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: UNCLE SAM BACK ( ]' After finishing his job across th profiteers and others who are respon sword is keen and he is shielded with ; WORKING AND SAVING WILL REDUCE PRICES Governor of Federal Reserve Board Tells How Living Expenses May Be Cut Down.?Why Everything Went Up. What is the best way to reduce the high cost of living? "Work and save" is the answer given by the Federal Reserve Board in a letter written by its governor, W. P. G. Harding, to the Banking Committee of the United States senate. The committee had under consideration the proposal to reduce the volume of money in circulation. Governor Harding opposes this plan, holding that it will not afford the relief expected. "The Federal Reserve Board believes" says Governor Harding in his letter, "that any currency legislation at this time is unnecessary and undesirable, and would suggest that whether viewed from an economic or financial standpoint, the remedy for the present situation is the same, namely, to work and to save; to work regularly and efficiently in order to produce and distribute the largest possible volume of commodities, and to exercise reasonable economies in order that money, goods and services may be devoted primarily to the liquidation of debt and to the satisfaction to the demand for necessities, rather than to indulgence in extravagances or the gratification of the desire for luxuries." During the last two years there has undoubtedly taken place a certain amount of credit expansion, Governor Harding shows, and this in the circumstances connected with the financing of the war was inevitable. But it will be corrected as the securities 'issued by the government for war purposes are gradually absorbed by Investors. This expansion of credit is equal to the difference. Governor x Harding says, between the total war expenditures of the government and the total amounts raised by the government through the medium of taxaXion and from the sale of its bonds 'and other obligations so far as they were paid for out of the savings of the people. He does not believe that -any reliable estimate of this difference can be made, but he is positive that, whatever it is, It will be grad ually absorbed through future savings for the reason that banks are lending and may always be expected to lend freely on the government bonds deposited as collateral. The principal cause of price advances just before and during' the period of the war was the need of the governments of the allied nations for all kinds of commodities and for immediate delivery in large volume, and the "competition of this buying by governments with purchases by private individuals who failed to contract their expenditures at a rate commensurate with the growing expenditures of these governments." ^? -* nf fho nost-wa? Ulif %JL UiU icaiuioo v4 vuv ^ period, through which the nation Is cow passing and which has been marked by rising prices, is the general relaxation of war-time practice of personal economy. This has resulted in an increased demand for food and clothing and other commodities by majty persons who during the war practiced a more or less rigid economy in their personal purchases. Also, it be borne in mind that they are not only buying at market prices but are buying in competition with the export demand. In addition, largely to. crested wages and incomes during tt* fire years have developed a demand for many commodities which ar* aot of real necessity. This nut?r*?My h*? diverted labor and raw and manufactured materials from essentials to ma essentials, contributing no part to the trend of increasing OjJ IS WAilFAir yy--&\ is water Uncle Sam is now after the slble for the hight cost of living. His a strong device. TELLS HOW OTHER PEOPLE GET AHEAD Pamphlet Issued by U. S. Treasury Answers Question "How Can I Save Money." As an answer to the question, "Hoar Can I Save Money?" the Savings Division of the Treasury Department has compiled an interesting and helpful pmnphlet entitled "How Other l e^pie Get Ahead." For individuals and families whose incomes are less than $5,000 a year this p :r.r/~>t cr~r> a number of enlightening suggestions as to the disbursement of incomes of various amounts from $15 a week upward. Not only does the material furnish a ready answer to the problem of expenses, but it affords an authentic source of information as to living costs. The figures were compiled from records of official government investigations into the several subjects and may be regarded as up to date and accurate. This material makes possible a new attack in the movement to make thrift a national characteristic and to foster the habit of "Save First?Spond Afterward." It will interest people In saving more money by showing them ; how much other people find it possible to save and also by showing them how they can cut down the cost of living comparing their costs with average costs at the same Income. The Savings Division suggests that an excellent way to drive nome tne truths of the budget system is to hare the schedules discussed at school and taken home by the children for consideration by the families. Another method is to organize a house-to-house canvass through committees of women who will bring the budgets to the attention of families and secure their agreement to study their own situation. Saving and spending budgets have been prepared to meet local conditions at a number of points, and much interest in the application of the budgets to the campaign is being manifested in sections of the country where the National Thrift Campaign is being carried out successfully. LEPERS SET SPLENDID EXAMPLE IN SAVINGS Colony of Unfortunates In Farawaj Hawaii Buys War Savings Stamps At $62 Per Capita. Recent reports from Honolulu contain an interesting and unusual lesson in thrift which may be considered a record for the states to attempt. ! Sales of War Savings and Thrift Stamps among the inmates of the Pen1 ikese Island Leper Colony during July j amounted to $62 per capita. Alto; gether 32 purchasers of these securities took a total of $1,984 of stamps, j When it is considered that this amount is far more tfaan the per capita quota for the United States it te i apparent that the optimism of these ^lepers, despite their station in life, is ^ little less than remarkable. Up to date the total sales of War Savings and Thrift Stamps in Hawaii te more than $2,020,000. or more than "$20,000 in excess of its quota." The faith that moves mountains is the faith that gets a steam shovel in! stead of an old hoe. Labor saving is 'what you want. It. means money tavj ing, too, for War Savings Stamps. i ] Spend a little less than you earn? I it's a sure road to success. Put your savings in War Savings Stamps. Thrift helped to win the war. 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