The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-20
Tremendous Savings Of Nation by
Observing Gasolineless Sundays

When the American people locke
up their automobiles for a gasles
Sunday on Sept. /, they save,
enough money to provide Genera
Pershings army with 5000 machin
guns, costing $3.50 each.
They saved enough money to bu,
food for the American Expeditionar,
Forces in Europe for two whole days
They saved enough money to pro
vide General Pershing's Army will
100000 hand grenades.
They saved enough money to pay
for 35,7S4 completely equipped rifles
which the American infantryman
carries 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 these savings which are being
effected are of no value to the govern
ment in its prosecution of the war
unless they are made available for
its use.
The Fuel Administration reported
that the saving of gasoline on the sec
ond gasless Sunday amounted to five
million gallons which, valued at CSC
a gallon, meant saving to American
pocketbooks Of $1,25O,OOO. In trans
portation alone this meant a saving
Of 625 tank cars for an. average haul
Of 222 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:
First. Released by abstinence Of
the people. wv
Second. Imported from Neutral
countries. -v,WJU
Third. Obtained by making inroads
on our accumulated supplies Or
equipment.
To that extent with which, by saw
ing, we can carry on the war by
means OF current abstinence, we shall
pc 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 I
deny ourselves. To the extent t,
which we draw on accumulated sup.
plies or equipment, we are putting
in worse condition to car
~ on production when the war is
over and competition again becomes
Keen.
Through the effective blockade OF
Germany, Germany has been com
,elled to pay for the war, to a great
'xtent, through current abstinence :
At least she has been prevented from
commodities to any i'm :,
'ortant extent. On the other hand, :
Germany has been compelled to use .
p her accumulated supplies and
quipment, even after using what she :
as stolen from Belgium, Poland and
Their invaded countries, Germany will F
g found to have required copper from Il
er roofs and cutters; her machinery S,
nd equipment will be worn out and TT
I'm down and she must, when the il
ar Is over, replenish exhausted can
al before, she can be properly pre- h,
ared to turn out any considerable 90
plume of current production. :,
Inc moral which the Treasury De- ~
lrtment points out as result Of -;
9 gasless Sunday is that it is i'm .,
'rtant in our conduct of the war to h,
y as we 20 as far as possible bv ..
stinence from current consumption M
d that abstinence in itself contrib ~
es to the winning of the war only e.
that degree with which the money -
we'd is made available to the Gov
nment by investment In War Saw
IS Stamps or Liberty Bonds. ~
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