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Many of So-CaIIed Necessities
Should Also Be Used Spar
ingly as Possible.
WOULD EFFECT Big SAVING
Money Could Be Turned Into Liberty
Bonds and Thrift Stamps, and
Labor Into Essential
Industries.
BY MORTIMER [. scHIFF.

So much has been said and written
thrift, that it must by, this time be
the self-evident fact that unless the
strictest economy is practiced by the
people of this country, the enormous
/ sums and the mass of goods which the
j war requires cannot be forthcoming.
The most important contribution which
| the civilian population can make to-
wards the winning of the war is to so
order it's daily life as to prevent waste
and thus make available for military
| purposes the goods and labor which
would otherwise be dissipated in pro-
duction for unnecessary purposes. Not
| only must the spending of money for
Injuries be discouraged, but even So
called necessities must be used as
sparingly as possible. 1t is only in
that way that the growing need of our
army and navy can be met.
The amount which the individual
can thus contribute may seem small,
but if all pursue such course con-
scientiously, the resultant saving is
enormous. Surely it is due to our
brave boys at the front that our mill
AIRY operations be not hampered by
a lack of supplies due to production
at home being diverted into non-essen
tial channels. 1t must always beborne
in mind and cannot be stated too often,
that doing without something results
in a double advantage to the govern
ment. The money thus saved is made
available for the purchase of Liberty
bonds and War Savings stamps and in
addition a corresponding amount of
labor and goods is released for war
purposes.
To illustrate by a concrete exam
pie, if man does not buy new over
coat, but makes his old one do for an
other season, he not only can place at
the disposal of the government the
money which he would have used for
that purpose, but the manufacturer
can use that cloth and the labor for |
making the overcoat in manufacturing |
a military or naval overcoat for one of |
our soldiers or sailors
Thrift VIII Help Win War.
Fuel and food conservation work in |
a similar way and everything which we
so much more for our allies or for
for war purposes. The Cos
pei of thrift cannot be preached too
often or too strongly, not only for its
direct bearing on the war, but also for
its effect on the future of this coun-
try We have been so blessed with
natural resources and facilities for
production. that we have been an ex-
people, and it is certain
to be of incalculable advantage if we
learn the value of saving. We have
been extravagant not only in the ex-
penditure of money, but also in what
IS even more important, in the use of /
our raw material and of our land In
-ensive farming and full use of buy ,
ng products are examples of this kind ,
If thrift, which if intelligently prac- {
iced will tremendously increase our
Saving to be effective must be sys-
tilldtit hot III tlitii +,
er. The greatest advantage of War
savings associations or the purchase
# Liberty bonds on the installment
Ian is that they require the setting
side of a definite sum each week or
ach month and the making of the do
nestle budget accordingly. And the
emainder of the money thus set aside :
$ saved and invested in the premier
ecurity of the world. in the obliga-
ion of the United States of America. G
FrugaIity Great Asset. !;
The problems of peace are going to
e no less serious than those of war, d
ut we face them with confidence, if, Il
S a result of the habits we have ac- n
uired during war time, we shall have
ecome a thrifty and economical peo- n
lie and a nation of savers. Waste +,
OF, want not' is true old saying f,
ut its application was never more inn
Drtant than now. Frances greatest | 2,
sset has been the thrift and frugality II
her people and we can do no better g,
ian to emulate her in this, as in so 6,
any other things. To do so each
ust do his or her share and by so do
g divert production from non-essen-
ais into essentials and make avail
lie the labor and goods needed for T.
ilitary purposes. In the same way. ~ ~
is only by thrift and economy that :. :.
2 can speed up our production and - :,
AXE participation in the war more :.
d more effective. ~