Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-03

facing a whole worldful of we know
 not what, extravaganza is unpatriotic
 and a sin. The majority of us have
 not given this much thought: and
 a lot of those who really have thought
 of it, do not nearly realize the real
 importance of Nationwide economy.
 Did you ever stop to think of the
 cold iron fact that there IS only a
 certain amount of sugar, of wheat or
 beef, of gasoline, of a thousand other
 necessities, in the world? Yes, gas-
 oline is now a necessity. Only one
 certain amount. That is very oby--
 GUS, of course; only, you hadn't stop
 ped to think of it. you good natured,
 generous American! Well, listen.
 You've been told that our farmers
 were the ones who would win this vSr
 for us. It's pretty close to the biggest
 truth I know. Are you aware Of the
 fact that we are fairly sure of not
 having so good a farming season next
 year as we've had this year? And
 we are going to have to feed our Al
 lies, our soldiers in France. the all
 ways hungry submarines or Germany,
 as we'll as ourselves!
 wonder if you know what that
 means. To feed our Allies, our sol diers abroad, the submarines, and ou1- seives-that will take an amount or food so great that one can hardly conceive it, and there is only a certain amount of food in the world. By this time of next year you are going to have the dilemma thrust upon you unless we begin this economy, this nationwide conservation of food, right now. Ard how much better it is to cut out our extravasances now than to have them doubly cut out for us by burning necessity a year from nowi For it's coming. Oh, it's com ing. You can't yet around it, my friend. And it's coming hard when it
 does come, if we don't shoulder the burden now. Chalk that down.
 Q1f 1ar 10 we take it up immediately. Nine of every ten of us joy-riding, over eat ing.-big- -timeloving Americans would really be better physical and mental men if we lived at a third less cost. A trial of one month should be con- vincing.
 I said in the foregoing that gas- oline was now a necessity. You'd as well take powder, from the All:~1 Armies, as to take gasoline from them. Gasoline moves their supplies, ammunition, and men from one point to another; gasoline runs the engines their ambulances loaded with wounded soldiers from their firingi lines to their hospitals. It forms the eyes of the Allied Armies. Take it away, and they would be blind. and Germany would soon be the me.ciicss victor.
 And there is only certain amount of gasoline to be had. We are using an unconceivable amount daily in joy TlQ1nS alone, anu LHG SdS IcdQtASu iOi one joy-ride would take an ambulance full of wounded men from trench to hospital! It is going to give out some day; and suppose it gives out for us just when the great struggle is at its climax, when the end must be written do you know what that would ] mean? Of course. we do not yet sse the end of gasoline; kz1t neither do we see the end of the war! No man knows what surprise the bowels of the earth hold for us. It will not do to take the longest chance now. We are fighting an efficient and re- sourceful nation, brother; don't lose sight of that. We are reading news pa pers that are very eager to give us the bright side of things; remember that, too. Suppose that efficient and resourceful nation invents huge air planes that can rise to 10000 feet, travel 200 miles per hour. carry tons of explosives, and round the world on one journey. Where will we be? A learned man who has just reach ed America from Germany, declares that Germany Is inventing that sort of airplane, How true his statement is. I do not know; but if it is possible, they will do it.
 Yes, we'd better cut out our extrav- agance now. It is no felony if you don't of course; but the American who doesn't lacks just that much of being patriotic.