The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-18

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obese ae1res IS tie ing Of rail
road failures. IN the SIX years enc
ing With 1907, the n1Eieage OF ran
ways ID this country. tnat went into
the hands Of receivers WAS $500
miles while the mileage that went
into the hands Of receivers during
the six years ending with 1913 was
IS, 0tt3 miles, an increase 81 $50 Per
cent
Clearly the railroads have made
out good case. and it g up 70 the
Interstate Commerce Commission 70
settle the matter on lines Of puolIc
policy and sound business rataer
than refuse the present request on
the Democratic fear that increased
costs In anything Will endanger the
record OF the present q administration
Thrift-The AIainstay of the Nation.
wien he threw himself so ener-
geticalIy into the movement Tor the
conservation of her natural resources,
Theodore Roosevelt, with statesman
like pertfnaeity, compelled the nat1on
to heed his warning and by dint OF.
persistent reiteration awoke the pub
lie conscience to realization of con-
ditions that were fast leading to
bankruptcy and ruin. The Literary
Digest
Thrift in the individual and thrift In
the government are more closely re-
lated than Is often realized.
Here is a great truth, a truth
whichft was high time several mil
lion people were beginning to realize.
They cry for economy for the elimln-
alton Of waste in government ana
they do not practice economy, they
do not eliminate waste in their bus
"a raR affnTF&. OnlX
as we as & people become tndtV1dua4ly
more thrifty-that is, more saving
more economical, more conserving
can we expect our councils, our lee-
islatures, our congress to be likewise.
Consider thrift in it's relation TO
the industries OF the country.
If everybody should spend ms en-
tire income every year there tls.'st
would be any capital for investment
beyond that which Is alreaGy invest.
ed: noneyv enterprises could be float
ed. and improvements of all xmas,
public and private, would be at an
end. The worlds supply of new CAP
i4aI is simply the margin between tue
worlds income and It's expsndl-
lures.
have more temperance. How gem
timely useful the money spent for the
10 100000 gallons of whisky we
flranK ia the last half of 1913 would
BIO III turned into constructive INDUS
try nov!
Nor are the benefits of thrift to be
measured wholly in terms OF eco
Monies. The steadIness, the industry,
the sobriety. the respect for proper
~. which are fostered among thirty
and frugal people are political var
tines that make for stability and per-
manence of government.
The habitual spendthrift is me
mace to the community ana the ma
ton; the careful citizen, guided oy
q sense OF the true value OF property
e a safeguard to our institutions.
Habits Of extravaganza tend TO make
trouble in the family, the community
the nation. ..,s.,,
has been organized in Chicago WITH
the avoWed purpose of promo.ulnts
nationally the individual THRIFT Wmcn
lie the basis of good citizenship ana
+.e,rn I1,nitv prosperity Men of
nrominence, including governors OF
several states. are back of this move
ment. which aims to advocate a proao
and sensible view Of economy, point
ing out to the people that, as great
English statesman said, IhrlIt Is not
m eanness, but management.
The continued rise in the cost OF
7;pino mnaccomp panied to any great
nvtepf Nv a corresponding increase
of individual incomes, is making an
American family right-about-face IN
the matter of personal and domestic
Perhaps the new tariff will reduce
the cost of living eventually, but 1t
hash t yet. Possibly governmental m
yestigatng commissions may lead TO
that contamination, but there are s. no
signs of it yet. Apparently. therefore,
for the present at least, there Is no
hone of abating the steady rise In the
nTice Of everyday necessities, and, SO
far, no way has been found TO Deat
the high cost of living except 10 stop
Is it not quite possible that in good
old fashioned thrift may be founa
the solution of the difficult problem
of living up to modern STANDARDS IN
der modern conditions?