Show WOULD ALTER ALTA OUR i I 1 FINANCIAL HABITS by ROME r stephenson former PI w Amers eop fl THE most 0 1 1 constructive can h action that taken abo ut greater S toward bringing stability in our business iff 3 Is 18 the develop ment bent of at it more balanced attitude in the minds or of all of our people in regard to the right relationship between saving a nd d spending there Is more practical workable economics in t the h e sentence save sane during curing C Q stephenson STEPHENSO 4 so as 01 to be able to spend during depression than in a whole library full ot of charts and tables and boots books on political economy I 1 do not believe it Is an impracticable dream to bring about an era P ot of more intelligent saving and spend ing on oil the part ot of our people it Is not impossible to change the habits 41 0 the population it has hag been done dona in many lines the habits of 0 our people have been improved and the health 0 of the nation promoted in many ways by consistent programs 0 of advertising and education that have brought about better hygienic understanding and practices the medical profession has virtually banished the scourge ot of some dds eases by persistent intelligent campaigns ot of preventive sanitary measures and inoculations requiring new understandings new habits among many millions of our people also a large part of this evolution 0 of public health improvement has naturally developed through the intelligent advertising ol of many products that have to do with bodily care I 1 refer to the manufacturers and distributors distri buters ot of such things as more healthful shoes more effective toothbrushes lood food products 4 with more wholesome values ot of nutrition and countless other practical ideas that have become commonplaces of our dally daily business lle life and that have become a part too of 0 the very texture of the personal habits and health ot of great masses ot of our people it it has been good advertising and good bu business tor for so many ot of our national producers produce ra to spend millions rf it dollars thus to inculcate new habits ot of personal hygiene and personal care Is it not good business and good adver tor for our banking interests to lay similar iollar stress during the next period ot of prosperity upon better financial habits and customs ot of our people bankers above all are interested in table stable wholesome business they have much to gain by a state ot of sound financial health among the people and most to lose by epidemics ot of economic maladies such buch as have swept the coun try during the past two years |