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Show U.l(iKI( IX FALSE ECONOMY Worse, If possible, that extravagance extrava-gance just at this tune would bo a false idea of economy. If the people peo-ple ueeouie hysterical over the mutter mut-ter of conservation tin1 very tuil.i aimed at will surely he defeated. We should hear in in, nil Hint, provided pro-vided our great wasie anil extravagance extrava-gance is eliminated, there will he plenty of food in the country to supply sup-ply the necessities oi every poison. There is now no call, and probably will not be, for any person to deny himself or herself sullicienl Kood nourishing food. On the contrary, all Hhould strive to keep themselves up to their best. Eat plenty, and the best you can afford, then you will be able to do your full share of the work that Is before us. Napoleon wisely said that "an army travels on its stomach." And It la equally true that we work on our Btomachs. A hungry man or woman is incompetent ir any task. And it will be all too easy for us to develop a llase economy in other lines. Miserliness and hoarding 01 I i moans would be most dangerous to business conditions. Anything that checks the normal volume of exchange ex-change unsettles the markets and tends to promote panics. In fact, this is a large factor in all financial panics. Money becomes a little Bcarce, and we at once imagine that if we turn loose the dollar we have wo will never see another. Millions of other people imbibe the same idea. You know the result. The sensible economy and the true patriotism is for each to exert himself him-self to keep the business of the coun. try normal, ltoiy and sell, earn and spend, as only by such a course can business be kept healthy and on the up grade. Be economical and prudent, but DON'T be a miser. |