| Show I PRESIDENT tl URGES US TO BUY nUl Q ONLY LY ACTUAL NECESSITIES S STo i I. I To save materials and aud labor for necessary war purposes President Wilson has appealed to Americans to buy only those things which are essential to the i individual rual and effic efficiency en y and to volunteer volunteer on onor onor onor or before June 28 National thrift day to invest systematically in war var savings and thrift stamps or other government securities This war ar is is one of of na nations not nations ionS not t of at armies the the president and an andall andall all all' all all' of our people must be je and Industrially adjusted ad ad- j to war conditions if this nation nation na na- tion is f to o pia play Its full fuU part in the conflict The problem before us is not primarily a a. financial problem but ut but rather a problem of increased production of war wan essentials and slid the saving of ot th e a materials and the tho labor necessary for the support and equipment of our army and navy Thoughtless expenditure of money for non essentials uses up the labor of men the products of the farm mines and factories and overburdens overburdens overburdens dens transportation all aU 6 r which must be used to the the utmost and at their best for war purposes The great re results which we seek can cnn be obtained only by the participation participation IJ pation of every every member of the nation nation na na- tion young and old in a national concerted thrift movement ment I there ther therefore therefore fore urge that our people everywhere everywhere everywhere every every- where pledge themselves as suggested suggested suggested sug sug- h by the secretary of oC the treasury to the practice of thrift I to serve serve t the g government to their ut utmost utmost utmost ut- ut most most In fn ill increasing production in allfie all fie fields ds necessary to the winning of Ot the war to conserve food tood and fuel and IntI Us useful ful materials ls of o eve every y kind to devote their labor only to the most necessary tasks and to buy only those things ings which are essential to individual 1 health and efficiency ncy and that the p people pl as evidence o 0 otheir of their loyalty invest all th they y can save in Liberty bonds and war savings sax sav sav ings stamps The securities issued by the tho treasury department are so so many of them within file flie reach or of ever everyone on that tHe door of ol opportunity in this matter Is wide open to a all 1 of f us To practice practice- e thrift in peace times is a virtue and bring great benefit to the Individual a at all times with the desperate desp desperate des des- p rat need of ot the civilized world today for materials and labor with which thich h to end the war the practice of ot individual individual thrift is a patriotic duty and and- anda a necessity 9 o C Appeal to Save Sae I cI appeal to all who now own Liberty bonds or war savings stamps to continue to practice economy and thrift and arid tc to appeal to all who donot do donot donot not OW own l government securities to todo todo todo do likewise and purchase them to the extent of their means The man who buys bus government securities transfers the he purchasing power of ot until after this war and to that same d degree degree gree does not buy in with the government I r 1 earnestly appeal to every man man woman and child to pledge themselves themselves themselves them them- selves on aD or before the of at June to save constantly and to buy buyas as regularly as possible the securities securities securities ties of the government nt and to do him thip as far as possible through mem- mem mem- mem in war savings societies The of June ends this special period of enl enlistment in the great volunteer teer army of ot production and saving here at home tonne May there b be none listed d on that day |
