The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-03-10
War Savings Bodies to Be Or.
ganized in Ninth District Week
OF Feb. i 7 to "a. 8.
THREE DIFFERENT TYPES
Msdsl Organizations for Schools,
Rural Communities and BUSINESS
Establishments Outlined 70
= .S Teach Thrift.

minneapolis, MlHu.--lHo Week VI
February II to "a will be Savings So.
eiety week In tho Ninth Federal Re.
serve District.
This time was today fixed by. A. r.
Rogers, chairman Of the Ninth Dis.
trict War Loan Organization. as the
period in which every community in
the Ninth Federal Reserve District
will organize thesWar Savings Socie-
ties which are to be the nucleus Of
the 1919 campaign for Thrift, Aneri-
csnization and War Savings Stamp
buying. Centering on the society plan
BY which scores In each society and
millions throughout the district will
have q common point Of contact
through weekly or senni:monthly meet
ings, the District War Loan orEanixa.
ton aims to have Thrift written largs
on the minds and hearts OF every man,
woman and child in the district. 4 d..
rect appeal will be made for the pur.
chase Of w. s. s. with the money
saved. -,
r 49, Three Tyres. -
Three definite types Of War Savings
societies have been worked out at
headquarters by John II. Meyerinx,
director Of the W. S. 8. division, DR.,
Geo. N. Bauer, head Of. the depart.
ment OF mathematics at the unfver.
sity Of Minnesota, who Ii on leave to
devote himself to War Savings Or.
Ganizstion. and the other workers I'm.
der Mr.. Rogers; They are: 49," =.
/. A model society type for schools.
g. A model type for societies or
ganized in rural communities.
8. A model type for Industrial or
commercial establishments.
On tho last mentioned plan War
Savings Societies will be formed In
stores, factories, mills and In railroad
and other Offices, wherever in fact
there IL an ssta blishmsnt employing
ten or more persons. The school So.
cieties. many OF which are already.
running successfully. will be greatly
Increased In number and revivifledi
and hundreds Of new societies will be.
added to those which already are,
nourishinE in 80 many rural communi.l
ues.t <~.e -. u 'ss5 4+< ~, y
Actually, there is hardly any limit to.
The number or nature of groups which
can organise War Savings Societies. I
In EfvinS, the models such names as
School" Community or "fndustriaI,t
the direct0ss mean merely to Indicate
the general nature of the plan. ANY.
group can organize, choosing the type
that seen1A best suited to IT'S needs.
Every group will be urged to organ.
ize. Farmers clubs, commercial clubs,
fratsrnal orders. woman's clubs, clubs
Of boys and girls, mutual cooperative
associations Of all sorts, every gather.
ing where the message of thrift,
Americanization and the purchase OF
Government securities can be placed
before . number OF PERSONS will be
utilized. - ....v j. ~ ..r'
Americanization work Is to be close.
~ linked with the War Savings socie.
ties, especially in. communities whera
considerable proportion Of the popu.
1stion5 is not yet fully alive to the
American spirit. and the benefits de-.
rived from living in the United
States. 1t Is the opinion OF the CEN
trail committee that ownership Of w.
g. s.. and other Government securities
will be a distinct help to Americaniza.
ton. Il will increase the interest of
the individual In his Government
whom he knows he owns a part Of the
nations public debt.
= Speed Up Organization,
County chairmen OF War Savings
Stamp sales have been advised by MIR.
Neyering to get, in touch Immediately
with all workers In their territories
and to make preparations for form.
ing the societies during the week of
February IT. There also will be-
meetings OF county chairman at vari.
Gus points in each state of the Ninth
District, at which the information Of
each will be made available for the
others. At each of these neetinks 4
worker from headquarters in Mime.
apolis will attend with information
and advice. A Speakers Bureau ia
being worked up which will be able to
supply speakers to the societies, eth.
Or at the time Of organization or at
subsequent meetings.
Working on the upa.mental idea
Of the value Of Thrift, we intend also
60 convince every person in the dts.
trict that the purchase OF War Saw.
1ngs Stamps will make savings do a
better, bigger and more valuable work
than any other use of the money" MIR.
Meyerfng said today. cat the same
time, OF course, the money saved and
Invested in stamps will be perfectly
safe and will yield an interest return
between 4 per cent. and per cent.
each year. 81 ~ - y 4
Save And invest.
For more than four years the world
has been spending. Now the world
must either start saving to make up
Oh loss and waste or 1t must fall
back into stagnation and sink to q
standard Of comfort and happiness dis
tinctiy below that of 1914. But II IL
not necessary for. the American pso
DIE to fall back II they are thrift,
and save. We have The best OPS,