The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-08-23
MUST DISCOURAGE
BUYING LUXURIES
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 l.. scHIFF.

BY MORTIMER l.. scHIFF.
So much has been said and written
in recent months on the subject of
thrift, that 1t must by this time he
the self-evldent fact that unless the
strlctest economy is practiccd by the
people OF this country, the enormous
sums and the mass OF goods which the
war requires cannot he forthcoming.
The most important contribution which
the civilian population can make to-
wards the winning OF the war is 10 so
order Its daily life rs to prevent waste
and thus make available for military
purposes the goods and labor which
would otherwise be disslpated In pro-
duction for unnecessary purposes. Not
only must the spending Of money for
luXuries be discouraged, but even So
called necessities must be used as
sparingy 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-
/ sClentiously, the resultant saving is
enormous. Surely it is due TO our
brave boys at the front that our MILL
tary operations he not hampered by
a lack of supplies due to production
at home being diverted into non-cssen-
tial channels. 1t must always be borne
in mind and cannot be stated too often,
that doing without something results
in 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 n concrete exam
pie, If n man does not buy a 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
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
as individuals do without means Just
so much more for our allies or for
ourselves for war purposes. The gos-
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-
travagant people, and it is certain
TO be Of incalculable advantage If we
learn the value of saving. We have
been eXtrayagant not only in the ex-
penditure of nancy, but also in what
Is even more important, in the use of
our raw material and of our land. In
tensive farming and full use of buy
ing products are examples of this kind
of thrift, which If intelligently prnc-
ticed will tremendously increase our
production.
Saving to be effective must be sys-
tematic and not haphazard In charac-
ter. The greatest advantage Of War
Savings associations or the purchase
Of Liberty bonds on the instalment
plan is that they require the setting
aside of a 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, in the Obliga-
ion Of the United States of America.
FrugaIity Great Asset.
The problems Of peace are going to
,e no less GeriOus than those of war,
,ut we face them with confidence. if.
Is result Of the habits we have ac-
lured during war time, we shall have
'ecOme thrifty and economical peO-
lie and n nation of savers. "Waste
lot want not" is n true old saying,
ut its application was never more i'm
lortant than now. Frances greatest
sset has been the thrift and frugality
f her people and we can do no better
han to emulate her in this, as in so
lany other things. To do so each
aust do his or her share and by so do
lg divert production from non-essen.
Ials into essentials and make avail
bic the labor and goods needed for
Military purposes. In the same way.
is only by thrift and economy that
'e can speed up our production and
lake participation in the war more
nd more effective.