Show Waste Is Criminal To waste now is nothing short of of the Treasury criminal Secretary criminal Secretary ry McAdoo The Tho duty of the American p people ople to economize in consumption of food and antI all other materials as ns well as assave assave assave save money can not be too often otten or 01 too strongly urged upon them The duty is so 90 Imperative its observance so vital to our country's success that it should be ho kept constantly before them The proposition Is plain and understandable un un- We 1 have ave lessened the tho productive powers of at the country by hy taking men awa away from the productive forces of the country Instead instead instead in in- In- In stead of at producers of at one kind or another another another an an- other iho the tho soldiers are consumers of the products of ot our farms factories and mines and when the munitions I they expend and will expend against t I the tho enemy is considered the they are tremendous tremendous tre tre- consumers rs of or tho the manu- manu products of or the country A tremendous amount of the manufacturing manufacturing manufacturing ma ma- energy of the country has been withdrawn from manufacturing manufacturing turing the thin things s we use in peace and put to manufacturing the things we use in war The total loss to the country of the productive energy of our soldiers and sailors and the diversion diversion diversion di di- di- di version of ot the tho great portion of theother the tho other productive energy of the country country country coun coun- try to war purposes lessen to a great extent the amount of material and supplies produced by the country To this condition of or lessened production production production pro pro- and increased consumption of and by our own men must bo he added added added ad ad- ded the extraordinary demand made upon this country to to supply the tho armies of our allies and to n 11 a great extent their population with food and other material We must meet the condition that confronts us in two ways ways ways-by by the strictest economy in consumption for I every pound we refrain from using adds a n pound to be devoted to the uses of our army and navy and the military forces of our allies and by speeding up our production to the limit The American people are going going going go go- ing to do all nil that they know to be necessary to win this war war war-to to shorten short short- en this war They have only to realize realize real real- Ize ize tho the Imperative duty of ot economy in saving and they will economize and save and I |