The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-08-22
Many of Sn-CaIIed Necessities
Should Also Be Used Spar
ingIy as Possible.
WOULD EFFECT Big SAVING
Money Could Be Turned Into Liberty
Bonds and Thrift Stamps, and
Labor Into Essential
Industries.
sy MORTIMER /. scHlFF.

| in recent months on the subject of
thrift, that 1t must by this time he
| the seif-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
war requires cannot be forthcoming.
| The most important contribution which
| the civilian population can make TO-
wards the winning Of the war is 10 so
order It's daily life rs 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
luxures 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 "A course con
| sCientiouSly. the resultant saving is
! enormous. Surely 1t is due to our
| brave boys at the front that our mill
| tary operations be not hampered by
lack of supplies due to production
at home being diverted into non-essen-
| tial channels. II must always be borne
In mind and cannot be stated too often,
| that doing without something results
in "A double advantage 10 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 I'm manufacturing
n military or naval overcoat for one Of.
our soldiers or sailors.
Thrift viii Help Win War.
Fuel and food conservation work in
n similar way and every thing which we
| as individuals do without means just
so much more for our allies or for
| ourselves 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
| It's 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-
travagant people, and II is certain
| 10 he of incalcuable 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
| tenslve farming and full use OF buy
| ing products are examples of this kind
of thrift which If intelligently prac-
ticed will tremendously increase our
production.
Saving to he effective must he sys-
tematic and not haphazard in charac-
ter. The greatest advantage of War
| Savings associations or the purchase
| of Liberty bonds on the installment
| plan Is that they require the setting
aside Of definite sum each week or
each month and the making OF the do
nestle budget accordingly. And the
remainder OF the money thus set aside
is saved and invested In the premier
security Of the world I'm the obliga-
ton OF the United States OF America.
Frugality Great Asset.
The problems Of peace are going to
he no less GeriOus than those of war,
but we face them with confidence. IT,.
rs result OF the habits we have ac-
qulred during war time, we shall have
become n thrifty and economical pco-
pie and n nation OF savers Waste
not want OF is a true old saying
! but It's application was never more i'm
1 pOrtant than now Frances greatest
asset has been the thrift and frugalty
of her people and we can do no better
than TO emunte her In this ms In so
many other things TO DO so each
| must do his or her share and by so do
! ing divert production from non-essen.
tails into essentials and make avail
able the labor and goods needed for
military purposes. In the same way,
It is only by thrift and economy that
we can speed up our production aud
| make particiDation I'm the war mara