El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-22
Keep Business Going And All
Will Be Prosperous In u. S.
the Money Hoarded Result Legitimate Bust
ness Is Continued, Great Prosperity S o
Nation

T Ohm WANAMAKER. one OF the
worlds greatest business men. re-
Gently issued the following stir
ring appeal to Keep Business Going
For Our Country's Sake"
Our country prosperous can pay
our war costs. as they come, and have
enough left over to aid our allies.
Our country unprosperous, with
business hating, money boarded
through fear or false economy. will be
hard pressed to keep food on the ia
BILE and clothing on the back.
Keep business going Is a patriotic
slogan Keep money in circulation.
Keep employment for everybody. Keep
wages good Keep on making money
that we may have money to spend for
war sacrifices
The worst thing that could happen
to the world these days would be a
business depression in our United
States.
War IN itself does not cause bust
ness depression
The billions Of dollars OF money to
be expended in war preparations will
be put into circulation in our own
country. and this in itself will create
new wealth for use in the world
struggle for humanity.
The one thing that might halt bust
ness now is an unpatriOtic psychology
ical feeling of panic and a false idea
Of patriotic economy.
Patriotic Economy.
Patriotic economy means the elm
inatiOn Of waste and extravaganza It
means the conservation of our food
products. our natural wealth. our
health. our energies, our labor, our
ficiency in everything we do so that
each unit Of money. energy. and in
telligence may accomplish the utmost.
Patriotic economy does not mean
the lowering Of Americas standard of
living. which would make US less eff
ficient physically and mentally. ma
tionally and individually. and would
kill the spirit and the will to do the
truly self sacrificing things TO be
done.
Cities and communities must go on
with their civic improvements Road
building and public works must pro-
coed Railroads must renew their
equipment Factories must be kept go
ing TO their full capacity Labor must
be employed. Homes must be kept up.
Merchandise must be produced, dis
tributed. and used
War duties and war expenditures
must be in addition to peace duties
and peace expenditures The more we
DO the more we can do. The more
money we spend the more we will
creates money
Keep Up Natural. Sane Life.
In a word: The natural sane life
Of the country must proceed as though
we were not at war, in order that we
may have the necessary prosperity TO
promote the war to a quick and sue
cessful conclusion
President Wilson sounds the key
note in this sentence: Tt is evident 10
every thinking man that our indus
tries, on the farm. in the shipyards, IN
the mines. in the factories, must be
made more prolific and more efficient
"Our industries can be made more
prolific only If the people buy and
use the merchandise produced by our
industries. Manufacturing siackens
when business slackens. Manufactur-
ing grows in a prolific way when
business grows. And business can
grow and remain healthful only when
the people buy and keep money in
circulation
Business Is Going Strong.
Business is going strong-in the
east, the west, the north, the south
The country is prosperous. Last
months increase in business was very
large Banks may wait in their opera
tons until the government bonds are
assimilated. People may pause tenn
perarily in their Outfitting to arrange
TO meet the new conditions. But the