The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-09-05
FINANCE PROBLEM
IN EASY TERMS
Government Must Have Twenty
four Billions in a Year.
WILL Be RAISED BY SAVING
4ixtssn Gents From Each Dollar Each
One Earns, and the Rest BY Sell.
ino Liberty Bonds to Patriotic
Citlxens.
by LAeERr 81. CLAIR.

10 Just a. complicated as we choose
to make 1t. Approached from differ
ent angles, 1t can be made as battling
as a Chinese puzzle or as simple as
the operation of an ,Old-fashioned
dasher churn.
II one attempts to delve into the
notifications of the expansion Of cur
rency, and all that sort Of thing. he
is very likely to develop stiff neck
from craning up and down columns
Of figures and wind up by declaring
that figures lie horribly.
On the other hand. II he faces the
situation In broad. concrete way
and compares it with the problem of
financing his home, or some similar
everyday expenditure, he can srasp
and master 1t as he would the handle
Of the family pump.
Hero 10 the governments immediate
financial problem in a nutshell In
the next twelve months $24 900 O0O.-
600 probably will be required by the
United States government to meet war
expenses. The total income Of every
person in this country is only about
$4,000. 100000 q year. Therefore, II
the cost Of the war for the next year
were to be assessed pro rata, every
persons share would be forty-eight
cents on every dollar that he or she
earns.
Needed to Beat on Murdsrsrs.
Now let us bring the proposition a
little nearer home. Suppose that q
band Of murderers, in blood-smeared
uniforms Of gray, having slaughtered
their way through the helpless waves
d Of women and children in nearby
cities Just a. the Hun has done in
France and Belgium. established
themselves tn the woods at the edge
Of our town with the fixed purpose Of
waglng slaughter in our midst. Then,
Il 1t were announced by the authori-
ties that it would cost forty-eight
cents Of every dollar that every earn
u In our town made In the next
twelve months to conduct a defense
against the murderer, that would be
clear, wouldn't It? And II the authori-
ties were to 90 further and say that
they would assess sixteen cents Of
this forty-eight on persons who could
afford to pay It and accept the other
thirty-two from persons who. out Of
their zeal to aid in the defense Of
their homes and their loved ones.
would take the promise Of the local
government to repay 1t, that would be
plain. too.
There isn't a bit Of difference be-
tween the local case I have described
and the present case Of United States
government. The Hun Is In the oflinG.
the government needs an average Of
%S-ons hundredths Of sveryone's earn
ing In the next year to conduct it, de-
Tense. and 1t plans to raise this money
On q one-third tax and two-thirtis bond
Or stamp sale plan. Within the next
year approximately $1,000, 100000 will
Be raised By taxes and $4,000. 0OO. 900
BY the sale Of government securities.
Must d RaIssd BY Economy.
There 10 the situation, and the Ques-
tion now arises: How In the land Of
Goshen are we ever going to raise
such q sum a. $4,000. O00.OO0f The
answer 10: Save ~ We never have
bsfoes.
Il win not be pleasant to skimp our
selves, for We have not been used to
skimpinS. but We simply shall have to
% II. That old $4,000. 100000 70.
Quirsment 10 going to stick to us like
Q burr 10 pair Of mittens, and We
simply must raise It.
We must practice the same economy
% raise the money with the Hun g.
60 miles away that We would II he
were 10 the grove out at the edge Of
town. He may be 5000 miles away In
psfson. but at every beat his lustful
heart spans that gap between your
daughter and mine and bis fingers
have . virulent 5000 mile Itch for
your money and your farms.
The question Of what each Of ~
must economize on can be settled only
IN our individual minds and at our
ewu 6resides. II the Hun were in the
grove literally. would any Of u ask
our neighbors what We should sacfi.
Zee 10 order to help raise our respec-
i've shares Of the forty.eiGht cents
On the dollarf I think not.
Ny notion In that the question every
Datriotic American should ask himself
u What must I havei The query :
What can I get along Without % not
searching enough.
Hstsr orim's Story Aprepea
Every tms the Idea Of savtns oe.
ours - me I think Of old Hsbse Grim,
. character out In my western Indiana
town who had perennial habit n
Joining church. Just a. regularly a.
Fsvival meeting time rolled around.
6s6se would get himself all bet up
over his sins and. along In the last
1ays q the meeting. he would come
rearing and snorting down the aisle
and 5oin up.
Somehow. though. Heller never got
around TO making any sacrifices 10
behalf Of Ais new found religion. He
always kent right on chewing tobacco.
swearing like mule driver. drinking
like f,-h r"h w0sst n ali. saunndes.