Bisbee daily review., 1914-08-06
CONSERVATIVE THRIFT

CONSERVATIVE THRIFT
 '"Ne must find ways and means to bring our mines our fields factories and our shops through concen trauon of energy and practice of economy up to the highest standards of efficiency productveness; and most of a should begin to practice personal econo mies"-J. IT. Talber, National City Bank Now York
 If you doubt that this nation ne -ds a new birth in thrift consider these facts;
 We spend SS.4OOOoO year for cigarettes
 We drank 7oo0oOOO gallons of whisky last year. .s
 We chew up over S25OOOOOO worth of chewing gum annually Gone concern spends 32OooOoo year adypr Using its gum)
 Last year the American people paid out s9OOOOOoo for candy.
 These figures and many more like them are the measure of what is largely popular extravaganza.
 We could do without very large part of the things represented by those enormous figures and be just as well on--yes. great deal better off,
 But it would be useless if it were possible to shut off such foolish expenditures suddenly unless the money so saved by individuals were put to good use either by the savers themselves or by the bank which they deposit the money
 This brings up the point which is so often raised by persons who fail to any economic good in saving
 They say that the spendthrin gives employment to others and that his money gets into the bank eventually even if he deposits none of it there himself
 That is all very true but how much better it is to have the money used consrucuvey in ways which mean sobriey industry home ownership. integrity good citi zenship and education of children Saving just for the sake of saving is not advocated Thoughtful purposefu saving is the thing.
 Genuine, constructive thrift has an important bear ing industrial and national progress as well as up on the material success Of the individual
 Here few examples of what is meant by con stuctive thrift
 The invention of the engine burning oil as fuel ln- stead of coal
 Intensive cultivation of land as conducted by Maryland family that makes 10000 year from 20 acres of flowers and vegetables.
 The school back yard and vacant lot gardens which help lower The cost of living
 Applying Che principles of thrift to methods of brick laying by cutting out suDernuous notions as was done by F. B. Gubreth
 The new "scentidc management" of business gener- ally including Che establishment of bureaus of standards by municipalities to save tho peoples money in buying supplies for public use
 The commission form of government in cities and ir- rgaon and other conservative projects as conducted by tho Government
 There sull remains the chance that somebody will mobilize Che common sense Of the powers. 
 And Spain watches the proceedings from com forable seat in the grandstand t was different in hs good old days.
 Food prices soar in Britain" But when War is getting up an appetite what is Che hunger of few mi. lion plain poople2 Hampstead reports a copperhead's bite cured with out whskey of course the vamnt had sold out to tbo Prohibitoniats
 Senator Bustow never for a moment foTg6fs is.- t is candidate for reelection and that Kansas at heart may stll Ss largely Populiat