The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-19
KEEP BUSINESS GOING

Our country prosperous can pay our war costs, as they come and have enough left to aid our allies.
 Our country unpTOSperouS, with business haItmg, money hoarded through fear or false economy will be hard pressed to keep food on the table and clothing on the back
 Keep business going 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 business depression in our United States
 War in itself does not cause business depression.
 The billions of dollars to be expended in war prepara OnS will be put into circulation in country and this in itself will create wealth for use in the world struggle for humanity
 The one thing that might halt business now is an un patriotic psychological feeling of panic and false idea Of patriotic economy
 Patriotic economy means the elimination of waste and eXtravaganCe It means the conservation of food products natural wealth. our health energies our labor our very lives 1t means putting more efficiency in every thing do that each unit of money, energy and intelligence may accomplish the utmost.
 Patriotic economy does not mean the lowering of Americas standard of living, which would make us less efficient physically and mentally nationally and indyid ualy 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- ceed Railroads must renew their equipment Factories must be kept going to their full capacity Labor must be employed. Homes must be kept up. Merchandise must be produced distributed and used.
 War duties and expenditures must be in addition to peace duties and peace expenditures The do the more can dO The more money spend the more we will have in cur pockets to spend Money creates money.
 In word The natural sane life of the country must proceed though not at war in order that may have the necessary prosperity to promote the war to quick and successful conclusion
 President Wilson sounds the keynote in this senence Tt IS evident to every thinking that our industries on the farm, in the Shipyards, in the mines in the fac tories, must be made prolific and efficient
 Our industries can be made more prolific only if the people buy and the merchandise produced by in GuStreS. Manufacturing slackens when business slack ness grows And business can grow and remain health full only when the people buy and keep money in crcula tiOn
 Business is gOing-in the East, the West, the North the South The country IS prosperous Last months in crease in business very large Banks may wait in their operations until the government bonds are asSm lated People may pause temporarily in their outfitting to arrange to meet the conditions But the unoos ing of billions of dollars will unOOse flow of prosperity absolutely necessary to sustain the worlds burden.
 Governments set the pace in their expenditures.
 Individuals must not lag behind Seven billions of dollars to pay is only $0 per capita in the United States fair estimate of the producing power of money-w create APO millions of new wealth.
 The income tax pay will not be tax on prosperity but spur to prosperity Every dollar the individual pays out will come back to him with interest in the general prosperity of the people,
 Keep business gOing-fOr our countryS sake. War cannot be waged and without the SneWs Of war; John Wanamaker.