The Donaldsonville chief., 1919-12-13
ECONOMISTS

HOSt mOnSLrOuS greed, LuB SeuSe VI
truth has, been destroyed in them and
has been replaced by the belief that
| they have right to commit any
wrong against the Government Of the
people in order to crafty this greed
and those low instincts of the Gala.
ban.
'SThe whole American people have
been more or less affected by these
conditions growing out of extrava-
gance and thinking that the thing we
have made-this Government-will
last forever, without support. 1t will
not. No matter what are views are
or what candidate we vote for, We
must do some active, constructive
work to mend these breaches.
Thrift Means Security
Nov the Government has establish.
ed thrift and saving movement-the
first agency deliberately planned for
this purpose. The desire is that every
man, woman and child literally shall
become a stockholder in the Govern
ment Of the United States by buying
these certificates (stamps) and by
these methods Of saving.
I'VE are to invest what otherwise
we would waste in these purchases.
We are to save even in order to make
these purchases Of what are really
Thrift notes, though they are called
stamps. The security back of them
Is the entire wealth of this country
the best security in the world. The
interest on them is good, but that
is not the only or chief reason for
buying them. The chief reason is to
begin now with the younger genera
tion, especially, to cultivate the habit
Of economy and to give them sense
Of proprietorshtp in the Government.
Men and women who have that will
not undertake to destroy it as the re-
Gently developed Alien Americans and
Alien immigrants are trying to do
When you own stock in thing,
not merely ballot, you are going
to stand by it and see that it does
not fail or fall. This is why we
ought to support the thrift note
fstamp) movement. It places ma
terial insurance upon the patriotism
of cur children and it develops in
these children the right habits Of
economy.
AT the present time in the Sixth
Federal Reserve section, some Of them
not above 10 years of age, who have
never had $100 In their lives before,
will receive before the end of the
winter from $500 to $4,000 for their
little crops this year, owing to the
enormous price cotton is bringing.
This to them Is an astounding good
fortune. They have never had any
in handling money. They
are spending it In the widest and
most foolish ways. If they could be
induced to invest it In these thrift
notes, it would not only save the
nest egg Of future prosperity, but 1t
would develop In them a sense Of
thrift and responsibility.
Responsibility of Women
"As for the women there is some
thing for them more important than
the right to vote, which is that they
develop sense Of citizenship and the
both domestic and politi-
cal which should be given in exchange
FOR the right. They also must learn
to save and achieve their duties as
as men have done SO admira-
bly, in the building Of the material
Of this country. Women are
woefuly lacking in thrift. Their pa
triotic awakening is admirable, but
It will be merely an awakening and
not development unless we learn
to practice the primal virtues of citi-
zenship In our expense account, which
comes under what is practically new
,erm in American life-THRIFT.
"This investment in thrift notes
should appeal especially to women
aot only because they shortly are to
become active citizens, but they are
he most expensive and extrayagant
class of respectable women on the
ACE of the earth.
"Let the American women cease
o be the vampires Of American civi-
ization and become the domestic econ
,mists of American civilization. This
would be her first step forward and
whatever steps or strides she has
aiken in any other direction, she has
Tot made even the shortest one in this