Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-08-22
Millions Of Dollars Thrown Away
for Tritles That Ought to
Set Nation Thinking.
SOME WAYS MONEY GOES
Pestcard and Cheap Souvenirs Take
Big Sum Every Year-BilIions
Spent for Needless Telephone
Calls and kilograms.
By EDWARD MoTT wooLLEY.

BY EDWARD MOTT WoOlLEY.
1t seems incongruous that In this
rich and wonderful land Of ours 1t
should be necessary to conduct mighty
selling and advertising campaigns In
order to raise money to crush our enc
mies-cruel and dangerous enemies
who are bent on throttling the very lib
erty on which our country has been
built. IF we really felt the impulse,
we could raise six or eight billion doll
lars spontaneously and without the
blare Of craftsmanship and publicity /;
and we would do it SO easily that Ger
many and her allies would stand
aghast at our Overwhelming resources
and purpose.
The trouble is that even yet we do
not realize the tragedy that Is over
us. The war has not sunk into the
American consciousness. With mil
lion or more of our boys in France, and
the casualty lists coming home every
day, we still lack the pulsating fervor
Of intrepid courage the courage that
wells within one and stirs the soul.
fI0utln9 Impulse NeeoS0.
The one unquestionable evidence of
courage is the willingness to sacrifice.
A man who sees his child In deadly
peril is instantly ready to sacrifice
everything, even his life. It takes no
argument to "sell" to him the need of
courage. He gets 1t from within. The
lighting impulse dominates his every
instinct. What we most need in
America today is fighting impulse.
Once we get 1t the doom Of Germany.
as menace to ourselves and to the
world, will be sealed. Il we had this
valorous, undnunted determination we
could raise. this coming year. not mere.
II six or eight billion, but as many bill
lion as our country might need. Let
% search our hearts, therefore, and
discover why 1t is that Grassland
methods are needed to sell us Liberty
bonds. Il seems all the more incredi-
bic that such should be the case when
the money we are asked to contribute
II merely money saved for ourselves.
Indeed, we could put through this
fourth Liberty loan without even feel
ing It directly. am not talking here
about great sacrifices. with merely triy-
ial and passing inhibition we can make
this fourth loan a glorious manifesto
don OF Americanism.
Never was there such A nation Of
spenders-we literally throw money! To
the winds. Cash rms ont Of orr mock.
cts into hundred channels OF extray-
apance. Temuted at every turn nv
something that appeals to our pleasure
saturated instincts. we hand ont the
dimes, quarters and dollars. We work
hard. most OF us. and we play hard.
MANY OF us play with an amazing
abandon that scarcely reckons the cost.
And we crafty ourselves not onlv A.
plays. but we satisfy our iuxurv.loyinp
tendencies and our vanity IN many Of
the things that enter into our daily
lives.
Let us consider here merely the mil
lions that 20 for trivial things that do
not count "a permanent investments
either for utility or luxury.
MiiIlon. snent %. card.
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men,o mi, hah,+ ,rh,oh ,as,,a,s -
wor,d Mt cr,tso,.a q, t,n,as - go
"a a,mos4 nn,varssI A. ,.s,s,. p. ~,
moto. tho+ so non nno nao,,a $500 ~
ovoro.a - = daI,o- ,,aas .. ~. ;.
cheaner L,nds ~ cor,,s "a ~ "a,
t,ona1 srv, ~ h.nS..d .s,,,,a. ~,
iara An nns+og % MT on ~ sana,, = ~,
and moro a1nans,ua sat -. 81, $500 ,a sa,
- tnrris+s the ast,,,oto - eono 900 s ooo
IN addition ~ tho no,tssa Tro,,,,,, o.y ~
cards tbo+ orc rapt ~ ~ ,s,,aen : ss sns
q = nrohah,e tha+ ~. ~. tnta, - hs's . >
hi,lian ,do,lars Manr mon hasa 49, =
fortrras n th,s hMs,Dass Sc 49,. "o -
mo FOREVER v.,entIne ,,onnea a o.',r =.
who rat,,.aa ,,,,th - 20 =
r. &c carto,n,v ,noons,s+ont .,,.. ..,s
oroa+ srno should, ~ 60 81, N'- =
trivia, n,rnosa when ~ .a4,as s -. :.
vn,vod a. tb,s r,,rhtr ,ua- 49, III
sor cosh anar,.s t,na,v ua... ans
arnond,+nra that cenyd ~ am-. - ons
almost wholly nnt,I tho wor - nna s
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