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Show WOOD CALLS FOR THRIFT Demands That Nation's Expenses Shall Be Put Back on a , Prewar Basis. - . Leonard Wood, who Cancelled his Eastern tour pn "account of the rail road strike, called attention In Hoe-ton Hoe-ton to the tremendous expenditures being Incurred by the government and asked that the liatlon. get back to a pre-war bala of economy anil thrift "We have been irpendfilg money during the war with 'both' lishds like ilnmk'cn sslqrs,"vhe said. "Tho time has come to'cut cut all unnecessary expenditures and get down to bedrock bed-rock conditions. We want to speak of our congress again ns a million-dollar million-dollar congress nnd not as a bllllon-T dollar congress. The burden of taxa-,, "tlou tf'wolghlng henvl.ly Upon us. Wo must spread the wnr.tHirri.cn over n longer period of years. We must take the strangle hold of the excess profits mid oilier war taxes off the throat of Anieilcnn hu.stne.sH and American Inftlatlve." .' |