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Show If WHO CAN BUY THRIFT STAMPS fe" Solicitor in-the War Savings driyef re- aMfe' port that stamps are being bought not " merely by peopfe of small means and Kt those that five in a hand to mouth way, 14 h ' ' but that many-wealthy people are quietly fcV -tucking them away. They must get in a II 'great deal of money, that would never go , lor bigger government issues. Selling the stamps is about like the & farm boys old job of raking after the cart As you look over the hay field, the B &. little wisps of grass scattered hither and t;v yon aeems: wholly insignificant. It hard- :v ly seems worth onyonrs time to get after r them. But as the rakers proceed up and ?:. down the field, their gleanings keep on 5 growing in size and they make a' very ;; large aggregate. No figures arje available showing what ' . w proportion of our people have taken H; bonds. Many people have subscribed ft- several times. In millions of households j several individuals have subscribed. That J ' leaves it probable that more than half of ir our people have so far failed to take fr ' It is up .to them to take War Saving ft-v . Stamps. In so far as they art people of JV small means, they need government pro-fr, pro-fr, tection mere than anyone else It is the , working ckases that suffer ihff worst m::: - from tyrafmy. The German .menace is t-;,1' ' Mn attack oh democracy all over the work! : , aiffUoeeiUwouldbeatirriWeWew KV fothe riglrts of tlie common people; 'Ev-' 'Ev-' " ery manno matter how struggling, mi - should in m own interest take hold and j,4 " d by buying stamps. V .J0 th!ww stamps should meet with ready sale among people of means. They :;:";. need government protection more' than K C . W one else. It is the working closses mjkl that suffer the worst from tyranny. The H'r.. German menace is an attack on democra- m-K, cy all over the world, and if successful K would be a' terrible blow to the rights .of mj'. . the common.people. Every man. no mat- PJJJJJJJJJjMSSLtSItJh3SSaSJaB7iSBiTSBByBp! . lV'TAlso.th)yarStamps should meet with H ;-' a ready sale among people of means. They m cmn P1 w dollars each month just ; ,W1 as not and wiU never feel it nor H tf will they be lees able to take the next i-H i-H v we of Liberty bonds. H' at. a at |