The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-02-22
BAY ST. LOUIS P. 0.
WILL FEATURE new :.
ESWAR STAMPS.
Local Postofsce Will Cooperate and
Support the Government to
It's Maximum Strength.
THE IDEA THAT THE WAR WORK
is OVER is ERRONEOUS.
Official Of the War Loan Organization
of the Sixth Federal Reserve
District Visits Bay St. Louis.

The Bay ST. Louis postoffice will CO.
operate with and support the govern
ment to its maximum strength during
the 1919 Thrift Campaign. Mr.. ]. E.
Saucier, the popular and efficient
postmaster made known last Monday,
in discussing the matter with Mr.. F. b.
Montgomery, an official of the Loan
Organization of the Sixth Federal
Reserve District.
In many parts of the country there
seems to be an idea, now that the war
is over, that the government needs no
more money. This idea is absurd.
The greater majority of the boys re-
main yet in the service and the war
debt continues.
The government is spending at TIE
rate of two billion dollars month,
and Secretary Glass tells US that the
war won't be over until the United
States government has honorably met
every commitment made in order to
Twin the war.
Mr.. Montgomery stated to the
Echo that the War Savings campaign
this year would be more of thrift
campaign although it is just as
patriotic as ever-even more so, for
this would be every day Patriotism,
and not that kind which is aroused by
the fever of lighting.
To continue to buy the Thrift and
War Savings Stamps an additional
effort will be made to show the peo-
rle where it will be to their own per-
sonal gain and benefit to continue to
do this. To make thrift happy
habit" will be the slogan of this years
campaign. What would be the Ie-
suit? In only few years the State
of Mississippi would be completely
converted fromIa wasteful and extra
VACANT population to thrifty, happy
and prosperous people.
Mr.. Montgomery further stated
that at presentRit was the plan of the
government to abandon the drive
idea and PLEDGE skstem of lastgaear
VII , o, pc nlaas G . ,Sarage pee -
regular and sys.o Aatic saving
the nthe drive won't be necessary
Thrift will be taught in all the
schools of the State and war savings
societies will be otganized every
wherein banks, factories and all in
dustries in an ecprt to keep the idea
of thrift constantly before the peo-
pie and to impress on them the fact
that intelligent and consistent saving
is vital step toward the personal
success of anyone.
Mr. Montgomery further stated
that the ultimate objective is so to
popularize thrift that one of the most
valuable lessons taught by the war
will become a happy everyday ma
tional habit.
If the people continue to invest
their money in government securities
they will of course have more direct
coa-rol in and feel more personal
interest in the G. gAvernment. which will
prove a great civic asset
Mr. Saucier st}ted that he felt con-
Edent that the people of Bay st.
Louis and Hancock county would sup
port and respond as they have always
done, and that tie sale of Thrift and
War Savings Stamps of the 1914 Sc
ries would rival that of any other
county.
''Take the spsnd out of spend
thrift" is the wathWord here and let
US all lay aside S, much ont of every
dollar to buy Thrift and War Savings
Stamps.