The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-12
Editorial
of the Day
A PRIZE EDITORIAL

The following editorial, Blessed BE
The Saver" won the first prize in
the editorial contest in the Tenth
Federal Reserve Bank district 1t was
written by Rollo A. Cymer, of FL
Dorado, Kan, Times.
"The silk shirt era in American
history has about passed The wild
orgy of high wages, high prices and
high life is beginning TO 0bate. The
jazz jamboree is all but over. The
"cold gray dawn Of the morning
after" is peeping in at the win
dows, and the realization that there
is actually TO be a tomorrow has
penetrated the public consciousness,
After the long night, wherein folly
reigned, sane virtues We're bdnished,
and money flowed like water, it is a
blessed relief TO contemplate change.
But what Of the day? Our national
poise has, been sadly upset. The an
cient homely doctrines of thrift and
sane living have been relegated TO
the rear. Certain old fashioned per-
sons at various and sundry times in
recent years have urged that these be
given profound respect Their protes-
tations have been unheeded. On with
the dance Let joy be unconfined. The
world owes US, not only a living, but
luxuries. Indulge while you may.
But now! Cold facts have intruded
The fiddler must be paid. He is a
cross, mercenary, unreasoning per
son. Nothing satisfies him but the
cash. And the gay butterflies who
wasted their substance when it was
plentiful are now finding that the
dollar they SO despised, and flung
so freely, is a prime necessity.
One can be plain and blunt with
chastened BUTTERFLY. There is just
one remedy for all this grief-and
that is thrift. IT is nothing more
nor less than a good habit. 1t takes
account Of the little things. 1t does
not necessarily mean penny-pinchng
but it does comprise a wholesale re-
gard for trifles. And if there ever was
need for strict, genuine old-fashion-
cd sense, that time is now, and the
place is Kansas, in the United States
of America.
This truth cannot be too strongly
urged. There are abundant indlca-
tions now that it will be heard, where,
as, one, TWO or three years ago, the
voice of sanity was lost in the discords
OF the jazz orchestra. For conditions
have changed. Money is light" Many
markets have broken. The golden
flood has thinned to a trickling stream.
And the dollar is slowly resuming its
lost estate.
Many Grown-ups are still obdur-
ate. But they will come arounl And,
in the meantime, let the children
know OF the blessings that regular saw
ings can invoke. There ought to be
a room in the curriculum Of every
public school for course IN thrift.
Many children. alls, have no precepts
and no example at home. But a
school there is some opportunity to
inculcatc the value of savings. And
whatever is taught thcrc can be given
"a definitely practical turn.
There is no excuse to any 10 waste,
every opportunity. has been given the
thrifty man. woman or child. The
banks preach savings in all their adj
vertising. Their facilities ure ever
present. Moreover the government af-
foris ideal advantages for the earnest
saver. Its Thrift Stamps and Treas
ury Savings certificates comprise a
most convenient method for odd dol
lars and cents to be safety invested
and become interest bearers. They
are the only securities ever issued by
the government that possess guar
antcod value az all times before they
mature They may bc redeemed at the
posiofficc at any time, the owner re-
cciylng in cash all that he has in
vcs'cd. plus accrued interest. Any
school boy or girl will find these a
most gratifying method OF saving
funds to meet tuition fees at fixed In,
tcrvals, book purchases, or even grad
uaiion expenses And. IL allowed go
accumulate they might become tho
substantial basis for college and
university education.
II is easy to acquire Information
concerning these securities. II your
postmaster iocs not have complete
supply OF literature IL mly be so-
cured frum The government saving
organization of the Tenth Federal Re
serve District at Kansas CITY The
big poin; is that benevolent govern
mcnt offers an easy, systematic plan
10 everyone FOR quarters 20 grow into
dollars and dollars into hundreds
And IL the elders are somewhat dia-
tory about getting a sound. uracti-
. cal. everyday saving scheme to work.
ing by all means have the children
40 g. For some ono must start And
many schools are now conducting their
own savings banks operated by pupils
under government supervision.
We are at the turning Of the ways
as a people We must get more money
into our individual reserve. Only by
SO doing can general stability be se-
cured and normal conditions achieved
Ii means no less prosperity now and
greater prosperity for the future. For
the man, community or nation that
falls to husband resources In without
the vital element OF success.