Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1919 — Every Element in Purchase of Thrift Stamps Contributes to Patriotism [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Every Element in Purchase of Thrift Stamps Contributes to Patriotism

BY THE WIFE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL

The habit of saving by means of Thrift and War Savings stamps is a personal benefit as well as a help to the country, combining patriotism with a good and , thoroughly safe business Investment. The person who with his savings is taking a part in financing his country takes up the same relationship to his country as a new investor in any enterprise. Like the investor in an industrial project he has a personal interest in the organization, the management, and the prosperity of the nation. He pays careful attention to public affairs, and a hitherto indifferent atti-

tude is transformed into scrutinizing and critcal thought. He has a new desire to promote in every way the well-being of the country. The wellbeing of a country, thus looked after, becomes a matter of healthy development, and lends no encouragement to bolshevist or anarchist. There is a patriotism, too, in the personal gain accruing to the individual from investment in War Savings stamps paying four per cent interest compounded quarterly. The person who is accumulating such a reserve fund is ready to better his condition when the opportunity comes his way; he cannot be shipwrecked by some unexpected storm of adversity; putting his savings into Thrift stamps and War Savings stamps, he is developing the habit of handling his earnings to their best advantage; he is keeping out of debt; he is evolving steady habits of self-development A nation of such individuals means national stability and ever-increasing growth. In other words, every element in the purchase of War Savings stamps contributes to patriotism. Even the personal profit they pay makes for national solidity and advancement, for War Savings stamps are conetructed in such fashion that they benefit both the buyer and the government.