Milford chronicle., 1918-10-11
WHAT YOU SAVE


When the American people locked
up their automobiles for another gas
less Sunday. they saved enough money
to provide General Pershing's Army
with 5000 machine guns, costing $3.50
each
They saved enough money 70 buy
food for the American EXpeditionary
Forces in Europe for two whole days.
They saved enough money to provide
General PerShings army with 2,SOO-
600 hand grenades.
They saved enough money to pay
for 35,7S4 completely equipped rifles
which the American infantryman car
ries when he goes into conflict.
These figures were revealed in a
Treasury statement, appealing to the
American public to turn its savings
from abstinence into War Savings
Stamps or set them aside for invest
ment in Liberty Bonds The Treas
ury statement reminded the public
that thase savings which are being
effected are of no value to the Gov
ernment in its prosecution of the war
unless they are made available for its
use.
The Fuel Administration reported
that the saving of gasoline on just
one gaSleSS Sunday amounted to five
million gallons which, valued at -
cents gallon, meant a saving to
American pOcketbOObs Of S1,2J00O0.
In transportation alone this meant
saving of G25 tank cars for an aver
age haul of two hundred miles.
The rubber saved by giving tires
a days rest would be sufficient to
equip $500 motor trucks for the Amer
lean Army with tires capable Of run
ming five thousand miles.
The Treasury reminder called at
tentiOn TO the fact that labor and ma
terial essential to the conduct of the
war arise from either of these three
sources:
LIST, released by abstinence of people
2d, imported from neutral countries.
Sd, obtained by making inroads on
accumulated supplies or equipment.
To what extent with which, by saw
ing. can we carry on the war by means
of current abstinence, we shall be
better off when the war is over.
Whatever we import we must ulti-
mately pay for through some form Of
exports, which will mean that we must
later deny ourselves the things that
we fail now to deny ourselves. To
the extent to which we draw on accu-
mulated supplies or equipment, we are
putting ourselves in n worse condition
to carry on production when the war
is over and competition is again keen.
Through the effective blockade of
Germany, Germany has been compel
led to pay for the war, to a great ex-
tent, through current abstinence. At
least she has been prevented from i'm
porting commodities to any important
extent. On the other hand, Germany
has been compelled to use up her ac-
cumulated supplies and equipment
Even after using what she has stolen
from Belgium, Poland and other in
vaded countries, Germany viii be
found to have required copper from
her roofs and cutters; her machin-
cry and equipment will be worn out
and run down and she must, when the
war is over, replenish exhausted capi-
tai before she can be properly prepar- !
ed to turn out any considerable vol !
ume Of current production.
The moral which the Treasury De- /
partment points out as a result Of the |
gasless Sunday is that it is important |
in our conduct Of the war to pay as
we go as far as possible by abstin-
ence from current consumption and |
that abstinence in itself contributes to
the winning Of the war only as to that
degree with which the money saved /
is made available to the Government
by investment in War Savings Stamps
or Liberty Bends.