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Saturday, February 8, 1919
ORGANIZED DRIVE
TO TEACH THRIFT
Feb.
17 to 24 Named as War
Savings Society Week in
Plans Made Public.
.NINTH DISTRICT ACTIVE
Chairman Rogers Announces Program
tfor
Six-Day Campaign—Group So
cieties to Be Formed Follow
Ing Intensive Preparation.-
Minneapolis, Minn.—As a start in
the Ninth- District on the Treasury De
partment's plan for a nationwide cam
paign of Thrift education, coupled with
investment of the savings in War
Savings Stamps, the week of February
17 to 24 will be War Savings Society
week.
Special emphasis during the six days
will b© given to the formation of Gov
ernment War Savings Societies in ev
ery community of the Ninth District
states. With the organization of the
societies, machinery will be set in mo
tion which will help every citizen save
part of the money earned from week
to week. At the same time the Gov
ernment of the United States, and in
directly every resident of the nation,
will be benefited by the money loaned
by savers through their investment in
Thrift Stamps and War Savings
Stamps.
Plans for bringing War Savings So
cieties to completion in the six days,
beginning February 17, were made pub
lic today by A. R. Rogers as head of
the Ninth District War Loan Organi
sation's central committee.
Group Societies.
The War Savings Organization, for
which John H. Meyering is War Sav
ings division head, aims to have War
Savings Societies organized as an ad
junct of the social life of every club
of all sorts, every store, factory, mill,
•very big office force, woman's club,
fraternal order or other- organization
which affords a common point of con
tact frequently for any considerable
number of individuals. Farmers' Clubs
and co-operative unions in rural com
munities will be organized into War
Savings Stamps clubs in every possi
ble Instance, and it is the purpose of
the directors to have a War Savings
Society formed in every public, private
or parochial school in the district.
Sunday schools also will be organized
for War Savings.
To aid county chairmen of the W.
S. Br division and other leading War
Savings workers in organizing the
hundreds of socieites the central com'
mlttee has worked out model types of
War Savings societies along three
lines:
1. A school model.
2. A community model, especially
for the use of rural districts and small
towns.
3. A commercial and industrial
model.
The latter is for use as a type to be
followed in organizing office forces,
employes of stores, shops and mills*
Mid other business groups. County
chairmen have been furnished full
details of each model. The plans are
set down to be followed in general.
Societies that wish to vary them rea
sonably may do so.
Aim Of Organizing.
The principal functions of the War
Savings Societies were outlined today
ly Mr. Rogers as follows:
A campaign of education through
which the members of each society
.will learn to realize the full valve of
savings, both in keeping the original
|Sum of money and through the ad
vantage derived by interest which
the money earns.
A broadcast spreading of the doc
trine of Americanization, coupled to
the added Interest anyone has in an
Institution in which he is part owner.
In this instance each member of
elub has become a part owner of the
United States through purchase of
War Savings Stamps or Thrift Stamps,
A bringing home to every Individual
of the fact that the United States Gov
ernment must have all the money he
can afford to lend through W. S. S
buying. The exact purposes for which
our Government must spend huge
"I
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND HIS THRIFTY WIF^E, DEBORAH.
Benjamin Franklin, whose ploture appears on the 1919 Issue of
Savings Stamps was, aooording to his own writings, fortunate In
hie selection of a wife. Of her, he says: "Frugality is an enriching
virtue I was onoe lucky enough te find It In a wife who, therefore,
became a fortune to me."
Deborah Franklin was "thrifty, oomely and made me a feed wife,"
he enee wrote.
While the philosopher was In Franee seeking aid for the newly,
born American republic, hie life was brightened by raye of elteory
ehlne contained In her frequent letters.
sums will be shown as accurately as
possible.
So far as possible the programs of
the War Savings Societies will be
worked out on pleasant and attrac
tive lines. It 1b planned to have each
member take an active part from time
to time. The study done in preparing
papers or short talks before the so
ciety will educate the members in the
matters which the clubs are organ
ized "*to teach.
Intensive Preparation.
Between now and February 17th
there will be meetings of War Savings
society organizers in many parts of
the district at which speakers tinder
direction of the central committee will
outline the purposes and plans of the
societies.
Although the societies are now being
organized for the year 1919, it has
been announced at Washington that
they will be kept alive and encour
aged to, continue permanently. The
two-fold purpose of maintaining the
societies will be to continue giving
the people aid in their efforts to save
and to aid steadily to the Govern
ment's Income from small sources.
