The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-16
FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1919.
BUY WISELY, BUT BUY NOW

Get DuS1neSS gong dHu heep IL 6o ing!" That summarizes Americas greatest need at the present time.
 The end of the war has brought new problems, which must be solved just as were the problems of the war itself by a quick and accurate diagnosis and prompt and adequate method of treatment. Fundamentally, all our troubles since the signing of the ar mistice have come from just one thing "a tendency to wait, to go slow, rather than to accept things as they are and keep going ahead.
 During the war it was patriotic to devote as little money to non.essen- tials as possible. During the war it was patriotic to wear out old clothes and old shoes, to dispense with pianos and automobiles, to do without luxur ies, and to make the necessaries of life give more than normal service.
 That was also wise and right dur ing the war. But now the conditions have changed vastly, and for the bet ter, unless we are to consider the war prosperity better than normal times. At the present time there is a short age of almost everything that people need to eat and to wear. There is a shortage of homes-one million dwell ings in this country and about as many in England. Every normal con- structive enterprise was checked by constructive enterprise should go ahead at more than the normal pace, in order that we may make up for lost time
 Get business going and keep it go- ing!"
 But it is useless to appeal alone to business men to get business going No business man, however good his intentions may be, can make the pub lie buy his wares against the will of the public. No business man. how ever he may desire the resumption of normal conditions in America, is big enough to bear the whole burden alone. The successful meeting of the present crisis is a cooperative enter prise, just as winning the war called for the whole genius of the American people toward cooperation. Every man, woman and child must do his or her part if prosperity is to come now.
 How, then, are we to get business under way at once? How are we to restore America to peace-time condi- t1ons without the unpleasant expert ences that some of the allied nations in Europe are undergoing?
 The whole problem comes back. in the final analysis, to the ultimate con- sumer. It is upon the consumer, the great general public, that we must depend. Business can progress only in so far as it has public support. The interests of labor depend upon the interests of the business man.
 During the war we have deprived ourselves of many things that we ac. tually needed. Many of us are now in position to satisfy the desires that we could not meet year ago. We know that the American public today probably has a greater purchasing power than ever before in history, Labor has been steadily employed dur ing the war and hundreds of thou sands of workmen received good pay and also made much money in over time and Sunday work. A great deal of this has been saved and Is now available for the resumption of busi- ness on normal scale.
 Let the workman who has put by a tidy nest egg during the war invest his money in home. thus relieving the present congestion of dwellings and bettering his own condition by putting himself among the ranks of home owners instead of home rent. CTS. Let those who have not the means or the opportunity to invest in home at this time at least supply themselves with the things they actu- ally need, whether 1t is new over. coat or new furniture for the dining room. Let the more prosperous oi us who have already homes buy the