The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-24
The Controls on Life
These Days5Ny s gGo !n z: yozohsT

, Ions, OF Black Market batteries, OF
Black Market everything else.
wonder II she ever went into q
butcher shop 10 see the ladies IN
Black Market mink coats, earned
BY strictly cash transactions 10
evade income taxes, pay tips rang.
ing from IS 10 $40 a week. won.
der X Mrs. Roosevelt has ever been
IN some OF the New York restaur.
ants and bar-rooms often dubbed
night clubs and II so, has she noted
the habitues OF such places eating
fat, juicy steaks while honest clti-
zens paid "a points for butter and
satisfied their craving for beef by
eating hamburger made OF scraps
and stews and goulashes made OF
shank?
Those who have money, particu.
larly the new rich OF this war, have
been getting what they wanted
during the controls" which this
lady favors. The oPA created a rich
mans paradise; q grabit.all hey
day.
Mrs. Roosevelt says: "a. Those
who have little money will first
spend all their savings and then be
unable to buy their fair share Of
the necessities OF liie." | don't
know what Mrs. Roosevelt means
by a little money. Is $1,000 a little
money or must you have a cool
million? Certainly, anyone who has
savings these days Is doing pretty
good. The war bond was a good
savings and should be used to pro-
vide funds to purchase goods dur
ing q period Of unemployment. 1t ia
better for the country II people
spend their savings whether In
bonds or cash than II they 60 on
relief. To spend ones savings Is
dignified: to go on relief Is to ac-
cept charity while possessing as.
sets. That Is even crooked.
Some very curious statistics
come into play when We talk about
savings. In the year 1899, s7,59s..
100000 was out OF circulation in
this country; that is. that sum was
being boarded, held in tin-boxes,
hidden away somewhere. Today,
about $4,000, 900, 900 is In that
category. Who holds that extra
sac, 1000, 900, O007 Somebody lot OF
people-are holding onto that
money. Also in 1899. the total bank
deposits OF the United States
amounted to $4,000. OO0. 900; today
that item has increased to about
$3.50 ,000, 000, 900. The interesting
point is that the mutual savings
banks show an increase from $40.
000. 100000 to $4,000, 000, 900 and
the postal savings system doubled.
Nobody who has savings Is poor
and as goods come on the market
they are Just as likely to appear In
q Five and Ten as In the, place
where MIRA. Roosevelt gets her
dresses.
Then Mrs. Roosevelt goes on to
say:
".. Great Britain is planning to
continue her controls and restric-
lions. II her people who have gone
through many more military and
economic hardships than we have,
can endure for q little longer In
the interest of mankind as q whole,
! think We can do the same"
wonder II Mrs. Roosevelt will
give us the comparative figures
between the United States and
n..o. nrl4 AZ, IN ~. altar ~ 0an.
crosby to the whole OF mankind as
OF today's date. For instance, what
about Lend-Lease, their share and
ours? What about UNRRA to which
we have contributed more than 70
per cent. True, the British have
suffered more than we have but
anyone who denies the generosity
and sacrifices Of the United States
In a European war Is spreading the