The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-08
NEED OF THRIFT

lons of war. Indeed we are out for
enjoyment and cannot possibly know
thc real meaning of the war this far
from The battle fronts.
Occasionally one of our own soldiers
write back and tells us that we would
oo amazed beyond description were
we to know the real conditions at the
front. Hungry people hang along the
rail routes and eagerly eat the scraps
that the American soldiers cannot
save themselves.
President Strauss of the American
Society for Thrift constantly talks to
the American people about saving
The other day he was talking to the
teachers of this country who were at
tending the sessions of the National
Educational Association These are
some of his remarks touching thrift,
Into the craftsmanship, the politics
the business of the day that is break
ing just ahead, will come new spirit
"a spirit of honesty, generosity mad
gentleness.
"The craftsmanship OF the world
will be successful only insofar as it
is honorable and just. The politician
who achieves success will attain his
ends by worthy deeds alone. The bus
mess man must stand on the broad
ground Of real brotherhood The at
titude between employer and employ
ee will be that of man to man, not
master and slave.
every man must practice thrift
md every man must have the chance
to practice it.
"Are we fighting this war merely to
crush the power of coterie of mad
men whose hearts are beating in uni
son with cruelty and treachery of
medievalism, and whose standards of
life are those of Frederick the Great?
IS it alone the object OF this war
to demonstrate that the fcudal spirit
t the eighteenth century was wrong?
Are we fighting merely to prove the
;allacy of autocracy? No, we are fight
ing this war for democracy that
shall reach down and take root in the
heart of every citizen in every coun-
try
"There is no such thing as demo-
cracy that is not universal any more
than there is an autocraCy that is
tolerant.
"These things are to be the fruits
of this war. And into this order of
life the universal practice of thrift
newer ideals-unless we catch the
sence Of democracy itself
Thrift is upbdilding and construc-
tive--egsentials without which no true
cepublicanism can permanently ell
lure, These are the lessons we must
learn from the great text book of pass
ing history. Unless we rise to these
newer ileals-unless we catch the
sweep OF this new spirit of brother
hood-unless We perceive the neces-
sity of intelligent thrift in this new
and brighter day ahead-we are far
cut of step with the times.
There never can come a time in
our national life when thrift will not
be a necessity. 1t as vital to our sue
cess in winning this war as power
and steel. And in that critical period
If reimbursement which will come with
the beginning of peace, thrift will be
Just as necessary. Millions of men will
come back from the fighting front pre-.
pared again to take up the occupa.
tions of peace. The acute scarcity of
labor will be at an end The pressing
demand for war supplies will be over
The initiation that now exists will
subside rapidly. In this readjustment
there will be need for thrift and econ
omy to preserve the equilibrium. Liv
ing conditions will be revOlutionized
over night, as it were. Gone will be
The days of abnormal wages. Mercil-
ants will find the values of their
stocks suddenly deprecated. 1t
will be a period of acute read
:ustment, and only through practices
.t,;f4 r,iIl the- econ0n1ic effect of