The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-12
Consumer Notes
Issued Weekly by Consumers
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, D. c.
Defense For Your Living Standards

Defense For Your Living Standards
Money prosperity is in the offing
and we are all getting set to see
that when it arrives we shall be sure
to get our share. Too many people
are busy fighting for the dollars they
hope to take in as income, forgetting
that the thing they are after is more
food, clothing, household goods, and
greater living comforts.
We have what it takes to build the
machinery of defense and at the same
time to build desirable and defen-
sible standard of living for every
man, woman, and child.
If we build war goods but do not
keep up the supply of goods that go
into our daily living standards that
are already dangerously low for far
too many people. But if we are
able not only to keep up but to ex-
pand to the limit of our capacity, the
production of goods for civilian use
and to keep them moving into the
homes of our people, then we shall
have an America that is impregnable
on the world front and an America at
home that is secure in it's faith that
here we can make real the dreams
men live by.
Dollar prosperity, without question.
will flow from defense expenditures
But will these dollars feed, clothe.
and house people, or will they feed
the hungry man of speculation which
has lived on an invalid diet for II
years and begins now to show signs
of convalescence. Will the defense
prosperity raise our standard of liv-
ing, especially at the bottom where
it is disgracefully depressed even.
now, or will it lead us to the fools
paradise of increased pay envelopes
and higher farm prices that don't
purchase more of the good things
men live by? Must we again watch
the farmers and the working people
of the Nation throw their dice in a
game where they cannot win?
In our land there is still the pos
sbility that we can produce, and that
people can have the things they live
by. For us, the overwhelming ques-
ton is not whether we can, but
whether we will; or whether, failing
in this imperative national purpose,
we shall let our economic machinery
get out of hand, whirl us few dizzy
times around, and toss US again into
the ashcan with the job undone.
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Get More Wear Out of Your Fur
Coat
Weakest points in every fur gar
.ment are the friction points.
To prevent wearing away of the
fur: Don't let hat brims rub against
fur collars. Don't let heavy jewelry
come in contact with the fur. DOM
wear collars high and close arount
the neck. Don't carry bags, pack
ages, or purses under the arm wher,
they can wear away the fur. Sitting
down on furs will wear them out
Proper care will prevent too severe
wear of fur at the wrists and undel
the sleeves.
When tears and rips appear in fu
garments, they should be repaired I'M
medately. A small rip if neglected
may easily work into a ragged tea
requiring an entire new skin. II
avoid rips and tears, the coat shoul'
be loosened or unbottoned before sit
ting down in order to reduce th'
strain on the seams.
Dirt, dust, and CRIME invite moths
to make furs their homes. 1t is true
however, that moths damage clean
furs and that no furs are cntirel!
free from the moth hazard. TO keeI
furs moth-free, comb them gent!
every 2 or 3 weeks. This helps to pre-
vent mating, too. Vigorous shaking
before hanging the coat is advisable
Use wide coat hangers without sharl
edges.