The Treasury Department has an
nounced definitely that taxes can be
reduced In practically direct ratio to
the amount of money supplied the
United States through sale of War
Savings Stamps.
"Working on the fundamental idea
of the value of Thrift, we intend also
to convince every person in the dis
trict that the purchase of War Sav
ings Stamps will make Savings do a
.better, bigger and more valuable work
than any other use of the money," Mr.
Meyering said today. "At the same
time the money saved and invested in
stamps will be perfectly safe and will
yield an interest return of between
4 per cent, and 5 per cent, each year.
"For more than four years the world
has been spending. Now the world
must either start saving to make up
for the loss and waste or it must fall
back Into stagnation and sink to a
lower standard of comfort and happi
ness than it had before 1914. But it
is not necessary for the American
people to fall back If they are thrifty
and save. We have the best oppor
tunity to save of any of the world's
nations. We have the food, clothing
and money—all the good things of
life. We must make the basis of our
prosperity secure. Saving makes the
future prosperity of the individual
safe. At the same time it supplies mo
ney to the Government with which
the whole national structure can be
so strengthened that we will not have
to lose or forego any of oujr national
prosperity."
MONEY FOB UNCLE SAM
Reserve Bank Head Appeals for
Thrift and Saving.
Bills Now Pouring in Requiring Gov?
ernment to Pay Price of Great War
—People Get Money Back.
The Ninth Federal Reserve district
has probably received as great an In
flow of money during the past year as
in any two preceding years in its
history according to Theodore Wold,
governor of the Mlnneapollis Federal
Reserve bank. Mr. Wold made -the
statement In calling attention to the
secretary of the treasury's statement
that the government is in urgent need
of money, with war costs now in their
highest point. With It he coupled an
appeal for careful spending, thrift and
saving.
"Instead of spending twice as much
as in past years the people of this dis
trict have every reason, both of per
sonal advantage and national necessity
for saving," said Mr. Wold. '(It is true
that prices are higher but most fami
lies have a good margin above necessi
ties and from this there should be
substantial savings.
"The immediate way of loaning
money to the government, and saving ft
at the same time Is to buy War Sav
ings Stamps.' When one realizes that
as much was yielded last year by sale
of these stamps as it cost before the
war to run the government for a year
It is seen that they are no trivial fi
nancial item. War Savings Stamps
are very real and the man who buys
jj»$K
them in proportion to his ability is aending the show over if the Knights
helping the government as much as
any wealthier man who buys in pro
portion to his ability."
The Facts
Abcut Ulster
Congressman Mason, in a speech
which may be found on page 1706 of
the Congressional Record, states:
"I asked Katherine Hughes, a well
known writer and a reliable represen-
E I I S S A N A
alive ot Irish nationality, as to the „Get
Ulster question, and this is her an-
swer:
'Ulster is an integral part of the
ancient nation and territory of Ire
land. It is a popular and a mistaken
opinion in this country that all the
Protestants of Ulster are opposed to
the government of Ireland by the
Irish.
'Ulster men, qualified to judge,,
claim that one-fifth of the Protestants
of Ulster are National Irish. Some
of the most ardent Sinn Fein leaders
today, like Blythe and Figgis and Hob
son, are Protestants.
'In all Ulster there is only a Prot
estant majority of 200,000. In Bel
fast city alone the entire Protestant
majority of Ulster lives. In five of
the nine counties of Ulster the ma
jority of the people are Catholic, viz.,
St, 56, 74, 55 and 78 per cent of the
population. In the four remaining
counties the Protestant majority is 54,
54, 9 and G9 per cent.
'Ulster is not the richest province
of Ireland. Leinster is the richest, and
pays the largest share of taxes
'It is an historical fact that 130
years ago the Protestants of Ulster
were fighting together with the Catho
lics of Ireland—the possessers and
dispossessed making common cause—
against England for Irish independ
ence.-
'There are Ulstermen who claim
their first duty is to England, not to
their native land, Ireland. But I ask
you to recall what Washington did
with the Ulster problem on his hands
in V76. Those residents of America
who professed to remain "Loyalists'
to England did so. Fifty thousand of
these "Loyalists" fought in the Eng
lish army against American independ
ence, and Washington simply regard
ed them as traitors to their country.
