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Show There is the right ring In ad.-'1 ad.-'1 in the New York Evening ..ual of recent date, say3 tin American Economist. Tne he.i&lin..- are expressive, and the article is ru1- of sound American common sens, as follow: "Whether Lincoln Said It or not, It's True. "SPEND YOUR MONEY HERE FOR THINGS MADE HERE BY WORKMAN THAT LIVE .IERE. During the election i voung man running for office In New York used a "quotation from Lincoln." Some of his enemies said that he made up the quotation himself. him-self. If he did, barring the forgery, hB did well. For whether he said H not, the quotation attributed to Lincoln is full of the right kind of American spirit and common sense. This is it: "If my wife buys a cloak ,in America we get the cloak and tlu money, and American labor is paid lor producing it. If she buys a cloak abroad, we get only the cloak. The mher country gets the money, and oreign labor receives the benefit." lenuine or not, we recommend that luotation to every American. We eed to encourage the people that ive in this country. We should spend iur money in this country. Every :itizen should join heartily and sin-1 erely in the movement to encourage .he "Made in U. S. A." idea. Let them fight in Europe, if they must, tnd cut each other's throats. They will tire of it. Let us help each other, buy of each other, stay at home, spend at home, get rid of tht silly idea that a foreign trademark i means excellence. We have peace, ' let us add prosperity. We can do it. Of all the many thousand words of comment that have been printed in connection with the quotation in question, we have seen nothing more sensible than the Evening Journal's crisp comment: "Whether Lincoln said it or not, its true." It is exactly ex-actly what Lincoln thought. It is American common sense." |