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Show H ECONOMY CAMPAIGNS. B ' Warnings are being issued against a too hiysterical B campaign for economy. It is urged that if enyone begins H to save money and stop the usual habits of expenditure, H it will throw people out of work, and cripple our indus- H tries, thus doing more harm than good. H There is some truth in this. Yet it is very doubtful fl if such easy spenders as the American people are in dan- B ger of doing this particular thing. If the money saved H on economies were used as it ought to be, the results, H while causing some temporary hardship, would soon be H beneficial. H The most desirable thing to do with savings at the H present time it to put them all into the new United States H bonds. They will pay fair interest, and will be wholly ex- H ' empt from taxation. The money will be spent mostly in H our own country, so it will keep our own workers busy. H Such purchase of bonds will help our allies buy more H goods in our munition plants, in our shoe and clothing B factories, and from our farms. This will increase the de- H mand for help and will open positions for all idle workers. H Furthermore the new work will be along the line of vital B When a luxury producer is turned into a food creator, B the tendency is to reduce the price of food and raise that fl of luxuries. That is sound economics and a change that B is greatly needed. B Every man who is released from the luxury trades can B find work on a farm, and without going very far from H home either. Every woman released can find work in B factories and in homes, in restaurants and hotels, releas- H ing able bodied men who could be raising food. These H readjustments will cause some inconvenience while they H last, but they will leave the United States in far better H position to meet the issues of both war and peace. |