Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-02-12

most luxurious and the jolliest court
In the world. J He won their admirav
ton by his wit, his courtesy and his
manners, and he commanded their re-
spect Tor his great ability. He was
their equal on their own ground. and
their superiors on every other ground
so he was the first link in the chain
Of friendship which binds the United
States to France-the last link Of
which was welded in the awful fres
OF Chateau Thierry, of Belleau Wood.
of st. Mihiel, Of the Argonne Forest
last summer and autumn-by those
boys in Khaki who must be fed and
clothed, and made happy-and brought
back.
And yet this man Franklin was the
same person who as a raw youth walk
Cd up the streets OF Philadelphia
snawing = loaf Of bread because ho
could not afford to sit down to 4 bet
ter meal.
He gave to the French Revolution
its million-ttmes-sung refrain, itS
Ca ira!"-and (note the contrast!)
he practiced saving and thrift SO sue
cessfully that. beginning as a Journey
man printer in a strange city, even as
early as the French and Indian War,
he was rich enough 30 that tho Penn
sylvanla farmers were willing to sell
to Benjamin Franklin the horses and
wagons for Braddook's expedition,
even though they would not trust tho
British Government. He had that grip
on himself which every American must
have now. He knew a century and q
half before the medical profession
knew it, that a cold is an infectious
disease; and he not only said, Lib
erty is still the birthright of all men,"
but also, "The way to wealth is AZ
plain as the way to market" And
again, he said, "The noblest question
in the world is, What good may I do
In it 1.-THE very question the answer
to which was sought by our soldier
boys on the bloody battle fields Of
France. And then, said Franklin, "A
penny saved is two-pence clear. A pin
a day is groat = year; Save and
Have"
| And that last bit of philosophy today
must be the common, ordinary Amer.
lean answer to Franklin's great ques-
ton. What good may do in the
world?" "A penny saved is two pence
clear. Save and Have"
He proved the identity Of electricity
and Neutrality-suspicious. he drew the
lightning out Of the cloud by means OF
a kite. People thought they were DIFF
ferent things. He spoke, and the phil
osophers listened-and he invented
the Franklin Stove so as to economic
fuel. He is the great apostle of Wal
Savings Stamps. HE that spends q
groat day idly" says Franklin
spends Idly above six pounds year
which is the price of using a hundred
pounds"
Franklin is In large degree thu
founder of the American army. The
troops of which George Washington
took command in 1775 had no supplies
were almost naked, and were starving
Franklin was a leader in devisint
plans for feeding, sheltering and cloth
us now, he would lead In the great ma
tional thrift movement which will no.
only win the rest of the war, but viii
pay our war debt. The times for thu
easy going spending Of money should
be over in this country. The world
needs everything we can save. Every
where is nakedness, hunger, and lacl
OF shelter. silks and satins," sale
Franklin, put out the kitchen fire.
They stand for the things which make
it hard to win the rest of the war. "A
fat kitchen, lean WILL" said Frank
lin, and we may say "A fat kitchen :
lean Treasury
l wish we had Franklin for leade
now-but why can't we make him ou
leader? He is as real to us as if h
lived in Washington today FOLLOW
his teaching. Save and have Thu
government must have your savings
II you save and buy interest -bearin,
securities of the government, you will
still have the government, you will b,
prouder of your government, you will
feel more interest in your government
and your government will pay 20,
interest every year.
"Save and have"-and win the res
of the war!