The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-06-28

home and that means daily waste of
a million loaves OF bread. On the whole
it will amount to thousand million
dollars of needless waste every year in
the homes OF America. This ought not
to be. 1t must be stopped, it can be
if each one is willing to do his and her
part. We have gotten far away from
the frugal habits of earlier days.
Money is more plentiful than it used to
be; wasteful habits haYe grown and
waste has followed to such an extent
that want threatens to stalk abroad.
Buy wisely, thing that is cheap, if
we do not need it, is dear at any price
Take care of what you have. This is a
lesson many need to learn. Eat no
more than you need You will feel bet
ter, be healthier and better fitted for
your work.
In our time of plenty we must pro-
vide for the years of possible need, the
lean times that seem to be ahead of u.s.
If the nation could supplant lot of the
food sharks and gamblers, whose selfish
ness, greed end ayarice, lead them to
sacrifice the needs, rights. and com
forts and even lives of their fellow men,
If these. could be replaced by the
Josephs of Pharaoh's time, the nation
would be vastly better off.
We can eat more corn, and England
and France can learn to eat it too. If
it's good enough for US. it is for them,
and they must come down off their stills
and learn to make corn bread, and eat
it too. They will be none the worse off
and quite as strong for service. An
old adage says Better live on little
than outlive a great deal. -
When business is in peril we must
practice economy; for the severest
pinching will be better than losing the
chance of livelihood.
Extravaganza kills the hen that lays
the golden egg. Extravaganza is the
common disease Of the times" is an.
other saying that does not need vertical
ton. We are living at rate that il
frightful. 1t would make the bones Of
some of our forefathers turn IN theil
graves. Does it pay? Will it add tt
our wealth? Does it make the natlor
richer? Pay for what you get and dc
not spend more than you owe. Be con
tent with what you have, if you canno
better it. Live within your means sn(
you will be happier and far better of
in the end We are facing our oppor
tunitY in the U. s.
viii you join in the work of saving
more food for the suffering women anC
children and orphans and the men Wit
are fighting this great war? The wo
men of our country are alert. The!
have never failed to answer such a cal
as comes to them now. They can d.
more than the men in saving food
Food saving is necessary to win tn
war. The house wife that practices strict
est economy in her home, and so con
serves food, is rendering a good sergio
to her country as well.
What the outcome of this conflict vii
be no one can tell. 1t ought to brinI
the church and all christian peopl
down on their faces before the God o
nations, IN the deepest humility for an
confession of sin. for it is sin that ha
brought this calamity upon US. Tn
Lord of hosts, still lives and He vii
rule the nation with rod of iron
They must acknowledge His authorit!
and submit to it and honor and serv
Him or lick the dust. He will be honor
ed in all this. They that humble them
selves shall be exalted, but he thai
exalteth himself shall be brought down
kiss the son lest he be angry an
thou perish by the way"
JOANNEs