Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-12-17
1920 THRIFT WORK
PLANS GIVEN OUT;
BENEFITS CITED
New Year viii See Efforts In
tensified to Sell Savings
Stamps and Certificates.
LOWER COST OF LIVING
ONE RESULT IN SIGHT
Permanent Purchase Of Securities and
individual Economy Urged In
Government Appeal.

Announcement has been received
from Washington to the effect that
not only will thrift and war savings
stamps and treasury savings "certi-
flcates be sold in 1920 but that en-
larged plans have been prepared to
stimulate the sale Of these securities
throughout the nation and to intensity
the general thrift movement
4 communication has been received
from Carter Glass, Secretary Of the
Treasury, by R. A. Young, governor
Of the Ninth Federal Reserve district,
outlining the work for next year.
In launching the new plans" said
Governor Young, 1T will be the aim
Of this district-composed Of Mime
sofa, North and South Dakota, Mon
tana and parts of Michigan and Wis
consIn-to lead the nation during the
coming year in thrift work and the
sale of securities"
1920 Plans Explained.
The official communication from Mr..
Glass forms the basis Of suggestions
now being sent throughout the dis
tr1ct.
1.-THE savings movement" said M.
q. Harrison, director of the War Say.
ings Organization Of the Ninth dis
trict, has two objects: to sell war
savings securities and to get satisfac-
tory results in total sales, 80 market
ing them, however, that they will stay
sold, and in the second place to de-
velop and protect a secondary market
for the liberty bonds and treasury GER
tiflcates Of Indebtedness.
= TT will be the purpose of the move
ment to continue its effort to maintain
the value of these government savings
securities and to keep the market at
tractive for new offerings. This in
wolves an active campaign against
scalpers and get-rich-quick promoters
and to induce owners to hold their
bonds and stamps.
To Cut Down Living Costs.
More timely than any other phase
of the work will be the association OF
the thrift movement with the effort of
the government to bring about
through application Of individual saw
ing effort reduction Of the high cost
of living. The public will be shown
that In their hands rests a power to
bring about more favorable economic
conditions.
1.-The 1920 movement involves the
establishment of many additional war
savings societies in Industrial, mer.
camille and other organizations to pro
mote the regular sale OF government
savings securities. Publicity material
is to be supplied these societies and
occasional talks by government thrift
experts will be made.
Schools to Teach Thrift.
1.-THE new plan includes unprece
denied activity along thrift lines ir
the public schools. The cooperation
| of state superintendent of education
and all lesser educational workers il
being obtained and so pronounced il
the prospect along this line that the
Introduction of thrift as a part of cur
riculum seems assured.
"Women's organizations will b.
asked to even more actively partici
pate in the thrift campaign than il
the past When it is known that wo
men spend 80 per cent Of the none,
which goes for merchandise, the i'm
portance of cooperation on the par
OF the women is apparent