.
Along with the abolition Of meatless,
wheatless and lightless days. this com
mittee proposes the utter humiliation
and extinction OF Thriftless Days
The committee will be glad. thank
you to sell $1,000 in stamps. the limit.
to anyone.
But If he wants TO get a real Dis
tinguished Service mention. the pur.
chaser must make a little pledge that
the $1,000 purchase will be the result
OF a conscious economy on his part,
and an actual 81 OOO saving
The campaign. then, will differ from
the old drive much a. a political bat
tie might from a school education BY
the end Of the year. It is hoped that
the public Will have reasoned itself
into the idea Of sailing away day by
day some OF the two-bit pieces that It
has been in the custom OF regarding
as simply loose change.
The committee intends also TO talk
the extraordinary merits OF its partic
ular brand OF goods Did YOU ever
know that the interest on your Saw.
mgs Stamp certificate is compounded |
four times annually? No other securi. |
that. The actual yield is practically |
8 per cent-and this interest. mind |
you. paid in advance. Another thing. |
n You register your stamps at any |
postoffice and later lose them in any |
way whatsoever. the postoffce where
you registered them will give you
new ones. The stamps are so good
k1f II
600 OF them-a good reason for the lit.
tie fellow TO take his limit
Make II Permanent
There Us every prospect that the
government will continue some sort OF
thrift stamp sale indefinitely. There
IL talk already OF allowing stamphold-
ers To convert their holdings into some
sort OF a desirable long-term govern
ment security. II they wish The pass
ing OF intoxicants is looked upon -
certain TO release hundreds OF thou
sands OF small coins TO thrifty invest
ment
Luman Goodenough. Detroit at
torney OF wide acquaintance, who has
been Interested in practically every
civic movement there for years. is
the new state chairman OF the com
mittee. New headquarters are 1924
GriswOld street. Detroit Mr. Good
enough already has been assured the
cooperation and aid OF many OF the
most substantial business men i'm the
state. and they will form the nucleus
Of his county organizations.
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