Show released by western newspaper union CARRYING ON IN WARTIME IN SEPTEMBER OF 1918 1 I was in a small belgium city which the germans after four years of occupancy had evacuated less than 43 49 hours before my arrival in that small city I 1 entered as indicated by a sign a dress shop with the hope of finding something for the wife and daughter at home in chicago the size and fixtures denoted a shop of some consequence but in it were not so much as halt half a dozen articles ol of merchandise none of them ot of any real value with a smile of courage in her eyes a white haired woman greeted me in english from behind an empty showcase to her I 1 explained roy my reason for entering you see all I 1 have to offer she said four years ago I 1 had a full stock it was not confiscated or looted by the germans but has been sold a bit at a time with no opportunity of replacement for two years there has been practically nothing left but I 1 will not close the store it must be here when the war ends though I 1 starve in the effort to keep it open that was what war had meant to ta a woman merchant of belgium it is what war means today in belgium and practically all other european nations that woman was carrying on A store window in a dress shop in my home town caused me to recall that heroic belgium woman in that home town store window was displayed an attractive line of print dresses in the brilliant colorings of the summer it was in august season there were slacks and shorts of many colors and shades bathing suits for the not far away beaches knit gloves and and other accessories it was the display window of a well stocked store in which feminine fancy could be satisfied we are at war as was belgium we are supposed to be suffering the deprivations of war we complain of the sacrifices we are called upon to make the fact is we on the home front know nothing of sacrifice as we might and would know it if the huns and the japs were landed on our shores oceans lie between us and our enemies it is the men of our armed forces that meet them far way away from us and protect us from the real ravages of the most terrible war the world has ever known it if that white haired belgium woman could carry on under the conditions she and those she represent 1 ed had to face through four long years we can have no just cause tor for complaint we too roust must carry on to maintain that america and the institutions that are ours WHY BEATING INFLATION IS 1 SO 30 DIFFICULT WE ARE FEARFUL of 0 inflation we know what can cause it and how bow it can be prevented we know runaway commodity prices can and will wreck reck each one of us and produce conditions from which we can tot not and will not recover for at least a generation each one of us wants the other fellow to do the things that will prevent the inflation disaster the farmer wants higher prices for what he produces he does not want to be the inflation prevention goat ile he would have the worker the manufacturer fac and the merchant do the inflation prevention job the workers als want W ant more wages the manufacturers rs and merchants object to sacrificing any of their profits and demand prices tor for their commodities that will offset or more than offset off set any increased wage costs we know sacrifices must be made if we are to escape the inflation evil but we want george to do the sacrificing each of us wants george to pay the price to buy the bonds had congress the day war was declared passed the much discussed M bill it would have stopped all danger of inflation it would have frozen all wages and prices drafted all plants manpower and wealth the only thing it would not have controlled was the votes of american citizens and the politicians were tearful fearful of those votes the result of that tear fear may be inflation WHEN THE FIRST TAX deductions were made from pay envelopes millions of americans b had a d their first lesson as to the meaning of direct taxes it will cause them to examine government expenditures more carefully than they did in the past they will be asking about that ever growing civilian employee federal payroll now nearing hearing the four million po point |