The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-26
Unwise Economy Is
The Thing We Have Most
To Fear From the War
Business as u,ual-and more Of il.
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buy now" very fooLshly suggested by
someone who could not have given the
matter very deep thought
To understsi.d 'fhe great damage that
would be done by general acceptance
Of the suggestion. which is altogether
too broad and sweeping one has only 70
consider what the result would be in lts
effect upon our industries and those
who depend ursn these industries for a
livelihood
Our country rs prosperous
It vas never so prosperous as it, IS at
the present time
Take Detroit. for instance.
Factories are hummng drumming
factories mean work for tens Of thou
sands of men. E.
Wages are high.
The hammer and the saw .are Heard
everywhere as new houses, representing
the savings from these high wages, are
going up in all parts al the city.
Our stores are busy. and busy stores
mean employment TO another class Of
workers in the stores, and to workers
who make the things that are sold IN
the stores.
In all lines. capital is encouraged by
the times, and. the thing to- be done is TO
keep times as they are. ~
War should cause not the least oppres-
sion. anywhere Detroit least Of all
: The huge amount Of money that it
costs to wage war viii 10. MUST be
spent AT HOME.
Every billion of dollars that war viii
cost the United States win mean an add
ed billion of dollars in circulation at the
disposal of EVERYBODY who is will
ing to hustle for his. proportionate
share.
The Don't buy now" cry, raised by
hnpulsive, pauic-stricken individuals
wo I'D shut up our industries, throw our
worker out of employment, MARE them
and their dependents public charges
and paralyze conditions generally.
A city that is exceptionally prosper
ous, a. Detroit Is, would feel the blow
quickest and~hsrdest.
Detroft's case calls urgently for 'bus-
iness as usual-and more of It.
Detroit's case urges YOU to "sit
tight and not to be tight
There are instances where advice not
10 buy now is good advice.
A let-up in the buying Of food IS, Of
course, absolutely imperative from the
standpoint Of conservation.
Besides, wise buyers are not stocking
mp with foods at this time.
There are hopeful signs from Wash
ingtorI that the government intends
TO see that everybody has enough to eat
and that this enough will be procuraole
at fair prices.
The greatest stress has been laid by
the government on the matter Of waste.
We are asked to practice wise econ
omy.
There is such thing as false and IN
= wise economy.
There is also such a thing as ruinous
economy.
The matter ofsfood represents only
small fraction Of Dur business as a ma
ton, and has passed, as a matter Of fact,
from consideration sas a legitimate ar.
ticle
The people are at the mercy Of gam.
blers in it and until Uncle Sam has re-
stored it. ones pocketbook must be Gun
ningly handled against it.
Home building should not cease.
The Identification Of homes should
not cease.
Comfort in the home should not be de-
pied ones self or his family.
There should be no thought Of fore
going suitable and proper clothing.
Ths. man who can afford an automo-
bile should buy i. as quickly now as ne
would II the country were not in war
we do not know bat that he should buy
it even more quickly, as a matter Of
civic patriotism.
What Detroit and every other city in
the UYited States has to fear most from
war IL that people viii CEASE buying
the things they have been in the habit
of baying; will start boarding when