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Show BORN OF WAR It is difficult yet to value accurately or in some instances to perceive all .the . war has brought to our national life or pruned from It. The things we think little now may appear to posterity the greatest. The Thrift Stamp idea seems to be one of these. Originated as a war emergency measure, meas-ure, it has taken hold; has appealed to the common sense of America, and may yet shape the destiny of th nation. It is patent, now that the war ii over, that the Thrift Stamp has come to stay. If we get nothing else out of the war but the habit of Baving, whlci begets the corollary simple living. w will have reaped the full fruit of th war. For a thrifty democracy is a firm democracy, a jiotent democracy, a democracy strong enough to preserve pre-serve itself. A man who saves Is a better citizen than the man who does not save. Ha becomes a stockholder In his government govern-ment and he is Jealous for the welfare wel-fare of that government in war and In peace. In war he will fight for it with his life. In peace he will protect it from those who would tear down. As America saves from this day on eo shall she grow in benign power and In the eyes of mankind. "A bank account ac-count for every American citizen" should be one of our national slogans. The Thrift and War Savings Stamp idea is freighted with a mighty change for the better in our national life. The Thrift Stamp is backed by the United States government. Without doubt it is the greatest investment ever offered and it is in such a form that every American, big and little, can take advantage c' 1L |
