The Redwood gazette., 1919-03-19
US. Must Have Moral and Finan-
CiaI Spirit of People to
Finish War Task.
WORK MUST Be SPEEDED
Loyal Citizens of Ninth District Called
On to Cooperate With War Saw
ings Organizations to Form So
cieties and Sell Stamps.

''People of the Ninth Federal Re-
serve District do not yet fully appre-
ciate the possibilities of good to them
selves and the great value to their
Government of the organization OF
War Savings Societies." said A. R.
Rogers, Chairman of the District War
Loan Organization, in discussing Gov
ernment financing progress.
eve have set about organizing 25,-
600 or 10000 War Savings Societies
as the backbone of the American
thrift movement in this district" said
Mr.. Rogers. after a week of rather
intensive effort, we have organized
probably 1000 societies. This is not
getting results fast enough, and it is
not in keeping with the usual patri-
otic response made to Government re-
quests by the loyal people of this dis
trict. Unless the organization of
these societies is speeded up, we will
have to resort to some other means
of impressing upon the people the need
of thrift and the absolute necessity
of buying these smaller Government
securities
Results VIII BE Obtained.
Mr.. Rogers and J. H. Meyering, Di-
rector of organization of the War Saw
ings Division, both admit disappoint-
ment in the progress being made, but
insist that desired results will be OBJ
tanned even though it takes a little
longer to get going at top speed than
they at first figured
eve are not at all discouraged about
the success of district-wide organi-
zation of War Savings Societies., said
Mr.. Meyering. These societies fur
nish the ideal method for the carry
ing on of the thrift educational cam
paign, and the benefits to be derived
from them are so direct and SO ap-
parent that the people of these North
west communities will gradually be-
come more enthusiastic about them.
1--WE are just beginning to recover
from period of relaxation following
the unexpected ending of the war.
=
ing and naturally have been giving
more attention to their private busi-
ness and have had less inclination and
time for patriotic work.
Must Have Support.
"The fact remains, however, that
the United States Government must
have the moral and financial support
of all it's citizens if it is to finish its
war job. Everybody. must spend
wisely, save and buy Government Sc
curities Reports we get convince US.
that men, women and children are be-
ginning to realize this fact and to get
back on the job.
''It is the business of every loyal
American to do everything possible
and cooperate in every possible way
with the local War Savings Organiza-
tion in the work of organizing societ-
les and selling stamps. This district
will never be satisfied to make
poorer showing than the people in
other parts of the country in this de-
partment of financing the Government
and benefiting themselves by forming
habits of thrift Our good name and
our future prosperity depends upon
it, and we know that the majority of
the people in the Ninth District are
neither short-sighted nor unpatriotic.
TLey are not cutters and we know
they will do their share in finishing
the job. The only thing we are anx-
ious to impress upon them is that they
must begin NOW. z