New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-04-03
THE REAL AMERICAN SPIRIT.

Depicted by Postmaster Bryant Of Mon
roe, louisiana.
81 am a free born American and If
wish to waste my money, my time or my
opportunities, il is nobody's business"
Friend, does not the above quotation
have the true American ring2
Do you think, for a moment, that a
real American, will allow any man, or
for that matter, any Government, to die
tate or even suggest to him how he shall
spend or not spend, his money!
This Thrift Stamp, War Stamp aad
Treasury Certificate idea, being advs-
Gated by economists and encouraged by
the Government is contrary TO American
practices and traditions and if religiously
followed TO the logical conclusion, would
tend to disrupt over-throw and destroy
certain traits in the American makeup
and no doubt would abolish certain lines
of trade, long established, and make the
average American, man or woman, inde-
pendent of the loan shark, and enable
them, ultimately, to direct their own af-
fairs without assistance from the pawn
broker, the credit man, OF other CONNER
cial Ieeches who in the past have lived
and thrived, upon the shiftlessness of our
great mass Of American inefficiency.
Spend your surplus, blow it Just as fast
as you can. Cast your War Stamps and
other SAVINGS Immediately and invest the
money in $500 hosiery, $500 shoes ard
$1,000 shirts. Relieve YOUR mind of the
worry incidental to caring for and poa-
dering over surplus earnings and be
free man.
As soon as the great mass of American
citizenship is "flas- busted, mot a penny
left, and know net where to turn for
the next Job, restlessness will cease and
everybody will be ready to chit the ball"
and 70 hit il hard and wiz hit 1t on the
bosses own terms. Then business will
settle down to bedrock" prices return
TO normal, and the world will again be
happy.
Cash in your War Stamps and spend
the money, if you do not need the hosiery,
the shoes or the shirts, remember the
wonderful opportunities now being offered
in oil, silver, sulphur and gold mining |
stocks. Get in on the ground floor"
Think Of the ecstatic buoyancy that must
swell the BOSOM of a prospective mil
lionairc. This four percent stuff is en-
tirelv too slow for the modern American |
working man. Separate Yourself from |
that surplus monev. at the earliest oppor-
tunity II is an awful predicament to
know that you have a dollar more than
You actually need that moment.
Money only makes the poor devil mis-.
cradle. and disqualiles him for honest
toll. Then why ieopardize your happi-
ness by attempting to provide for your
children. or by saving for rainy day.?
Money is for the banker, the merchant
and the millionaire, then why should an
honest American working man or W.
man ccvet the property Of their philan-
thropic neighbors?
If you have any War Stamps, CASH.
them. Cash them now and let the sur
plus money Of the country rapidly find
its way home. /,
From March the 22nd to 9th has been
DESIGNATED by the Department as Thrift
Week but why should we working men |
and women Of America worry about !
Thrift What do we know about Thrift
Or care about Thrift Are we not draw !
ng the biggest wages now we ever
rev beforef HCome day, 20 day ard
5od send Sunday is our motto. We do
lot propose to wreck our happiness try 4
nR to be hnanciers The bankers will
ook after the finance and Charitable In b
titutions will care for our wives ana |
hildren when we are sone. No finance $
or us, give us fun and frolic. i
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