Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1917-07-19
EASTERN REsORTSQUIET;
MEN GOING TO WAR
Colonel Finds Atlantic SeabOard is
Awake to the Fact We are Fight
ing Ruthless Foe
CONSERVATION THE IDEA
Useless Entertainments Have Been
Eliminated ard Everyone is Try
ing to Do Their Bit

young men have either gone or are
getting ready to go to war; while we
society seems to be interested in the |
Red Cross work or some other worth
while activity. No bridge, no fool
ish social affairs and very few enter
tainments of any kind. The preva-
lent idea seems to be to conserve and
economize as fas as possible and this
prevails among the very rich as well
as the other classes. The people in |
this part of the country apparently
realize that we are at war with a pow
erful and ruthless foe.
Ireceived letter this morning from
personal friend in Mexico express
ing surprise "that the Mexico banks
had not made donations to the Red
Cross" So few people seem to re-
alize that banks cannot make dona-
tons to charity or to other worthy
public enterprises, like hospitals or
bonuses for factories. Members of
firm can get together and make such
subscriptions but officers or Board of
Directors have no right to vote their
stockholders money for any such
purpose. Officers and directors of
banks are glad to cooperate person.
ally and with their own money along
the lines referred to, but they would
violate the law if they tried to divert
the stockholders money from legiti-
mate business channels of the bank.
The law is a good one if you give the
matter moments thought - you
would not want stock in a corporation
that permitted its directors to use
the money for any purpose they
chose and also you would want to di-
rect your own charitable activities
and give Of your own money where and
when you desired.
Economy is noticeable even in the
bathing suits this year, but of course,
this can be carried too far. To my
mind fashion has somewhat simmered
styles down to the query if the bath
ing skirt Of yesterday has become the
walking skirt of today, what will the
bathing skirt of tomorrow be? An
other proof that economy is possible
where, before the war, you would have
readily conclude that the limit had
been reached.
AS means of bringing the appeal
for food conservation directly home
to the individual citizen, we note that
Herbert C. Hoover has devised card
for consumers containing this pledge:
/. To eat one wholesome meal a
day.
2. To eat beef, mutton or pork not
more than once day.
8. To economize in the use of but
ter.
A. To limit my daily allowance of
sugar in tea or coffee or in other
ways.
5. To eat more vegetables, fruit
and fish.
6. To urge in my own home or the
restaurants l frequent the necessity
of economy,
= These injunctions are not onerous;
they involve little if any self-denial.
Many persons, except for the zone
wheatless meal" have practically
adopted them as a result of the health
diet propaganda of recent years.
They have voluntarily limited the pro-
portion of vegetables and fish and
curtailed their allowance of sugar.
The weather here is delightful and
! while | am directly on the ocean front,
! the fear of submarines does not keep
! me awake or even effect my appetite.
| find the labor question, as else
where, most important and everything
points to it becoming worse when the
boys march to war. If Mexico de-
sires to secure sufficient labor to
keep its brick plants and shoe facto-
nv running, the Chamber of Com
merce should allow no. time to elapse
before they start an aggressive cam
paign along this line. Some Mexico
: people seem to think the labor prob
. lem is a joke; that is because they do
not possess full understanding of the
!: matter.
! IF Mexico is to have population OF
! 10000 by 1920 it must Immediately
start looking after labor in an organ
! lied way. This will not only keep the
factories we have, but aid materially
in securing new ones. We must in
Z duce men with their families to
Z move to Mexico; let them know it is
. a good place to live in and prove it to
: them. Then others will come.
) R. M. WHITE.
ON TRAIN NEAR PITTSBURG,
Pa July 5, 1917. l never saw