The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-05-09

within 80 miles of Berlin the Ger
man Empire would last about 80
minutes. =, ...:.a
Can you recall anything that Uncle
Sam made up his mind to do that
failed? Idon't think so. He want
ed to get the Philippine Islands and
he got them. He wanted to help
Cuba against Spanish rule and he
did it. HexWants21o get to Berlin
and he will get there. He wants the
kaiser and he will get him.
Then it will be his turn to say,
What Shall I Do to be Saved?" We
have the power to save a country,
the power to pardon a criminal,
we have the power TO guide the des-
tiny of a nation, but we have no
disposition to save the kaiser and he
knows it.
There is. absolutely, no question
but the meatless days, the Wheatless
and i1eatless days and all the other
less days are a war necessity. We
can hardly call the slight discom-
forts we haveSbeen called upon to
make a sacrifice. 1t is admirable
training for people who are about
to be plunged into the darkest depths
of war, but the less days" are mere
ly measures of Conservation. They
are pleas to save, they help solve
the problem, What Must We 20 to
be saved?" Do not, use, do not
waste are the conspicuous features
of them all. They are essentially
negative in their nature. What we
need to be saved is something posi-
tive, not 80 much conservative but
creative: not prohibition of certain
foods but production; not subtrac-
ton but addition; not division but
multiplication. The lessneSs does
not appeal so strongly to us. What
we need to be saved is ."moreness.
They ask us to save. Well, what
will we save? Conservation never
made a blade of grass grow and
saving never filed a -four barrel.
Saving will help out at present but
it will not replenish, and some have
the idea that if we pinch hard
enough we will make more food,
more clothes, more coal and more
milk. All good to help, all good to
practice, but frugality alone is not
equal to the task. To save the day
we must produce something. Now,
let us get down to rock bottom.
Should we save a single slice Of
bread at a meal per person for 365
days. some one has figured out what
we might save. We don't know
just how much but suppose it to be
one or two bushels of wheat or its
equivalent for each person for one
year. 1t is faVorite diversion of
man clever at figures to take a pen
Gil and figure out these theoretical
things, but a little of that same
wheat used as seed can be made to
produce more. grain than q whole
family could saye by pinching off a
slice Of bread here and there. What
we need to be saved is lot less
theoretical figuring and lot more
practical planting. That will get Us
something more quickly and will 60
a long ways towards giving direct
answer to the question, What Must
We Do to be Saved?" Conservation
is fne but production is lot better.
The "lessness" will not bring us as
close. to the saving line as the more
ness" will. "Lessness' may piece
out the supply for ourselves but that
is not the point; moreness'' is what
we need to supply ample food and
other necessities for the boys. who
are fighting our battles at the front
somewhere in France, and it is all
up to us to apply the remedy and
this we MUST do to save the boys.
our country and our flag. We are
on the job now and will stay to- ;he
finish.