Evening star., 1932-03-13

1T Is my duty as a citizen to set
q good example to stop this heard
ing by helping to keep money in
circulation, investing in sound Sc
curitieS. keeping a savings account,
buying and giving a neighbor a job.
Let US cooperate together!"
Points to Bible Lines,
"In the worlds best seller, the
Book on whose principles the dear
old U. S. A. is founded, we read:
Sell that which We have, and give
aims, make for yourselves purses
which wax not old, treasure in the
heavens that faileth net, where no
thief draweth near, neither moth
destroyeth.'
From the worlds best President,
whose first interest is his country,
comes a request to put our boarded
money to work.
Il haven't any boarded money but
if by chance I should win $l00 I
would invest it in Baby Bonds for
the sake of God and country"
"Hoarder" Wakes Up.
"I truly didn't realize I was a
hoarder. had been foolish enough
to believe the little could do wasn't
enough to matter Now realize
that while my money was in a cedar
chest it could be out earning for me
and helping business at the same
time When did wake up and find
I had been like the man who kept
a watermelon seed in box instead
of planting it and letting it double
and redoube itself, l promptly de-
posted my money in good bank.
hope have helped"
Tax Money Hidden.
II always connected boarding in
my mind with misers; only misers
would have the mental twist, to
think that thet- money was safer
hid away in a china teapot or the
toe of a sock than in some reliable
place where it could be used and
help the world along.
For myself I never leave money
in the house: if my house Is broken
into by thieves, 1t comforts me to
think that they would make a
'water-haul as I have nothing
valuable.
Il went into a neighbor's house a
few months ago, and we talked
money and hard times. She said
that the first money she put away
was for taxes and asked me If l did
the same. l told her the first place
I put mine was in my church enve-
lope. Her look of astonishment
made me believe that I could not
make her understand my though
that is l remembered the Lord first
He might remember me when I was
in need.
"She afterwards showed me where
her money was in tin can in the
bottom Of a wardrobe, with the
clothes hanging over the top, 1t was
near tax time and she said she had
$81.
II did not say anything-but did
lot of thinking"
Like Men Idle in Prison.
THE Stars anti-hoarding cam
paign has convinced me that boarded
dollars are idle dollars, and, like
men confined in prison cells, of no
benefit to mankind, but burden to
all; that to secret money away null
lifies its mighty power; and that a
dollar is only symbol of value, not
value itself, and worthless unless
working
Therefore, my dollars must
henceforth become active dollars. /
am buying now, paying bills promptly
to help merchants keep the ball
rolling and placing surplus funds
in a savings account, available to
those who may need the banks
helping hand to tide them over.
Let us all follow some similar
formula, deal the slump a death
blow, and quicken recovery"
Blames Idle Dollars.
In our Nation, people are starv-
ing, yet there is plenty of food in
the world. Millions are unemployed,
yet big business is paying dividends.
Banks have closed while we have
the largest gold reserve in history.
Why? Fear-filled people have lost
confidence and taken their money
from circulation. We are reaping
the results.
Il experienced loss through a
bank closing and afterward tried to
hide my hard-earned salary in the
cedar chest, but there was nothing
satisfactory in that. So I have
adopted the plan for relief. which is
simple. There are many ways that
we can return our money to cir
culation. Why not use it as pur-
chasing power? By doing this We
raise the standards of living, give a
source Of enjoyment to ourselves, as
well as furnish more business for
others.
Although my dollars are few, I
consider 1t a privilege to help in
this way. I feel that the support of
every one Is needed to put business
on sound basis, and quicken the
wheels of industry, thereby creating
a means of livelihood for the many
millions to whom this has been
denied.
The parable of the talents is Just
as true today as it was nearly two
thousand years ago. When we
hoard we are no better than the
servant who hid his talent in the
earth, then how can we hope to
escape the reproach, Thou wicked
and slothful servant No man has
been truly great who has not felt
IN some degree that his life belongs
to his race, that what God gives
him He gives him for mankind, It
may be a fortune, the gift Of lead
ership, or perhaps a great talent.
But whatever 1t is, we are best full
filling our purpose in life when we
use this gift so that the greatest
good may be had from 1t.
There is now challenge to use
our dollars. How shall we respond?"
Buys Summer Retreat.
THE virtue of thrift may well be-
come the vice of boarding! The
years Of saving for a rainy day'
had been carefully stored in a safety
deposit box. Awakened by the
Presidents appeal to a startling
realization that we were hoarders, a
quick decision was made.
We purchased a bargain-priced
country plot-aiding a discouraged
salesman. Blue prints ordered. re-
vived the hopes of a struggling
young architect. At bottom-price, a
builder has taken our house con-
tract. The quaint little bungalow
will give employment to many kinds
Of construction labor Materials
used will stimulate sales. A sound
investment. A Summer retreat"
Spending Is Contagious.
When mass psychology becomes
animated bV fear. the boarding in