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Show SIMPLE REASON FOR THRIFT Its Practice Necessary That There May 1rWBe Margin of Production Over ;' Consumption. . Is It not mere cuihllHhnes ror one vho can alloid to buy and diH-s buy illk skirts nnd sill; blockings and uutomoblle.s, und who freely admits that he wastes money, but who Justi-ties Justi-ties hliuself somewhat belligerently by mo lug that he can afTuid to vvustu money, atui that It Is nobody's busl- Inoss, to object to other people doing the same sort or thing only because ho thinks Hie other people cannot afford thu cxpeiidltiiie? Itlght down In our hearts we know that the concern con-cern Is not all vvllli the vvclfuru or .those other people who nre wasting their money; It Is really a matter of Jealousy and or class distinction based on clothing a reeling that these people have committed social misdemeanors, as when the cook duplicated du-plicated her mistress' hut. And any one who preaches thilft to people on the ground that they should not have vvbnt they like for their money Is Dimply preaching. nmibenslcul emit. Ho Is really preaching revolution. If, then, thrift bus no virtue In Itself, It-self, If every1 person within the limits or thu law Is entitled to spend vvlmt bo cuu earn, nnd more than ho cun euni If hu cun get away with It, Is there any unmoral reason for thrift Tho reason ror thrift Is plain,. It Is not necessary to talk about moral-Ity, moral-Ity, It l simply tmt f, we d not Imvii thrift we i-liiill not muve a mar kin of production over consmuptloiH UiutjHNvyo shall no liuvo cupllal. If ,vt6dp riot llnve capital wo cannot have" progTr'4(vve shall Imvo no means vviierowith Io m(iKv-sUu.iovemont In existing ex-isting facilities for praihTcTtrHk. Jhere Is tin (lunger of cxtriivngunce 1, It Is n very ivnl iluiiger. Samuel Ciovv tber, In the North Aiiu-rlciiu l',ev w BBBBBBBBBK1 JsV VCvislBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBl |