The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-22
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Our country prosperous can pay our war
costs, as they come, and have enough left
over to- aid the allies.
Our country unprCsperous. with business
hating, money boarded, through fear or
false economy, will be hard pressed to keen
food on the table and clothing on the back.
Keeping business going is a patriotic
slogan. Keep money in circulation. Keep
employment for everybody Keep wages
good. Keep on making money that we NAV
have money to spend for war sacrifices.
The worst thing that ccald happen to the
world these days would be a business de-
preston.
The billions of dollars Of money to he
expended in war preparations will be put in
emulation in our own country and this in
ltseM Will create new wealth. for use in the
world-struggle for humanity.
The one thing that might halt business
now is an unpatriotie psyche Bsgical feeling
OF panic and false idea of patriotic econo-
my.
PatrlotIS economy means the elimination
OF waste and extravaganza. Il means the
conservation OF our food products, our nat
ural wealth. our health our energies. our
labor, our very lives. 1t means putting more
efficiency in everything we do so that each
unit OF money! energy and intelligence nsav
accomplish the utmost.
Patriotic econOEny does not mean the lowr
erng OF Americas standard of living, which
would make us less eficiens physically ard
mentally, nationally and individually. and
would XIII the splpit and the will to, do the
truly self-Sacrifcing things to be done.
CltaeS and communities mast go5 on with
Shelr eIvlc improvements. Road building
and public works must proceed. Railroads
must renew their equipmsmt. Factories
must De kept going to their full capScitv.
Labor Eust be employed. H6mes must be
Kept up Merchandise mist be produced.
distributed and used. War duties and war
eXFendISures must be in addition to ueaUe
duties and peace expenditures The more
we 90 the more we canldO. The more rr0,aev-l
we spend The more we viii have in Ourvuoek--I
cts To spend Money cgsates money.
IN a w0Td: the natural sane life of die
country must proceed as though we were
not az war; In order that we may have the
prosperity to promote the war. To
q quick and successful conclusions
Pfesluent Wilson sounds the Iaegnote, in
TINS sentence: 1T is evident to every think
lag man, UlFat our Industries on the farm.
III the shipyards, in the mines, izlr the fsee-
torres, must be made more prolific and noEe
eIicienf"
Our industries can be made more prolifac
only If che people buy and use the merchana-
turing slackens when Business slackens;
grows in afprolific way when
business grows And business can, crow aEsi
remain ARaitffGf only whan the people buy
anu keep money in circulation.
Business is growing in the East, the Westt
the NORM; tIIs South. The countryyis PROS
porous. East months increase i'm business
was very large. Banks may wait in their
operations until the government BONDS are
asslmilated. People may pause temporarily
IN their QUILTING to arrange to, meet che
new conditions. But the uml0osiNg., of Bill
lions of dollars will unloosee f1owrof pros
perlty absolutely necessary to Sustain the
worlds burden
Governments set the paaen in their exoeqlA
ditures
individuals must not lag behind. Seven
billions of dollars to pay is only $7Oa per
capita IN the United States. Yet severn Bill
hons of dollars put into work at per cent.
"a fa1r' estimate of the producing power
of money-wilT create 420 millions OF" new
wealth.
The income tax we pay will not be. a, tax
on prosperity, but a spur to- prosperity.
Every dollar the individual pays out wifi
come, back to him with interest in the gem
eraI prosperity of the people.
Keep business going-for our country's
sake War cannot be Waged and won, wStR
out the sfueNS of war