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Show FLIERS AT Ijl! I (By Frank A. Van'derlip.) Hardly a day passes but there is some fresh illustration of the inability on the part of governments to buy with money, something essential for war preparation. We are now discovering dis-covering that there is Hot linen enough in the world to cover the aeroplanes that the allies are producing. The English government has just decided that at least 10,000 acres of English soil must be devoted to the production produc-tion of flax, instead of food. That government is making terms with-thie farmers, which will lead to the planting plant-ing of that crop. - , The illustrations are- endlea 8 of the fact that there are not labor and materials ma-terials enough to produce the things that the people want and the things that the government wants. There are two ways of helping solve the problem. One is to speed up production produc-tion and industry. The other is to cut down unnecessary consumption. iBy the latter method every one can put himself in an effective way in a front trench. Every one can make sacrifices sacrifi-ces that will be reflected in a quicker quick-er and better equipment of the armies. The progress that can be made by speeding up production can be exceeded exceed-ed many fold by the effect which can be produced by a whole nation making mak-ing up its mind realy to help win the war. The difficulties of equipping the army would be easily cut in half if every individual in . this country would recognize his responsibility in helping to equip the army, his responsibility respon-sibility to get on without demanding new. things he can get on without, and by so doing leave a greater amount of labor and material to produce the things the government must have. Every yard of linen that is bought from today on puts the buyer in direct di-rect competition with the Aeroplane Board in equipping the fleet of aeroplanes aero-planes which we hope to put over the German lines. That should be vtry plain to every one when it is known that the need of linen for aeroplane production exceeds the total stock j there is in the world, Gut the same rule applies in almost every direction that we turn. There can be only two reasons why men should not sse in their personal expenditure their Individual responsibility respon-sibility for equipping the army. One is a belief that a fully equipped American Ameri-can army is not going to be necessary; neces-sary; that the war either will be won by our allies, or It has already been won by the exhaustion of our enemies. There is little in the situation upon which to base such a belief. The other reason must be that people believe be-lieve that there are labor and materials mater-ials enough to produce everything that they want for their Individual uses and everything that the government must have. Absolute blindness to what the total is when you add two and two is the only excuse there can be for believing there are labor and material enough for the Individual comforts and military needs of the country. The man who is not prepared pre-pared to economize today either believes be-lieves there is no necessity ifor military mili-tary preparedness or he will not look 'n the face the pl'iinest facts in regard to industrial capacity. The government govern-ment has provided the easiest possible possi-ble road for the Individual to turn his personal sacrifice into patriotic aid save and buy War Savings Stamps. |