Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-02-27
KEEP:ON SAVING

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IT suppose not many fortunate by.
products can come out Of the war but
il the United States can learn some
thing about saving out Of this war, II
will be worth the cost Of the war. i
mean the literal cost Of 1t In money
and resources Woodrow Wilson
Before the United States entered the
war, there were less than four hum
dred thousand people in this country
. who held Government securities. al
the present time there are more than
twenty million.
During the war the people invested
their money in Government securities
as patriotic duty. Last year was
record year in saving. There was over
a billion dollars invested in War Saw.
ings Stamps alone. If the fighting had
continued, the people would have con-
tinued to invest as a patriotic duty.
The end of the fighting does not change
either our patriotism or our duty.
1t Is the hope Of the Savings Division
not only that the twenty million Gov
eminent investors may keep up their
Investment, but that the number may
be added to until a large majority OF
the American people have d direct part
In the financing of their Government
If the people continue to supply the
Treasury with funds by their savings,
we shall pay off the bills for the war
In the shortest time with the least
hurt. The bills must be paid, and they
must be paid in the end by savings.
The signing Of the armistice has so
far made no change in the needs OF
the Treasury. Its records during De-
cember and January show as great an
expenditure as during any month OF
the war. The signing Of the armistice
has made no change in our individual
reasons for saving. In fact, one OF
the lessons which the war would teach
US is the personal advantage Of con-
tinuous saving. The Secretary OF the
Treasury says:
ut is vitality important that the
Treasury should continue in most en-
ergstic way the sale Of War Savings
Stamps and Certificates Among the
valuable and much needed lessons we
have partly learned from the war ID
that Of thrift and intelligent eIpendi-
ture. Thrift helped to win the war
and will help US to take full advantage
Of q victorious peace.
ut Is therefore imperative that we
do not relax into the old habits Of
wasteful expenditure and imperative
that the habit Of reasonable living be
continued.
"My admiration Is great not only for
the work accomplished but for the
spirit in which it was accomplished.
| 1t Is my earnest wish to retain and
continue these great organizations
until the work has been completed
| Carter Glass, Secretary OF the Treas
ury.
The 1919 Savings Campaign Is to be
more than campaign to sell stamps
| It is to be a campaign to stamp thrift
as a permanent habit upon the lives
| Of the people. It Is to be, campaign
| to impress the people with the fact
| that thrift is a patriotic duty in war
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or out of war; that it is 9. personal OBJ
| legation and that-from selfish stand
point-it pays.
| 1t Is to be campaign to impress
permanently upon the people the need
for careful spending instead OF
thoughtless spending; for systematic
saving instead Of Aaphazard saving
for wise investment instead of foolish
investment.
The Savings Society Is the all-impor'
tant factor in this campaign. 1t Ia
the central power station from which
the steady impulse goes. The Treas
ury Department looks to these socie-
ties to furnish the necessary power
more and more as the months go by
The reward will be the welfare of your
country and each individual citizen in
Il The test Of enduring patriotism
and personal success is before'uS