St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-09-15
Let Us Not
Be Foolish
By Alice B. Campbell
in the st. Louis Argus.

Why not prepare now, for hard
times. Remember a few years ago,
the bread lines, and the many other
things we had as a make shift
for a livelihood. Any persons that
fail to think and work to the
interest of preparing and better
ing their condition for future
times shall suffer when the war
machines cease to roll.
Every person should counsel with
self until self become conscious of
the responsible and vital issues each
one must have in rebuilding a war
torn world. Let us be not foolish,
and think that it cannot happen
again in our times, that prosperity
is here to stay as long as one live,
that for the next twenty-five years
capital shall be a slave to labor,
that one can quit ones job for any
little frivolous thing and get an
other without any trouble, that
business will cry a long time for
want of help.
Let US be not foolish. Let us
face facts. Every person suffered
in one way or the other in the years
of the depression. The rich, the
poor, the old, and the young, all
suffered and lived through a world
wide economic crisis. Now we are
suffering and dying in a prosperity
far more dreadful and terrifying
than the crisis just past.
Our sons, our daughters, our
husbands, our wivesn our fathers,
our mothers, our human blood of
every race, creed and color is flow
ing on the ground like river. Our
blood that is being shed in tearing
down an old world, preparing the
earth for a new one. Let US be not
foolish and fail to think of these
conditions.
AS our comrades have fallen and
are falling, let US not take advan-
tage of prosperity through their
disadvantage in the spirit of the
old world. They gave and are yet
giving their lives for US who shall
live to carry on in a new world.
Let US take advantage of the dis
advantage in the spirit in which
they gave their lives. They gave
all they had for US who shall live,
to advance at their disadvantage.
Our first step towards advance
ment is security, that can come only
through saving a portion of our
earnings each pay. Instead of
spending half of our pay for fine
foods and liquor one-fourth to the
city courts and one-fourth to the
doctor each pay day. Put away
one-half or one-fourth, whatever
is left after paying our honest bills.
Think not to drink, eat, be merry
and have a good time, while our
brothers lie dead and dying for US.
Think not, our hard earned money
will turn to naught if we bank it.
There is no waste in U. S. A. Gov
eminent War Bonds.
Let US be not foolish, and use
our brothers substance in folly.
There shall not be a good father
to give US as the prodigal son had,
in other words, there won't be any
bread lines. Our falling comrades
are doing their share, if we fail to
do our share, we shall not live in
peace, and bring forth achievement
for which they died; nor shall we
die a glorified death as they did in
believing they were making life
better for US who shall live. They
gave all which were their lives, we
must give all which shall be our
lives, in hard earnest labor, self
denial of past pleasures and enjoy
ments, deep thinking, sincere pray
er for guidance to do our best each
day. On our jobs do our best, in
our homes do our best in training
our children the right principles, of
which our Government was founded
and stand! today.