It is on record that he called them
abominable pests of society." When
American independence was establish
ed, such of these Loyalists as desired
to do so lived peacefully in America
the others moved into British territory
and were recompensed by England for
any pecuniary loss they suffered."'
A Reil Wild West
Show to E«tejrtaiii_
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'Soldiers in France
Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming
Offer to Finance the Project.
Cedar Rapids, la., Jan. 29.—(Spe
cial to The Catholic Messenger)—
Sixty rip, rarln" bowboys, forty full
blooded Indians, over a hundred buck
ing bronchoes, a dozen comely "cow
girls" fresh from the plains, and all
the other paraphernalia of a real wild
west show will soon be taken to
France to entertain the American sol
diers, if a plan which has just been
put up to the Knights of Columbus
overseas committee in New York is
carried out.
Most Iowa people are familiar with
the wild west outfit known as "Fron
tier Days." For several years it was
the feature attraction at the Interstate
fair in Sioux City, and the aggrega
tion has given yearly exhibitions at
Cheyenne, Wyoming, that always prove
a great drawing card. F. T. Corcoran
of Fort Morgan, Colo., who has volun
teered as a K. of C. secretary for
work in France, has offered to finance
of Columbus will stand sponsor as
manager. Mr. Corcoran told the New
York bureau it would cost about $250,
000, but that the citizens of Colorado,
Wyoming and New Mexico would put
up the coin so it wouldn't cost the
K. of C. a cent.
It is proposed to give about 90 per
formances in places where a large
number of soldiers could congregate.
The show woujd be absolutely free to
all, carrying out the K. Of C. idea of
service without charge. No string of
any kind is attached to the offer. The
people of Colorado, Wyoming and New
Mexico are anxious to show their ap
preciation of what the American sol
diers have done, and selected that
method, according to Corcoran. SJJkSJ
"Frontier Days" is as much of an
institution as Rlngling's circus. Out KfttS
in Cheyenne, where many Iowans have
witnessed the show, it is not un
usual to play to as many as 40.000
spectators in one day. It is safe to
say it would be no trouble to assem
ble that many American doughboys
if word was passed along that a real
wild west outfit was coming.
Information concerning the propo
sition has been received by Joe Mc
Cormick of this city, state secretary
of the K. of C., from the organiza
tion's overseas headquarters in New
York.
shevism in America.
(Catholic Press Association)
Washington, Jan. 29.—William B.
Labor, says:
now and
keep it going on the pre-war basis or
better. Hire men. Help to prevent
widespread unemployment. Do not
try to force down wages, thus bring
ing on industrial unrest, the end of
which we could not predict."
wils0Ili Secret o£
bugineas
Senator Harding, of Ohio, says:
"The other day I read a very impor
tant utterance from a member "of the
President's Cabinet, saying that it
was unthinkable that there should be
any change in the rate of wages paid.
Senators, the public official who
makes that statement and at the
same time cries out for a reduced
cost of living, is a demagogue in the
widest terms that can be named, be
cause you can not reduce the cost
of living and maintain the present
standard of American wages. I am
just as piuch in favor of high stand
ard of wages as any man on this
floor. I think the
Avar
Senator Hardwick, ot Georgia, says:
"Unless prices go down, the average
American citizen, particularly in cities
and towns, will not be able to live
he can not earn an honest living. The
clerks and smaller salaried people in
all thQ towns and cities today are
struggling under an overwhelming
load of debt. Prices can not go down
unless to some extent, at least the
cost of labor goes down with them.
We had Just as well face this question
like men. We know that. When It
happens, you will have not only the
Industrial Workers of the World, bu£
the American Federation of Labor, in
•y
MOST WAGES GO DOWN?
Subject Discussed in U. S. Senate by all probability, and it kindred and at
Harding of Ohio and Hardwick
of Georgia—Menace of Bol­
will have been
iji vain, if we go back to old condi
tions that existed heretofore. Nay,
more, I think the war will have been
in vain and our civilization will have
failed to meet the new world condi
tions, if we do not have the con
science and the courage and the co
operation to reach a state where
henceforth there is a fairer division
of the profits of production. If you
do not do it, you will have more Bol
shevism in the United States of
America than there is in the great
pathetic land of Russia. But the
difficulty is in maintaining war con
ditions. No man, with an ounce of
common sense, believes they can be
maintained."
lied forces, because we have already
been given official notice of that fact
by its leader, Mr. Gompers, arrayed in
a death struggle against the Govern
ment and against the balance of the
country. They say that under no cir
cumstances shall the price of wages
go down."
