The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-10-03
Il MESSAGE TO THE
SCHOOL CHILDREN

Two million school children in the
southeast will receive a message di-
rect from Secretary of the Treasury
Glass today-"National Thrift Day."
The message will be an appeal to
the boys and girls to continue ''to
practice and make permanent those
same habits of industry and economy,
that through your influence and ex-
ample America may soon become
nation of savers and cease to be a
wasteful nation"
The same message will be read in
every school room in America. The
seventy thousand teachers who will
deliver the message to the children In
the Sixth Federal Reserve district,
will supplement the secretary's letter
with a request that children bring
their savings to school regularly once
week so that their pennies, nickles
and dimes may be put In government
thrift and savings stamps and return
ed to them. A letter making this re-
quest of the teachers has been sent
out by Silas w. Davis, government
director of savings in this district.
| Inc SecTeIdTYS IeIJ6E IOllOWSs
"To the School Boys and School
Girls of America: In addressing the
twenty million or more school boys
and girls of this country, / am adj
dressing the citizenship, the business
and professional men and women, the
producers and consumers and the
home makers of only a few years
hence. The responsibility of all the
problems Of our country will ultimate
ly fail upon you. The spirit of pat
riotism and helpfulness which you
displayed during the world war has
proved your fitness for your future
responsibility. Your record IN pro-
duction of needed materials during
the war, your saving of food and
money, and your investment in gov
ernment securities make a record of
which every American citizen is just
ly proud.
at is the earnest desire of your
government that you should continue
to practice and make permanent those
; same habits of industry and economy,
that through your influence and ex-
ample America may soon become a
nation of savers and cease to be a
wasteful nation; that this may be a
nation of people who always save
some part of their earnings, who
spend money with greatest care, and
who invest what they save in some
safe place.
/ "I am glad to see that our school
| boys and girls have continued during
the vacation months to save their
: money and are buying thrift and war
T savings stamps, thus laying aside a
: portion of the money they earn for
some future purpose and while they
are continuing to render some service
4 to their government they are at the
: same time providing for their OWL
needs.
: ''The habit of earning and saving
4 money is most interesting and hap
e py one. / am sure that this habit ha:
;, become so fascinating to you that yoJ
t will continue to earn and TO save
3 through all the months and years Il
d come and keep investing what yol
s save in government securities.
at is my personal hope that tn
y lessons of thrift that are being taugh
y IN your school may help you to de
e velop in your life permanent habit
) OF saving and thereby lay a founda
7. ton for your personal happiness an,
e usefulness and ultimately for a hiehe
!, and better America.
l. Sincerely yours, Carter Glass"