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Show NO MISERY WANTED. People are still talking about the financial course they ought to steer while the war lasts. On this subject a cartoonist car-toonist lately gave some pretty straight and short advice , when he said: "Economise, but don't be an Econo-Miser." . The man who knocks out all his regular habits of living, liv-ing, just so he can sit in a darkened room and count his nickels by candlelight, isn't going to help very much either himself or his neighbors. On the other hand, there will be a lot of help, for all people concerned, in the man who keeps his head first, and his money afterward. He will use his brains to decide where he can save without injury, and at the same time where and how to go on spending and buying. " This is the job which the National Economy b'oarti, appointed by the President, is trying to do for the whole country. The board wants to keep business moving, but it says there must be some readjustments. For instance, the American people are nowpaying ten per cent on every purchase they make for the luxury of having their goods delivered. The national board says we should have fewer unnecessary deliveries, and storekeepers will doubtless be glad to accept this. The trouble will come in getting the people to put up with the change, after twenty years when women in cities have had every spool of thread delivered de-livered by wagon. Also the national board wants us to learn more about the use of cotton in woolen goods. Our standard has been "all wool," while countries like England have learned to use much more cotton than we do, and still make more durable garments than ours. With a wool shortage that may reach 100,000,000 pounds next year, we must mend our methods. Finally, in all lines of goods, there must be fewer fancy styles and more dependable staples. In ways like this we shall be economising, but not injuring or de-stroving de-stroving business. t |