THE CANADA WAR BOOK
Introduction

BOYS AND GIRLS OF CANADA -this book has been written especially for you. You know a great deal about the world-war and you have often wished that you were old enough to go to the front as soldiers or as nurses. Every true Canadian is seeking to do the very best possible for Canada at this critical time. What can boys and girls do? They can save time; every day- at school must be used to the best advantage so that, when the boys and girls become men and women, they will be fitted to take the places of those who will never return from the battlefield. They can save food and fuel; this book explains why such saving is necessary. They can save money; Canada needs money.

And so the important word in this book is SAVE. Waste nothing; practise THRIFT. Can children save anything worth while? Of course, they can. The Government of Canada is anxious to assist the children to save. Read all about the plan in Chapter X. Ask your parents and your teacher about WAR SAVINGS STAMPS. If you could do something towards winning the war and, at the same time, could take the first step towards becoming rich, would you not be glad to grasp the opportunity to do so? Here it is -WAR SAVINGS STAMPS.

You have heard that "actions speak louder than words." Do you know what your actions say when you go to the Post Office and buy a War Savings Stamp? This is what they say, " I love my country. I approve of this war for freedom and for right. I am contributing towards victory. I am learning to save money." Every time you think of spending money, think of a WAR SAVINGS STAMP.

Read this book through carefully, and then-save to buy a WAR SAVINGS STAMP.
Doesn't it thrill you to read that the Canadians went, all together, "over the top," in a grand charge against the enemy? Every boy and every girl can go "over the top" in a very real sense by saving money and lending it to Canada.

It may be that, before this book is placed in your hands, the war will be over and an honourable, a just, and an enduring peace will have been signed. If that is so (and for that outcome every patriotic Canadian hopes) the need for thrift will be as great as ever; Canada's huge war debt must still be paid; the ravages of war must be repaired; wounded soldiers and veterans must be given a new start in life; and reconstruction, in the fullest meaning of that term, will be necessary every where. For twenty-five years, and perhaps for longer, every Canadian will require to practise the strictest economy if Canada is to regain what has been expended in war.
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All together, then, for WAR SAVINGS STAMPS!

Source:  Introduction, The Canada War Book (1918)