Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-18
QUIT WASTEING Paper
Every Scrap Of This Material Is
Valsable
NECESSARY FOR PROSECUTION OF WAR

kECESSARf fUR PRUSEGUllUh Uf WAX
In these momentous days when ev-
cry ounce OF our energy. when every |
cent OF our money. when every life II
, need be, is dedicated to the defeat OF !,
the Teutonic powers. there is no single |
act Of d private individual so unim-
portant as not TO have bearing on the
outcome OF the great enterprise that
We have undertaken.
This is war not merely OF fghting
men: II is Il war OF whole peoples. we
Iare mobilizing our capital and our In
Idustries. our churches and our schools.
our entire and intricate social system
The second line Of defense enters our
very homes; II extends to our pantries
land to our coal bins: il crosses every |
avenue OF our domestic life.
| Civilization demands the utter de-
s,ruction of the German idea. and with
this purpose In mind we checrfuliy ac-
cept any new sacrifice asked by our
government, whether II be the saving
| of coal or gasoline. or doing without
sugar or wheat or any other cOmmod-
Iuy needed by our natiop or by our
armies.
We make these sacrifices, the more
willingly because the departments
making them are wisely administered
II must. indeed have been an inspired
moment in which our great leauer'
President Wilson. chose Herbert HOO
yer as food administrator. Mr. HOO
yer had already proved his great
lhcartcdncss and his executive genius
by creating and administering that
most merciful of organizations. the
Is,.lrirn Relief commission. He mas car
ried this genius into his present hlsh
office and has made himself beloved
by all peoples In all Allied lands'
u,i,b the same sure wisdom the presi-
dent chose DIR. Harry y. Garfield, that
great son of IL great father, Tor tuei
administrator. The nation gladly iol-
lows such leadership as these men
typify.
A New Request to Save.
So closely are all peoples In all AL
lied lands bound together. so COM
plete has the organization OF our re-
sources become, that we are scarcely
SURPRISED now TO have our government
tell us that we must save paper, ana
that by saving paper we can help save
A. front
The paper industry is enormous
This industry alone requires hundreus
of millions in capital and needs the
services of scores of thousands oil Ia
borers for its maintenance. There Is
demand in this industry for nearly
%. 600. 900 tons OF freight, that must
be moved annually in and out OF the
mills. Translated into other TERMS
this means a million carloads yearly.
Ten million tons of coal are used IN
the manufacture of this COMMODITY
Again. the manufacture of paper
means the use of chemicals precious
in the making of munitions. There
fore by so much as we save paper. by
lust so much we release chemicals,
coal. capital, cars. and labor for more
essential, more pressing war-necessi-
ties.
Why You Should Save Paper.
Let us get down to direct cases.
Do YOU know that every time you
use a sheet of paper unnecessarily you /;
are depriving the government OF caus-
tic soda, sulphur and potash-chem-
calls sorely needed in the manufacture I
of ~. y. T." the most powerful ex-
plosive used in the war?
DO you know that every time you {
waste white paper you are wasting the ;
chlorin needed for the poison-g gas that
protects our boys-the poison gas that (
is beating Germany at her own fiend-
ish game?
DO you know that when you destroy
a pile OF paper you are destroying the :
equivalent of several pounds OF coal
for it takes from one 10 three pounds I
Of coal 10 produc" Il pound OF paper!
No. you probably do not know these l
of US did until the gov
ernment told US. Now. however. the '
war industries board has placed the {
facts before the people and has re- {
uucsted the nation to save paper IL
requests the people of America to save
not merely in a casual and superficial {
way, but to save Systematically. inten-
sively, religiously. with the sure knowl- {
edge that every scrap of paper so saw
ed Is Il direct act of service tn our I
army.
How to Save Paper In the Home.
Innumerable ways will suggest
to you. or course the SIM
plest rule is "use as little of it as you !
possibly can" Write on both sides of
a sheet instead Of only one. Save the q
blank sheets of letters and circulars |
and use them in place Of pads. Instead q
of throwing away or burning up your ,
empty oatmeal box or your sugar, cof- |
fee, or cornstarch boxes, save them {
with your old newspapers and wornout
paper bags and dispose of them to the |
Salvation Army or to the junkman or r
TO any one who will send them back
TO the paper mills TO De remaue INTO
paper or paper products.
Above and beyond all. don't burn
your waste paper. 1t Is little less than
treason to do this when paper is so
scarce. And do not light a bonfire in
which there arc wood. old rags, or pa
per in any form. Waste paper and rags |
are two OF the most important ele-
ments in the manufacture OF new pa
per.
Housewives can further help by US
ing baskets when marketing and not &
having their purchases wrapped except
when necessary for the protecting OF
the goods. A paper bag saved Is a
paper bag made. Use your bags again
and again. II every shopper saved q !