El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-15

TIE ECONOMICAL, bat do not hoard money or hoard
* food stufs for the who boards strikes a
~ blow at his country, his community, his neighbOrs
and himself.
This is time for economy. In Ell Paso restaurant
the other day. ordered steak. In way, he had
nothing say about the size the pce 1t was brought
to him huge piece of covering large platter He
accepted what offered. 1t easily sufficient for
family Of five After giving II touch of paprlka here
and dash of sauce there he sliced out few of the
choicest bits ate them There waste. No Of
normal appetite could have all the steak that man
before him; the didn't want it. but the restaurant
viii not vary from its rules to small portions at
Food enough for family should be ordered
for family and by individual The elimination of
waste in the kitchens and dining rooms OF homes resaur-
anita and hotels of the pressing needs of this time
for economy extends beyond food to clothing
of all kinds host of other things Of every day
Consumption needs to be decreased IN order tnat there may
be to go round; that, with decreased demand the
supply may nearly filled and prices reduced to
more nearly normal levels. 1t is criminal to waste
materials when millions need them
But in the practice Of economy, there should be no
boarding Economy and boarding must not be confused
It Is wrong spend $50 for clothes you don't need
Clothes but is wrong to lock up the $50 and refuse
to spend It for anything or invest it in anything
John Wanamaker recently said:
@0ur country prosperous pay war COSTS
as they come, and have enough left over to aid our
allies
aOur country unprosperuus with business hating,
money boarded, through fear false economy, viii
be hard pressed to keep food the table clothing
the back Keep business going, Keep money IN
circulation Keep employment for everybody. Keep
wages good. Keep making money that we may
have money to spend for sacrifices The worst
thing that could happen to the world these days
would be business depression IN the United States
M wanamaker mentions money boarded through fear.
X has already pointed that there is lack Of
prosperity fear unless make ourselves unprosperous
BY becoming scared and locking all the doors and pulling
down the shades Great Britain alone is spending at the
rate of 100000 day the United States for NUM-
tons clothing machinery, materials for manufacture
and food medical and surgical supplies and host OF
other things The other allies spending equally large
sums in proportion to their needs Neutral Europe has
locked to this country with its trade The Orient has to
buy from South and Central America the largest
customers Of Germany and England buying our
markets And must not be forgotten that gov
eminent of the worlds greatest purchasers Of
supplies buying everything that host Of factories
produce. An these buyers turning money by
scores of millions to be distributed among the manufac
turers and their o1me the coal and copper mines and
their men, and their employees the atemen and
the catemen pay and the farmers and those
dependent upon them
We are getting millions Of dollars Of this prosperity
here southwest In FL Paso In the past Il months
there has been employment for every ablebodied
quaed to take it and at wages higher than before
known Building interests here say that few building
permits last week because contractors
swarped with work and could take coustruc
tieu contracts at that time In the Of The
Herald Il is announced option Is to be exercised
and plans have for story building in the
downtown section four stories higher than any yet erected
in the city.
On top Of all from San Antonio that The
southern department has received orders to prepare to re-