The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-23
.GAsLEsS SUNDAYS
FOUR MILLIONS I 0
BUY WAR SUPPLIES

s! Jacksonville, Fla. September 22-
| When the American people locked up
/ their automobiles for a gasless sunday
! On September I, they saved enough
money to provide General Pershingss
Army with 5000 machine guns, cost
/ ing $3.50 each.
They saved enough money to buy
food for the American Expealtlonars
/ Forces in Europe for tWo whole days.
/ They saved enough money to pro-
j vide General Pershings Army with p
200, 600 hand erenades
They saved enough money to pay for
t25.1s4 completely ejuirped rikes which
1.-THE American infantryman carries
! when he goes into conflict.
| These figures We're revealed In a
/! Treasury statement, appealing to the
J, American public. to turn its savings
| from abstinence into War Savings
Stamps or set them aside for invest
nent in Liberty Bonds. The Treas
ury statement reminded the public
| that these savings which are being af-
/ fected are Of no value to the govern
ment in its prosecution of the war
unless they are made available for use
) 100000 Gallons Saved.
| The Fuel ADMINISTRATION reportol
that the saving Of gasoline on the
| to FIVE million gallons which. valued
at 25e a gallon, meant saving to
si,25o,00o. In transportation alone this
can't saving Of 625 tank cars for an
average haul of 222 l-1l.es.
The rubber saved by giving tires
DAYS rest would be sufficient to equip
$500 motor trucks for the American
Army with tires capable of running
five thousand miles
The Treasury reminder called at
tention to the fact that labor anu ma
terial essential to the conduct of the
war arise from either of these three
sources: First, released by abstinence
of tn people: second, imported from
neutral countries; third. obtained by
making inroads on our accumulated
supplies or equipments.
To that extent with which By say
ing. we can carry on the war by means
Of current abstinence. we shall be bet
ter off when the war is over. What
ever we import we must ultimately
pay for through some form or 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 accumula ted
supplies or equipment. we are putting
ourselves in worse condition to
tdf oI III NilFu tie N DIT Is
over and competition again becomes
keen.
Germany Pays for War
Through the effective blockade OF
Germany. Germany has ben compelled
10 pay for the war. to q great extent.
through current abstinence. At least
she has heenp reverted from import
ing comodities to anmy important ey-
tent. On the other hand Germany has
been compelled to use up her accum-
ulated supplies and equipment. even
after using what she has stolen from
Belgium. Poland and other invaded
countries Germany will be found to
have required copper from her roofs
and cutters: her machinery and equip
ment will be worn out and run down
and she must, when the war is over
replenish exhausted capital before
she can be properly prepared to turn
out any considerable volume of cur
rent production.
The moral which the Treasury De-
partment points out As 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 abstinence
from current consumption and that alb
stinenee in itself contributes to the
winning of the war only to that de-
gree with which the money saved is
made available to the government by
investment in ar Savings Stamps or
Liberty Bonds.