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Show S1 r STAND BY TIOTORES (From Women's Wear.) Elbridgo L. Lowe, secretary of the National Retail Dry Goods association, associa-tion, commenting pn the apparent tendency upon tho part of soma women, In a misled spirit of patriotism, patriot-ism, "to create a general wavo of ri-- d frenchmen!, nnd Its possible effect Bj ' 1 on business, said: BJ ,6 "While nobody can take exception H S to tho rule of at nil times practicing Bj Hfl Intelligent economy, thcro Is a post- Bj W V'vo danger In advocating or encour- Bj li aging any widespread, unnecessary, BJ JR. unintelligent, hysterical economy at Bj W this time. The high prices of food- H 3 stuffs, as I pointed out (n an nrtlclo Bt j In Women's Wear some time ago, Bk; might possibly curtail tho oxpendl- BP-' 1 tures of dry goods, but such neces- BJj sary curtailment woultl bq Individual BJ z,t' only and would bo guarded by Indl- BJ Zt vldual necessity only. To encourage JJ n country-wldo c-conomy because of the war, until the need of such a course Is plainly imminent, would , j he like killing tho goo3e that lays ' tho coldon egg. ( . "Tho first to feel tho effects of i such a movement would be tho stores, t nnd any serious curtailment of th-i output of tho stores would result in , n reduction or lack of profit, and x Imperative need for tho elimination Bf S1 of n,any employees and a general Bt stagnation ot business. BV jy ' "Inasmuch as tho stores aro mere- 1 .k H LitlBBBBBi m. ,l1bbbbbb BV ' ' HbBbBbBbBbBI H 'JI11111111111111111111K.. """ - ' BEBBBBBBSBBBBbk Br vIBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBb ly distributing mediums for tho manufacturers, man-ufacturers, the reaction would be Immediately Im-mediately felt by all mnnufncturlng Industries with a serious curtailment ot production nnd employment. "No ono questions the good Intentions Inten-tions of the prominent peoplo who are advocating economy In dress and lvlng, but thinking men nro questioning question-ing seriously the good Judgment In even nppearlng to nttempt to Influence Influ-ence the peoplo of tho country to such nctlon. "I was In Washington tho lat'ter part of last week and tnlked with a numbor of prominent men, nnd all, without oxcoptlon, deplored nny such tendency. As they expressed It, business busi-ness should go on In tho oven tenor of Its wny, with ns llttlo upset as possible, pos-sible, If this country Is to do overy-, overy-, thing expected of It In connection I with tho war. j "Thero seems llttlo need of any hysterical action nnd tho moro calmly, calm-ly, systematically, and Intelligently this country goes about Its war preparedness, pre-paredness, the greater will be Its efficiency. effi-ciency. "The women of the country should continue their normal purchases according ac-cording to tholr requirements and their means. "Consumers should keep tho business busi-ness wheels rovolvlng. In doing this thoy will bo performing a patriotic duty. If tho business of tho country is to support tho war financially, tho business wheels must not be slackened." |