Morris tribune., 1920-01-16
TOMORROW IS THRIFT
DAY START TO SAVE
Nation to Observe Thrift Week
Morris Citizens Express Views on
Benefits of Thrift

III, CuS UlIIuudy OL LudI great
American, whose mode of living bore
out the spirit of his written rules of
thrifty conduct Benjamin Franklin.
Altho much has been said and
written during the last few years re-
garding the value the thrift, and the
true meaning of the often much
abused word, it is probable that
nothing expresses more fully, and
more sanely the real need for thrift
and the rewards thereof, than the
statement made by Poor Richard
whose birthday we commemorate.
Buy what thou hast no need of, and
ere long thou shalt sell thy neces-
sities," he says.
The same thot has been expressed
in more recent times and in more
modern nomenclature in the follow
ing words: "The benefits of Thrift
are self-evident. To save is to have.
Whether it be nickels or seconds or
units of energy, the saver is obvi-
ously the creditor, not the debtor
a person who has made provision for
future emergencies"
NATIONAL NEED OF THRIFT
Their ideas as to the value of thrift
and Thrift Day have been variousIy
expressed by representative men in
the community who we're approached
on this subject. Harry Adams,
chairman of the Stevens County War
Savings Stamp committee for 1919,
says 'I know of no better expression
of the need for thrift than the letter
sent out by the Ninth District War
Loan Organization at Minneapolis.
Every individual in the Ninth
Federal District will be urged to sub
scribe and live up to financial creed
during 1920. This statement of be-
lief will be brought to the attention
of all newspaper readers, to all school
children and War Savings Society
members and emphasized every way
possible by the Ninth District War
Savings Organization. ''To obtain
the views of the various parts of the
country on this matter, the Savings
directors of the twelve Federal Re-
serve districts were asked to draw up
such a creed and resolution. The
following is a complete summary of
their suggestions: I believe in the
United States of America; My op-
portunity and hope depend upon her
future; I believe that her stability
and progress rest upon the industry
and thrift of her people; Therefore,
I will work hard and live simply; I
will spend less than I earn; I will use
my earnings with care; I will save
consistently; I will invest thought
fully. TO increase the financial
strength of my country and myself,
I will buy Government securities; I
will hold above barter the obliga-
tions my country thus incurred; I
will do these things to insure the
greatness of Americas future"
A MOST IMPORTANT HABIT
The development of the thrift
habit during the plastic period of
youth has been the problem of the
schools for the last few years and the
value of the work is cited as follows
by Theodore Utne, superintendent of
schools:
"One of the most important habits
that we can teach our boys and girls
is the habit of thrift Thrift means
the economic salvation of the indi-
vidual, the family, and the nation.
Thrift during the period of youth
means comfort and independence
during maturity and old age And
throughout the whole period of life
thrift means self-respect and the re-
spect Of ones fellowmen."
SAVE FOR DEFINITE PURPOSE
< .=. ITO strive to lay aside a definite
amount for definite purpose" states
F. A. Hancock, who was chairman for
the Fourth Liberty Loan committee,
"is an excellent incentive to saving.
Many man who would think he
could not do without certain luxuries
will find that it is possible whe he has
once made his first payment on some
definite savings proposition"
STAMP CAMPAIGN A BLESSING
perhaps no greater blessing than
the development of the thrift habit
could have been conferred upon the
average American" says DR.. J.. w.
Harris, chairman of the War Savings
Stamp Division 1918, "and the thrift
stamp campaign has undoubtedly
played an important part in bringing
about this development. But in this
same connection it might also be we'll
to mention that thrift does not imply
penuriousness, and to remember that
to spend carefully does not mean to
cease spending altogether" "How-
ever" added the doctor thotfully,
there is probably little danger of
that in America"
SAVING AN EDUCATION
Someone has we'll said," remarked
Judge Beise, chat the habit of saw