The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-28

economy who Is expected to save
Thousands and hundreds Of thous-
ands 81 dollars every year - the tax
payers of the state by the waste and
extravagance he viii stop and the
economics he win institute.
oGcers of the government are be
ginning to realize the necessity roT
economy in this era of prodfgality
Business men are waking up. too,
ana scientfac management ana econ.
omy are becoming the watcnwords.
The example is the big department
store who employs a man whose sole
duty It is to go around and turn of
electric light not in use. He saves
the store, more than his wages.
It will take long time, however
for this 1eaven Of economy to heaven
the whole lump OF our commercial
and industrial extravaganza, which,
1t is asserted, costs the consumer
forty cents on every dollar. An in
teresting commentary on this subject
is the fact that the humble junk
business, the trade OF unconsidered
tribes. has prospered in America
more than in all other countries. In
Boston lives a dealer who has &C
cumulated more than q million dol
lars. The leading dealer in Provi-
denee, who handles nothing but
scrap iron, Is worth half a million,
while Philadelphia has two junk
millionaEres and cluster of near
millionaires in the same business.
But, primarily, It is the individ-
ual citizen who is to blame for the
extravaganza, which seems to be in
our blood. The whole American
public is wild with spending, Pub
lie economy is lost art says
James ]. Hill. NExtravagance is our
national curse" says John d..
Rockefeller.
Men and women who are living on
salaries and whose income seems as
sured, do not stop to think where
they would be If for any reason that
income should cease, while times
and conditions like the present in
cite them to spend and spend Liv-
ing costs much; luxuries are COM
mon-in fact, the are necessities"
with many The demand ds always
for more and more and more!
II Americans. economic In good
earnest for awhile, they could do
some amazing things
lBy cutting their liquor bills in
half they would save i$500,000,OOO
a year.
The people OF the country pay
$57, $50 ,591 a year to foreigners for
their supply of coffee. Should they
drink one cup OF coffee instead OF
two, they would save $2s,77S, 795.
If Americans should buy one-halE
the hats they do the saving wouli
amount to S24IOoO,OOo in one year.
Let the men smoke pipes, of they
like, but as for ctgars-well. smoke
one cigar where you now smoke two
and see what happens. The aggre-
gate saving would easily amo unt To-
S1C6,O0O,OOO in year.
The Worlds Work sums up the
case in this way:
Three or four things ~@SFzsr-
II
both ends meet is, as it has always
been, very hard problem for the
average man and the average fam
lily: second, the average American
man and family live a great deal
better now than half century ago;
third, a larger proportion of Amer
i"aus than of any other nation live
we'll; and fourth, a still larger pzo-
portion might live well If we had,
devlcped thrift and good manage
ment as several European peoples
have. We are yet in that period OF
our national growth when we openly
or unronsiciously regard very care
full management of ones personal
expenditure as somewhat niggard-
~ and belitt!ing accomplishment
What are you going to do about
it?