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Show War Savings Stamps 1 ".' - 4J .'SifiiiJsflHI This month lends itself to the war savings stamps campaign more readily than any other for the reason that it is the season of gifts, and thus a proportion of Christmas Christ-mas giving can be devoted to war Savings. It is realized that with peace there is a consequent lull in the interest that attaches to th' esales of war securities. se-curities. ' But to the thinking person this should' not be so, for he will reflect that the expenses of war must be met in peace time as well as during the conflict. Because the conflict has subsided it does not follow that the expenses ex-penses of conflict are obviated. v In war we obligated ourselves to a huge expense, and this must be met. In the purchase of war savings stamps 'we engage in the simplest and easiest form of extending financial aid to the government; slmpte because it is possible pos-sible to invest in small amounts, and easy, because the investment in-vestment does not entail hardship upon the purse ana still yields a fair return. , ' . Each citizen should find it convenient to make some I special effort to take war sayings stamps upon the theory that a small investment by every one will result in a tremendous tre-mendous popular subscription. |