Show ECONOMY Sta Statesmen man and economists say that the great trouble with this country is extravagance The millionaires million ir s' s a are e 1 i iL L i t living lik like princes and the pseudo pseudo- rich aro trying to keep up with 13 is evident that we must get our bearings bearings bear bear- ings and cut personal expenses But Dut this does not mean that there are not nol some necessary expenses We do not need automobiles and flying machin Js and aud wo we should dispense with thorn tho unless we can afford afford them But Bat we do need good roads road good od sidewalks ide electric electrio lights and o n supply supply supply sup sup- ply of good water These things were luxuries in the days of our forefathers forefathers forefathers fore fore- fathers but they are re necessities now There was a time timo when an ox team was tho the most economical moans means of locomotion This was superseded b by tho the pony express and then came the railroad Who would care cara to go goback goback goback back to the days of the ox team And now that we have tried the merit merits mer mer- it its itA of electrical lighting who would care to go back to the tho days of the tho kerosene lamp What was the luxury yesterday isa isa is isa a necessity today And we venture the assertion that in hi three y years ars from now the people of Ephraim will wilt wonder wonder won won- der how they managed to exist without without with with- out waterworks This leads us to the conclusion that people should not invest in luxuries unless they can canwell canwell canwell well afford them but they should shoua be willing wIning to go o into debt for the And when these necessities ar ara to be enjoyed by posterity it is but fair and just that posterity should boar bear sear its ita proportion of the expense |