The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-03-15
mcADOo URGES NATIONAL saw
ING TO FINANCE GREAT WAR
Most Rigid Economy Necessary &c
Enable the Government to Com
mand Labor and Material
WASTE AT THIS TIME CONSIDER.
ED CRIMINAL
(By Hon. w. G. McAdoo, Secretary of
the Treasury
Washington, March 9, 1918.

Washington, March 9, 1918.
Economy in the consumption of all
the things needed by the nation for
the winning of the war-the releasing
of labor and materials from the pur-
suits of peace to the business of war
these fundamental necessities of our
war program must be understood by
all our people if we are to put our
whole strength behind our men in
France
We must work and save as never
before in history. We must increase
out output and reduce our domestic
consumption of all necessary products.
in order that there may be a great
increasing volume Of war materials
going forward to our armies and the
allies who are fighting side by side
with us. AS the people reduce their
personal consumption, they will be
enabled to finance the war by lending
their savings to the government, while
at the sametime they help themselves
by increasing their personal resourc
es and income.
Business AS Usuat' Wrong
The economic readjustments ne
cessitated by the transformation of an
unarmed and peaceful nation into a
formidable armed cOmbatant have
caused unavoidable losses and hard
ships. Such things can no more be
avoided in time of war than sacri-
fees of blood if the rights of the ma
ton are to be indicated and made
safe for the future and just peace is
to be secured for the world.
Business as usual cannot, of
course, be adopted as the guiding prin-
ciple in time Of war. It is a wholly
wrong theory and should find no adj
vocacy or acceptance by the sensi-
bic and patriotic people OF America
Business must be readjusted to the
war-making function of the nation.
People Must Economic
The great financial operations of
the government cannot be carried for
ward successfully unless the people
of the United States economic in ev-
cry possible direction, save their
money and lend it to the government.
BY saving money they give up some
of their needless pleasures; they re-
duce their demand upon the general
supply of food, clothing, and other ma
terials in the country, releasing there
by that much for the use Of our own
armies and the armies and civilian
of the nations which are
fighting the comman danger with us.
They are at the same tim eincreas-
ing their own material prosperity by
their savings, and they are directly
helping the government by lending it
the money with which it can buy the
necessary supplies and command the
services to make our fight
ing forces stronger and more effective
III inc H6Iu.
We have therefore organized war
savings campaign upon wide scale,
and shall bring to the attention of ev-
cry man, woman and child in the coun-
try the privilege now offered to them
of serving themselves and serving
their country by depositing their saw
ings with the government or the
United States upon the safest security
in the world The government will
accept these savings and issue its di-
rect obligations for them in the form
of war savings stamps and thrift
stamps.
We must realize that the govern
nent's credit is vital to the success
of the war; that it underlies every &C.
tivity. 1t is a sacred duty of every citi-
zen, and it should be regarded as a
glorious privilege by every patriot toI