Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1919 — THRIFT MEANS FREEDOM. [ARTICLE]

THRIFT MEANS FREEDOM.

Personal freedom, says the Elkhart Truth, consists of the right of every man to do what he pleases, to go where he pleases, and to he what he pleases so long as he does not interfere w>fb ibp This is the ideal of individual freedom, but how few of us reach it. Most of us are weighed down by shackles of circumstance which hamper our every movement. Our progress toward our own ideals of liberty and happiness is painful and sjow. Unmet obligations, the worry over what will become of us in our old age, the anxiety of seeing that our children are given a proper start in life, armed with the proper weapons for battling with the world —all these hamper our freedom. We cannot be free. Free from the fear of want and all these material worries and anxieties which bind us down. There is a royal road to freedom. It is thrift. Thrift will give us Independence of all about us, freedom to go where we please, do what we please and be what we please. Thrift is not miserliness. Thrift is sane saving, wise buying, the avoidance of waste and safe investment. This Is the thrift which our people came to know during the trying days of the war, and which should become a permanent American habit. This is the thrift which the government is trying to foster through the continued sale of Thrift Stamps and War Savings stamps. This is the thrift that will make millions free if they see and use their opportunity. „