Show making and ind saving N nor or only arc are wo io the greatest money 11 hi in the world in the sense seine of having by far for the largest annual income inco inc but we nrc are also the most lavish spenders it is quite hard to reconcile the shylock elia rAfter cr given us its by our friends abroad with the almost alnina ret Aless wa ma we me spend our money if we tire lire dollar chaser chasers and dime lime pine pinchers liers we ie arc are not running true to tape Is there a disputer anywhere in the world it is the american heart that makes the first rok response and the pocketbook is ns as open ns As tho the heart skinflints and miters are not of that nort sort it would bo mill is 01 fur or our cities if they became good money earners turners and then geed spenders and aud occasionally gave sonic some thing awa hwa without expectation of a return plus yet we me do not squander nil all our money figures are published to show that the american people have savings per cent greater today than in 1914 multiply multiplying Multi pl ing by four in only 13 years ahou s a reasonable aso nabla degree of thrift in 1911 we ine made a per capita saving of last year wo we made new savings of which is 33 per capita r per family of four that would not be bad nt all provia 4 cery ciery family did it it is the families that do not bavo save at all which constitute our problem but aliat ie is far from showing what portion of the total income of the country was saved from mere current expense an and demoted to capital it r represents presents only savings deposits building and loan payments and insurance i there was also a tremendous investment in with the samo same purpose of providing income for the future not all this investment was wise and much of it was wax lole lots ct a tremendous sum in total was invested in stocks and bonds that were good pod and may bo be legitimately classed as savings they siere saved from behag expended cd ind were demoted dei doted to income in conio not until this tuge sum i is s added to the mere sai savings ings accounts do we get a true picture of american thrift |