"The Gospel of Revolution."
Senator Harding, of Ohio, made this
accusation in the U. S. Senate:
"I do not forget. Senators, that in
high places in this country, both
executive and legislative, we preached
the gospel of revolution in the Central
Empires of Europe. We were so eager
to make war on constituted authority,
that we proclaimed revolution as one
of the greatest essentials to bring
about peace and tranquility in the
world. You lighted a fire then that
it is difficult to put out now. If I
had tft choose for myself between hate
ful autocracy, on the one hand, or des
troying anarchy and its democracy,
on the other, if there is no righteous
mean between these two hateful ex
tremes, I choose autocracy. We have
been encouraging the lighting of the
fires of revolution throughout the
world, without counting the possible
cost to ourselves."
Bolsheviki in America.
For several months the Military
Intelligence Service has been taking
a census of persons, newspapers and.
organizations of Bolshevist princi
ples. The persons include a num
ber of college professors teaching
economics, sociology and history.
The newspapers number about 250.
The societies include the Industrial
Workers of the World, the Civil Lib
erties Bureau, the Church Peace
Union, the Radical Socialist Party,
etc. The movement Is active all over
the country wherever there are many
foreigners of the sort that are apt to
be Socialists.
Save the Standard—Also, there is
something which we can do. Spread
the story of Ireland's claims and rights
and wrongs by disseminating the Cath
olic papers. Never destroy one of
them but "pass it on" and those who
still have a few dollars left after the
various "drives" subscribe for extra
papers. If you do not know a non
Catholic who will read It send the
money to the editor and ask him to
use it for that purpose. Put Catholic
papers In waiting rooms, rest rooms
and libraries. The people of the U.
S. A. are for the "square deal." Let
them read the truth.
PRINTING
The Lubricant of all Successfull Business
BIG OR LITTLE
No Job is too Small for us to give it that careful
scrutiny through each department which marks
our printing Perfect.
No Job is too Large for us to turn out perfect,
for we have allied with us dependable workmen
•who are artists in every branch of the printing
trade.
School Prospectus and Annuals
A Specialty
Church Annual Reports Promptly
Printed
The Irish Standard
Job Department
Bishop Chartrand's
Plea for Ireland
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 24.—Rt. Rev.
Bishop Chartrand, in an official letter
makes a powerful plea for the adju
dication of Ireland's wrongs by tbe
Peace Conference. His letter reads:
Among the nations, petitioners at
the Peace Conference for independ
ence and the right to shape their own
future, none has a more valid claim
than Ireland.
The story of the wrongs she has
suffered is too well known through
out the world to be ignored, or final
ly disposed of by specious explana
tions and vain promises. The hour
of Ireland's deliverance, we hope, is.
drawing near her unfaltering, legiti
mate ambition—deemed a virtue in
every other ltyid—awakens our deep
est sympathy and merits assistance,
when a noble attempt is made at
complete redress among nations.
President Wilson has solemnly de
clared that the Powers must be pre
pared to make sacrifices in the in
terest of justice.
No lover of justice and fair play
will be satisfied, if Ireland is denied
a hearing at the conference. Her
case is simple and clear and should
be adjudicated now.
America's influence will surely be
exerted, as earnestly, as sincerely
and persistently in behalf of Ireland,
as of any other smaller nation.
Ireland's cause is as important as
any she demands relief from an evil
of long standing. Only heartless stu
pidity can contemplate a continu
ance of it.
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JOSEPH CHARTRAND,
Bishop of Indianapolis.
U. S. SHIPS CARRIED 46 PER CENT
OF TROOPS.
..American Navy Furnished Four
fifths of Convoys for All Troop
Transports British Escorted 14 Per
Cent.
Paris. Jan. 17.—Official figures show
that 46.2 per cent of all the American
troops were transported exclusively in
American ships. The-percentage car
ried in British ships was 48.25 per
cent, as against the much higher fig
ures recently made public. The Amer
ican Navy escorted and guarded the
transport of 82.75 per cent of all the
troops, representing 1,720,360 men. The
British escorted 14.12 per cent, rep
resenting 297,903 men. The French
escorted 3.13 per cent, representing
61,617 men.
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