Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-08-23

which was ever waged, is a matter of
food, of shelter, of clothing of muni-
tions, OF weapons, Of roads, of en-
gines, of cars, of ships, of hospitals,
of medicines, and of everything which
gives to our boys in the field that mag
nificent dash, and vim, and power
which has struck the German soldiers
with dismay.
In other words, winning this war is
matter of money.
1t is a matter of money not only for
the treasury of the United States, but
for all our allies.
! When you buy Liberty bond or a
} War Savings stamp it means money
. for the United States treasury.
I When you pay your income taxes
Tor any of your other contributions to
! the government it means money for
the United States treasury.
But money is only a representative
Iof value and a medium of exchange.
! Do not look upon your dollar as a
;mere piece of currency. Do not look
upon the United States treasury as
"a mere repository of your funds.
Our Treasury Upholdine World.
The United States treasury today
is the god atlas who holds the world
upon his shoulders.
1t furnishes money TO every one Of
iour allies which needs money. It
,breathes hope and confidence into any
allied army which is losing heart. It
puts in the field the artillery which
answers the German gun with shot for
shot. 1t keeps our armies going for
ward instead of backward 1t holds
the line against the German onslaught.
During the coming year this nation
must raise $24,000,000,OOO We have
called these loans in the past Liberty
loans. 1t is about time to begin call
ing them Victory loans. Whatever
we call them, however, 24,0O0,000eOO
during the next year the United States
government must have to carry out
our great magnificent and world-sav-
ing program. About $16,0O0,000,O00
of this must be raised by loans, and
$S.O00,000,OOO by taxation.
If we do not raise this money the
United States treasury will have fail
ed, and when the United States treas
ury fails the war is lost If the war
is lost, democracy is lost-the world
is lost.
Must Give Half Our Earnings.
The whole earning power of this
country is about S50,000,0OOO00 a
year; so that out of every $50 produc-
ed in this country during the next year
the government must have S24 The
division of our wealth during the next
year must be practically on $3.50
basis with the government.
Now, anyone can see that this thing
must be done.
Anyone can see that if we give so
per cent of all we produce to the gov
ernment we cannot live as we always
have lived.
During the past year or so we have
Just been scraping up the loose change
and handing it to the government to
finance the war. We must now go to
the very heart of our ability and give
until this great piece of financial work
IS accomplished.
He who pays taxes in whatever
form they may rest upon him, must
pay, and pay cheerfully, to make up
that SS,000OO0,0OO which we must
raise by taxation.
He who has money must invest it
in Liberty bonds and War Savings
stamps. so as to furnish his share of
ehat S16.000OOO,O00 which the govern
ment must borrow.
He who has no money to invest
must save, and invest his savings.
Must Become Even stingy.
We must become a saving, an eco
nomical, thrifty, stingy nation to-
wards everything but war.
We must go ragged and shabby.
We must turn and dye and renovate
our old clothes.
We must postpone repairs and bet
terments.
: We must put off the building of the
new house.
We must do those things only which
are of productive value
We must economize in motor car
in gasoline and in all forms of frthe
We must burn wood where
If we burn coal we must-ual trip
ashes. riting to
We must simplify and IS Waller.
diet. ul, diligent
We must cut out lux,ect happiness
which are unnecessarle note money
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be shipped oven to Miss Waller to
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We must of the innocent fraud
the nearest She was in great dis