Show I Save acre Something While the Goings Going's Good GoodBy By HERBERT KAUFMAN WERE WE'RE very prosperous at present plants are running double shifts work is pl plentiful wages vV are hi high h j banks are bloated with surplus surplus but but it cant can't last indefinitely Europe wont won't fight forever peace must must come and an and before peace peace a long iong discussion of terms the outcome of which nobody can e exactly forecast Billions of securities will be affected by the final settlement The present losses of the losers will be increased by appalling indemnities which will so deplete the the already already exhausted resources of the defeated powers that their bonds must decrease incalculably in in- in m- m calculably The instant negotiations start promotion will stop Fi Finance ance will tighten its its purse strings loans will be recalled credits reduced nd gold hoarded Conservation will rule the money market factories now engaging multitudes will trim sails o or close comple completely ely The metal industries will vill lay layoff off thousands of operatives railroad earnings s will tumble business in m general will mark time Are you preparing for this inevitable situation Are you setting aside aside a a surplus to c carry rry- rry you over the lean months This is NOT alarmist talk Anybody familiar with the simplest fundaments of or trade must must acknowledge the necessity for caution and conservation Save something while the goings going's good In times of profit wise men provide against loss Pessimists Pessimists Pessimists Pes Pes- are optimists ex-optimists who didn't locate the fire escape before the blaze started Copyright 1916 by Herbert Kaufman Great Britain and all other rights reserved |