The Dacoma Mascot (Dacoma, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1918 Page: 3 of 12
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ONE THRIFT STAMP
BUYS FjVEBULLETS
SALE OF SINGLE BABY BOND
MEANS NEW PAIR OF
SHOES FOR SOLDIER
YOUR SAVINGS TO HELP WINi
THE DACOMA MASCOT
No Gift* Asked; Government Pays
You Interest and Guarantees
Safety On Amount
Loaned to It.
WHAT THEY DO.
If you havs an idea that your
quarters won’t help win the war
and do lots of service when in-
vested in thrift stomps and war
savings stamps, just look over
this table. The little bonds are
translated in terms of soldier
equipment. Here’s how they
stack up:
1 Thrift Stamp—6 Bullets.
1 War Savings Stomp—1 Pair
of Shoes.
1 War Savings 8tamp — 2
Woolen Shirts.
1 War Savings Stamp—4 Win-
ter Undershirts.
1 War Savings Stamp—1 Steel
Helmet and $1.12 over.
1 War Savings Stamp—1 Shel-
ter Tent and part payment on
Overcoat.
These quarters will do the
Government lots of good. And
remember you are not giving
them away, but lending them at
4 per cent interest e xpounded
quarterly.
A single thrift stamp doesn’t look
very large and the quarter It costs
doesn’t seem like it would count for
very much, but that, thrift stamp
means fire bullets for one of our sol-
diers—a dip of cartridges th^t will
dll the magazine of his rifle. With
them he may jrt* his life and the
lives of two or three American heroes
In France.
Do Lets ef Things.
These little war bonds will 4e lot*
of big things. Armies can ha ammu-
nitioned with them, hungry soldiers
fad, fighters kept warm ia No Man's
l and, lives saved—enough of them
will bring victory, save the nation
and literate thousands of poor Euro-
peans whose •audition ie worse tkr.fi
slavery.
They stand for patriotism, those
little certlflestes which cost only a
trifle. They are evidences of willing-
ness to serve and back up the boys
in the trenches. People who refrain
from spending their money on un-
necessary things and put It in the
tiny war bonds don't have to talk
about their loyalty—they are proving
it, paying for It.
Ways Te Get Them.
The price ©f the victory stamps can
l>e saved or made in a thousand ways.
Luxuries can ba left nnbeught and
Thrift stamps purchased instead.
Everyone ean give up luxuries, be-
muse nearly everyone spends m«.»•»
fer things he ie not compelled to have.
Money saved is money mad*. Let
part of the money in the pay envelope
be put to work for Uncle Sam and
the Liberty boys. The old hen out
there at the barn can help you. Every
time she lays a dozen eggs you hsve
the prlee of two thrift stamps—that's
ten ballets. There are Just lots ef
ways te earn the little treasury
bonds.
These little stamps stand for suave-
rhing else—thrift and prosperity.
Tea help the government when you
bay them, but you also help yourself.
Yeu have saved money, It will come
la bandy later oa, and when yon get
it back will get a kit ®f extra niekles
Swift & Company
Publicity
At a recent hearing of the Federal Trade Commission thers
was introduced correspondence taken from the private files of
Swift & Company,which showed that the Company had been con-
sidering for some time an educational advertising campaign.
The need for this publicity has been apparent to us for sevk
eral years. The gross misrepresentation to Which we have
recently been subjected has convinced us that we should no longer
delay in putting before the public the basic facts of our business,
relying on the fair-mindedness of the American people.
The feeling against the American packer is based largely on
the belief that the income and well-being of the producer and
consumer are adversely affected by the packers' operations,
resulting in unreasonably large profits.
Swift & Company’s net profit is reasonable, and represents
an insignificant factor in the cost of living.
For the fiscal year 1917 the total sales and net profit of Swift
8l Company were as follows:
Sales
$875,000,000.
Profits
$34,650,000.
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This is equivalent to a $3,465. profit on a business of $87,500.
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If Swift & Company had made no profit at all, the cattle raiser
would have received only rne-eighth of a cent per pound more for his
cattle, or the consumer would have saved only one-quarter of a cent per
pound on dressed beef.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
snd dimes and dollars with it. Every
minute of the time since you lent It
to the government It will have been
working for you—making more money
for you. When you buy thrift stamps
you are not giving away a thing, you
nr* getting paid for everything you
have done. ■
Have the pleasure of knowing that
one of those soldiers "over there” is
wearing a pair of shoes you bought
for him; thst a coat your money pur-
chased is keeping him warm; that the
ammunition you got for him will help
him cut of tight places and bring him
Lack home to those who love him.
BUY STAMPS AT ONCE;
CHANCE MAY VANISH
“This war savings stamp campaign,
rt continued, will roll up war savings
like a snowball,” says Harri^m B.
ftilsy, federal director, in advising
the campaign workers. of Oklahoma.
“At. the end of the year people will
seek war savings stamps and certifi-
cates and find them not.”
The issue ef war savings stamps
is limited to $2,000,090,000. Okla-
homa's share of this amount is $47,-
•00,000. The fact that the stamps pay
4 per cent,N interest compounded quar-
terly, and that they may be turned
into cash at any time, makes them
(he most desirable form of investment
ever offered by the government to the
people.
The two features of this campaign
should not be forgotten. You loan
your money to the government to
help win the war. At the same time
you establish for yourself a fund
which will grow and become thrifty
in so doing.
i The director of athletics at ©ne army
i camp hus urruuged a program as a
I means of determining the relative ath-
letic caliber of the companies iu the di-
vision. Each man Is required to pass
i in eight of tlie following tests to obtain
i a positive mark for his unit:
Jump 8 feet from a standing posi-
tion; chin 10 times; clear a bar at 4
feet 2 inches; throw s 12-pouud shot
83 feet ; climb a 20-foot rop* In 1& ssc-
i amis; dash 50 yards in 7 seconds; run
n mile In C minutes; lift s 60-pouad
weight over the head with one hand;
sit up from a supine position with a
j 50 pound weight suspended from the
I back of the head.
| There is no standard recipe for “vle-
j tory bread,” the only requirement be-
j ins that it must contain not more than
■ 80 per cent of wheat flour, the remain-
! ing 20 per ccut being composed of corn
1 meal or corn flour, rice, potato flour, ©r
other cereals recommended by the
food administration. "Victory” plea
and doughnuts, which contain not less
than ene-third nonwheat flour, may be
| sold ©u whcatlees days If tb© asm*
recipe* are used throughout th* week.
The limit ©f tiene for flling Income
tax returns has beea extended to
April 1.
In *rd«r to assure prompt and accu-
rate identification, the war department
has adopted a system of numbering en-
listed raeu of ihe uraiy. The system
provides for one series of numbers,
withsat alphabetical prefix, for all en-
listed men. Th* a umber assigned to a
soldier will become a part of his offi-
cial designation, and will never bt>
l changed nor assigned to another mao.
. It will be entered «:n identification tags.
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Suggests rcd.corating
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latest designs in lYuli Coveringa
shown in the complete sample line of
l! L. C. ORRELL & CO..
Wall Paper*.
We will (r'adly submit thi» line for your In-
spection, mike suggestions in denotative
schemes, aiul bid on tl>- work without ooliga-
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Ed. Morrison
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The Dacoma Mascot (Dacoma, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1918, newspaper, March 14, 1918; Dacoma, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc826344/m1/3/: accessed June 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.