| Show economy in consumption Is essential for the winning whining of the war by bf BASIL B CLAM blackert C Q B member of the briah bradsh embassy to the voted united states state thinking in terms of money is the root of most of the fallacious thought ori war finance what the united states government wants is not some entity known as twenty billion dollars a year but goods and services valued at that figure i e labor to make guns build ships transport soldiers build cantonments canton ments etc and materials of all kinds in connection therewith besides the services of soldiers sailors civil servants an 4 is etc when once this is realized it is easy to bring home to the people that what financing the war really means is the securing by the govern ment of the goods and services needed for the war and that if the government is to secure these people must organize 1 ze themselves for the war must produce more of the things that are necessary and consume as little as possible of everything else everything spent over and above what is necessary jor for health and efficiency takes away from the goods and services services available for the war all private self indulgence is definitely against abu Sf I 1 ional interests extravagance gosts blood the blood of heroes as mr lir lloyd george said hence saving i e increasing the surplus 0 of f s goods and services available over the goods and services consumed by vate people is essential for the winning of the war saving is even more important than lending to the governa government go vernm nt that is if is better to save and put savings in a savings bank than to borrow large sums I 1 from a bank in order to subscribe to a war loan and then 0 ta fail to i repay |
