The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-29

1t is a matter of money not only for
the treasury of the United States, but
for all our allies.
When You buy a Liberty bond or a
War Savings Stamp it means money
for the United States treasury.
When YOU pay your income taxes
or any of your other contributions to
the government it means money for
the United States treasury.
But money Is only a representative
of value and medium Of exchange.
DO not look upon your dollar as a.
mere piece of currency. Do not look
upon the United States treasury as
a mere repository of your funds.
Our Treasury Upholdins World.
The United States treasury today
is the god atlas who holds the world
upon his shoulders.
1t furnishes money to everyone of
our allies which needs money. 1t
breathes hope and confidence into any
allied army which is losing heart 1t
puts in the field the great gun which
answers the German gun with shot for
shot. 1t keeps our armies going for
ward instead of backward. 1t holds the
line against the German onslaught.
The treasury of the United States is
the power behind our own army and
all the armies of our allies.
During the coming year this nation
must raise $4,000, 100000. We have
ao11 Id IN 1n or W
loans. 1t is about time to begin CALI
ing them Victory loans. Whatever
we call them, however, $24, 900, 100000
during the next year the United States
government must have to carry out our
great, magnificent ard world-saving
program. About $4,000, 000.000 of this
must be raised by loans, and sS,000,-
100000 by taxation.
II we do not raise this money the
United States treasury will have
failed, and when the United States
treasury fails the war is lost. If the
world is lost.
The raising of this $4,000, 100000 is
| q tremendous task 1t is the supreme
| test of the greatness of America.
Must Give Half Our Earnings.
The whole earning power of this
country is about $50, 1000, 1000 year;
so that out of every $50 produced in
| this country during the next year the
government must have S24. The di
vision of our wealth during the next
year must be practically on a 5G-5(
basis with the government.
Now. anyone can see that this thing
must be done.
IT MUST BE DONE!
Anyone can see that il we give 81
per cent of all we produce to the gov
ernment we cannot live as we always
have lived. 9lsl
During the past year or so We hav'
just been,scraping up the loose chang'
and handing tito the government t
finance the war. We must now go t
the very heart of our ability and Civ
until this great piece Of financial worl
is accomplished
He who pays taxes In whatever form
they may rest upon him, must pay
and pay cheerfully, to make up tina
SS.000,O00,000 which we must raise b
taxation.
He who has money must invest
/ in Liberty bonds and War Saving
stamps. so as to furnish his share c
that 5000 600 900 which the govern
ment must borrow.
He who has no money to invest mus
save, and invest his savings.
Must Become Even Stingy
We must become a saving, an eoc
nomical. a thrifty, stingy natio
towards everything but war.
We must go ragged and shabby.
We must turn and dye and removal
: our old clothes.
We must postpone repairs and be
! terments.
We must put off the. building of tt
new house.
We must do those things only whic
are of productive value.
We must economic in motor car
y in gasoline and in all forms of fuel
u We must burn wood where possibl
! II we burn coal we must sift the ashe
u We must simplify and cheaper OF
J diet
We must cut out Injuries and thin,
which are unnecessary.
4 We must have our shoes patch'
and wear them as long as they W
hang together
e We must buy nothing which mu
5, be shipped over the railroads, exec
where necessary.
70 We must draw our supplies fro
n the nearest point.
n We must live like misers and wo
j. like horses.
h We must regard the smallest ecC
sr omy as of the most tremendous i
portance, no matter whether we a
1T rich or poor.
n We must save electricity.
10 We must spend our vacations
III home
We must get along without hir
lg help except in case of absolute nect
~ sity or for the nromotiou of prod,