The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-11-25

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the Thrift and Savings Campaign
for this year where We can look back
and see what progress we have made
and measure the results already OBJ
tanned; also we can look forward
definitely to the work to be done
next year as the plans of the Treas
ury Department for the work Of the
Savings Division for 1920 are now
practically complete.
At the beginning of this year the
War Savings Organization Of 1918
had to be transformed from a piece
of war machinery into an organiza-
ton for the conduct Of a radically
different campaign on a peace basis,
or in other words along practically
new lines throughout. The public also
had to be educated to regard the
Thrift and Savings Campaign from
the new standpoint, and the public
mind and attitude toward it had to
be entirely changed from the war;
time point Of view. This change re-
quired a considerable amount of time
and effort, and in addition to this
there was also for many months
very pronounced after-t he-wa leth-
argy among practically all the peo-
pie of the country toward any new
activity or campaign of this char
acter.
During this period also the Vic
tory Loan absorbed the time and at
tention Of practically everyone for
several weeks, so that with these
several changes, influences and OBJ
stacles the progress of the campaign.
was necessarily slow, and in fact
largely preparatory in character dur
ing the first half of the year.
We have gradually overcome and
ort-run these obstacles, however, and
It is a great satisfaction to know that
the efforts put forth and the care
full preparation made during the first
half of the year are now bearing
fruit in increasing quantities, there
by justifying the wisdom of This cam
paign and the policies pursued. This
is shown conclusively, in the EIGHTH
Federal Reserve District from the
fact that in June we reached the low
tide in the total amount of sales OF
Stamps in the District, 1852, 023 80
From the first of July we began to
climb the hill and reap the harvest
from the foundation already laid,
with the result that the sales of
Stamps and Treasury Savings Ger
tificates have steadily and rapidly in
,roased with each succeeding month
until they reached approximately
$S50,000 in the month Of October, or
a total of nearly three and half
times what they were in the month
of June.
This increase of nearly $50 per
cent. in four months is an accom-
plishment which speaks for itself and
also proves conclusively that the peo-
pie of the country are and will be
responsive to the governments
thrift and Savings Campaign when
they have had time to learn about il
and understand it's value to them
selves and to the country, and as We
become further removed from the
'urdens and conditions of war and
wartime ideas. d
In addition to these concrete re-
suits which can be measured in
ales, a vast amount of valuable
work has been done Of an educa-
tional and publicity character which
will continue to bear fruit in increas-
ing quantities as time goes on. APP
proximately four thousand new, live,
savings societies have been organ
zed among different groups in this
district, a large proportion Of which
are in the schools, and the teaching
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