The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-12
T'H||EEzP0WRE, OF THRIFT ::
By WILLIAM MATHER LEWIS
Director Savings Division. Treasury Department
National Thrift Campaign is Helping Amer
leans to Financial independence.

a pessimistic citizen was re
icying himself of a few gloomy
thoughts relative to this last, dy-
ng wear, 1919. The trouble
Nth America said he. IS that /
he. people won't get together ont
ANYTHING. Talk about the rapid
~ with which we organized our
rational resources to lick the |
Hun. Why say,-our speed I'M
rehabilitation makes that look
ike a funeral procession. Every
nan for himself and the Devil
AXE the ultimate Consumer IS the
rational slogan. At forgetting
The lessons ofsthelmag our batting
average in The League OF Nations
is. 1000 80 !, u.
All Behind Thrift Movement
On the face of the returns it seems
as if the depressed one was right. But
fortunately here and there are indi-
cations that after all the disintegra-
ton of national solidarity is more APP
parent than real. II is rather signiti
cant. for instance, that the American
Federation of Labor, the American
Bankers Association, the National
Educational Association, the Elks.
the Rotary Clubs, the Modern Wood
men OF America, the Ladies of the
Maeabees. the National Catholic War
- No
men. and hundreds of other organiza
tions representing every shade OF
thought and policy have all pledged
themselves during the year to stand
behind one great national movement
Need of Thrift Today
The man whom the Chicago police
forcibly disuaded from feeding tel
dollar bills to 4 horse is president o
the lodge attended by the youth witt
the fifteen dollar silk shirt; the stenog
rapher with the four hundred dol
lar fur coat, the munition maker
wife with the S350.0G0 pendant, an
all the joyous train who are maxim
the judicious srieye.
And IN this period Of reaction, c
wild and nervous extravaganza. TIL
Treasury Department of the Unite
States arose and said; At this me
ment when the captains and the king
depart we will call the people bac
:. to this. thrift of war days. We wi
Justify what the war cost in none
: and material We will4bring out (
this chaos of reconstruction a strong
4 or America" And there was create
the Treasury Departments Thrift an
Savings Movement, built upon ii
splendid foundation of the Saving
! Campaign conducted during the wa
Among the instruments OF war finanC
Thrift Stamps and War Saving
Stamps offered means of saving |
which lessons of the accumulation
: capital through small steady inves
nent could be taught These STAMP
had been the means of raising almo
billion dollars of revenue for Il
! Government during the war and h
become popular 1t was therefor
:. decided that they should be contil
e ued and their name, W S. s., whiC
was assuming the importance of
trade mark, should De permanent
! adopted.
americc Faces Financial Freedom
Occasionally Government Depar
mer.s are charged with .;uplicati,
I, of effort, but in the thrift moveme
u the Treasury Department has be-
y blessed with intelligent anG cordi
cooperation by other official agencie
The farmers OF America have 7
ceived the thrift message because L
= Department of A Agriculture has !
quain.ed its County Agents with I
principles of the Thrift and Savin
g, Movement and has instructed them
p. carry it 20 the workers in the fielC
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