The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-15
WHAT YOU SAVE

When the American people locked
up their automobiles for another gas
less Sunday, they saved enough money
to provide General PerShings Army
with 5000 machine guns, costing $25(
each.
They saved enough money to buy
food for the American Expeditionar.
Forces in Europe for two whole days
They saved enough money to provid;
General Pershing's army with $500
000l hand grenades.
They saved enough money to pa,
for 35,784 completely equipped rifle
which the American infantryman car
ries when he goes into conflict.
These figures were revealed in i
Treasury statement, appealing to thf
American public to turn its saving
from abstinence into War Saving
Stamps or set them aside for inves
ment in Liberty Bonds The Treas
ury statement reminded the public
that these savings which are being
effected are of no value to the Gov
eminent In Its prosecution of the war
unless they are maze available for Its
use.
The Fuel Administration reported
that the saving of gasoline on JUS
one gasless Sunday amounted to fiv>
million gallons which, valued at p
cents a gallon, meant a saving II
American pocketbooks of S1,250,OO0
In transportation alone this meant a
saving Of 625 tank cars for an aver
age haul of two hundred miles.
The rubber saved by giving tires
a days rest would be sufficient Ia
equip $500 motor trucks for the Amer.
lean Army with tires capable of run
ming five thousand miles.
The Treasury reminder called al
tention to the fact that labor and ma
terial essential to the conduct of the
war arise from either of these three
sources:
1st, released by abstinence of people.
I'd, 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-
INFLATED supplies or equipment, we are
putting ourselves in a 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 will be
found to have required copper from
her roofs and cutters; her maehin-
cry and equipment will be worn out
and run down and she must, when the
war is over, replenish exhausted capt.
tai before she can be properly prepar-
ed to turn out any considerable vol
ume of current production.
Tho v1,nraI xx,Hyob @H,o
partment points out as result of the
gasless Sunday Is that II 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
Dr. Liberty Bends.
ma one.