Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-21
FRIDAY, JUNE 81, 1913.
GOODS AND SERVICE

THE doctrine Of goods and service OF which
we have read good deal the last few months
is one to which we can all heartily subscribe. 1t
is also one which we can easily make clear to those
of our friends to whom it is new.
homely saying is, "You cannot eat your cake
and have it, too" This saying explains in few
words the idea of the doctrine of goods and serv
ices"
We cannot go into the markets and buy and
use goods of any kind and at the same time leave
those goods for war purposes. We cannot have
labor work for us as individuals and at the same
time have that labor available for the use of the
Government to help it to fight the war.
Every time we buy goods every time we use
labor, we compete with the Government.
1t makes no difference that the goods may be
the kind not used by the Government If the goods
bought by us are manufactured articles, certain
raw materials are needed for their production.
If the goods bought by us are raw materials, then
we are taking from the markets things that the
Government can almost certainly use for there
are indeed, few materials not used in some
branch of war industry. Moreover, everything we
buy must be transported in some way, and ade-
quate transportation is vital to the speedy produc
ton of war goods and to the rapid movement of
troops.
1t makes no difference that the labor we employ
for our personal use is labor not directly available
for war needs The men who work for us may not
make soldiers or sailors; but whenever we use a
man there is just that much power available for
Government use and for use in making those
things necessary to the public. And then, too no
man can work for us without using materials of
some kind.
This does not mean, naturally, that we must
stop buying everything and refrain from employ
ing all labor Certainly not. Everyone is expect
ed, and in fact urged to keep himself in the most
pOSSiblp and
mind can give the maximum service. That nee
essarily means the of goods and services. But
there is vast difference between using only those
goods and services necessary to keep us in prime
physical and mental condition and in using goods
and services that we do not need.
And the reason should restrict our buying
to the things needed is that we cannot use mater
ials and labor the way we did before we entered
the war and at the same time have enough labor
and materials with which to win the war
Every day sees an increase in our fighting ar
my. And our fighting army is made up of mei
from our industrial army. And every addition t.
our fighting army means an increase in the amour
of war goods that can be manufactured. Their
can be only one result to all this great change
the ranks of necessary labor will have to be in
creased by the addition to them of many men VIII
have heretofore worked at tasks not now neces
sary. Peace goods will have to give way to wa
goods.
This will mean that all of us will have to bu
wisely.
One of our countrymen, successful in amassin
great fortune, once said that the way to get ric
was never to buy anything until you absolutely ha
to have it. We have now come to the point whel
all of US, in order to give country every assis
ance possible must not buy things unless they al
needed to maintain our health and our efficienc
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