The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-30
CLEANUP CAMPAIGN
ON w. S. S. PURCHASE
Was Held at Waterbury Yesterday with
Good Attendance, Most of Towns of
Two Counties Being Present

Waterbury, Aug 3u.--A cleanup
meeting of the war savings work in
Washington and Orange counties was
held at the Waterbury inn yesterday
afternoon, with good attendance, most
of the towns being represented and with
many women from various clubs in the
two counties being present, and an espe.
cially large attendance from Montpelier,
Barre and this place.
Miss Lena 4. Hamilton, state publici-
ty director for Vermont, was not pres
ent, as she was representing the state
manager, Mrs. D. c. Jones, in Boston.
The speaker of the afternoon was Mrs.
Myra B. Lord of Boston, district direc-
tor of the bureau of women's organiza
tons.
"The more than one hundred thousand
members of the war savings societies
in New England will participate active
lv in the national campaign TO reduce
the high cost of living" said Mrs. Lord.
"Women's organizations are probably
one of the most practicable channels
through which to work in helping the
department of justice in its campaign to
reduce the cost of living As the fed
eral administration discovered upon in
vestigation that 90 per cent of the con-
sumption of food passes through the
hands of women, it is felt that very
practical thing could be done by the
women in the application of the prin-
ciples Of intelligent buying, which is
one of the chief planks of the cam
paign,
"The food commissioners in the New
England states are to confer in the near
future on definite plans for action, but
in the meantime the women's organiza-
tions can aid materially by urging upon
their members the necessity for wise
spending of the personal or family in
come; in other words, buying only what
is really needed and buying that to the
best advantage. Careful buying and
wise use without waste will make nor
nal demand for goods, and q normal
supply will bring prices down to rea-
sonable level.
"The increased cost of living can be
met only by decreasing consumption or
increasing production. If by concerted
action the women of New England de-
crease the consumption of luxuries and
thus increase the production Of neces-
sites, it will be only a short time be-
fore the benefits viii be felt.
Another way in which it is hoped TO
do something in this direction is through
the home economics bureau, of which
Miss Agnes Donham is director. The
bureau stands ready to supply speakers
on home economics, assistance in budget
making, in wise expenditure for food
and clothing, so that the woman with a
family to feed and clothes may have
practical help in getting the best pos
sible value for the amount of money
she has to spend.
Particularly in the industrial centers
is this kind of help needed, and it is
douby a patriotic service at this time
for regular saving and careful buying, to
lend helping hand to the women who
because they are uniformed are wasting
what should mean comfort for the whole
family.
"The salvage bureau, with Mrs. Fl.
Parker Wilmington as director, is also
rendering valuable service in encouraging
women to rid their homes of everything
that is not useful or beautiful; not to
waste materialsby burning or otherwise
destroying it, but by turning it back into
the market through the junk dealer, not
only decrease the cost of production but
save the raw material that is so much
needed for the goods required by Eu-
rope. Salvage has been taken up by
many women's organizations as means
of raising funds for their treasures, and
school children find in it an easy way
to earn money for the thrift stamps
through which they are learning the val
ne Of saving of creating capital for flu
ture enterprises.
"The chief obstacle in the way of the
indsutrial worker to-day is that the ref
ative sense of values has become de-
moralized. Largely increased wages
] mean to them simply the opportunity to
purchase luxuries, even at extravagant
prices, with the result that there is no
more left in the pay envelope with which
to provide necessities than there was in
the days when prices were at normal
level. Too many times instead of saving
from his earnings this situation results
in the sale of the Liberty bonds and
savings stamps for which they sacri-
feed during the war as a patriotic meas
ure, and so the wage Garner is doubly
harmed. He must learn that the $40
for six hour day is no benefit to him
that we are not whit better off--if the
prices of bread, shoes, clothing, rent, fuel,
have increased in the same proportion.
IF we who have seen the vision said
Mrs. Lord, ''who can foresee the inevita-
BILE result of this abnormal imitation of