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Show AMERICANS ASKED TOjCOIIOMIZE PRESIDENT APPEALS TO PEOPLE TO BUY ONLY ESSENTIALS TO HEALTH AND EFFICIENCY. Thoughtless and Needless Expenditure of Money for Non-Essentials Means Crippling of Resources in World's Crisis. Washington. To save materials and labor for necessary war purposes, President Wilson on May 29 appealed to Americans "to buy only those things which are essential to the individual health and efficiency," and to volunteer volun-teer on or before June 29, National Thrift day, to invest systematically in war savings and thrift stamps or other government securities. His statement reads : This war is one of nations not of armies and all of our 100,000,000 people peo-ple must be economically and industrially indus-trially adjusted to war conditions, if this nation is to play Its full part in the conflict. The problem before us is not primarily a financial problem, but rather a problem of increased production pro-duction of war essentials and the saving sav-ing of the materials and the labor necessary for the support and equipment equip-ment of our army and navy. Thoughtless Thought-less expenditure of money for nonessentials nones-sentials uses up the labor of men, the products of the farms, mines and factories, fac-tories, and overburdens transportation, all of which must be used to the utmost ut-most and at their best for war purposes. pur-poses. Thrift Practices Urged. The great results which we seek can be obtained only by the participation of every member of the nation, young and old, in a national concerted thrift movement. I therefore urge that our people everywhere pledge themselves, as suggested by the secretary of the treasury, to the' practice of thrift, to serve the government to their utmost in increasing production in all fields necessary to the winning of the war; to conserve food and fuel and useful materials of every kind ; to devote their labor only to the most necessary tasks, and to buy only those things which are essential to Individual health and effiency; and that the people, as evidence of their loyalty, invest all that they can save in Liberty bonds and war savings stamps. The securities securi-ties Issued by the treasury department are so many of them within the reach of every one that the door of opportunity oppor-tunity in this matter Is wide open to all of us. To practice thrift In peace times is a virtue and brings great benefit bene-fit to the Individual at nil times; with the desperate need of the civilized world today for materials and labor with which to end the war, the practice prac-tice of Individual thrift is a patriotic duty and a necessity. Buy Bonds or Stamps. I appeal to all who now own either Liberty bonds or war savings stamps to continue to practice economy and thrift and to appeal to all who do not own government securities to do likewise like-wise and purchase them to the extent of their means. The man who buys government securities transfers the purchasing power of his money to the United States government until after the war and to that same degree does not buy in competition with the government. gov-ernment. I earnestly appeal to every' man, woman and child to pledge themselves, on or before the 28th of June, to save constantly and to buy as regularly as possible the securities of the government, gov-ernment, and to do this as far as possible pos-sible through membership In war savings sav-ings societies. The 28th of June ends this special period of enlistment in the great volunteer army of production and savings here at home. May there be none unenllsted on that day. (Signed) WOODROW WILSON. |