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...unessential or extravagant purchases and investing the resulting savings in bonds, he materially aids in war production. Again, as Mr. Clark has said, his accomplishment is two-fold. He discourages the non-essential industries, which are competing against the Government, creating a rise in prices and scarcity of labor, and he contributes funds with which the Government may finance...
...your savings from allowances or by borrowing on banks, or by selling securities in order to obtain the required funds. Neither of the two latter ways of buying bonds will do the Government much good for in both systems you will be contending with it for the use of labor and other resources. The first plan for investing in the loan, on the other hand, will do the utmost amount of good to the country...
...accredited representative of the British Government, she will speak of the part that women are playing in England in filling the gaps in the industrial organization caused by the enlistment of men in the army and navy. She has a national reputation as a speaker on English labor conditions...
...better, also, for industry in general that the individual who has money to spend for luxuries should postpone it until the war is over. To spend money now gives employment to men when they do not need it, when jobs are abundant and labor scarce. To spend it then will give employment to men when they need it very much, when millions of men will be released from the armies and the munition factories, when men will be numerous and jobs relatively few. To spend money now while the Government is spending so much is only to increase abnormally...
...have received assurances from the managers of shipyards and munition plants in different parts of New England that they will be able to employ any number of students during the summer vacation. Detailed information in regard to this employment has been delayed by the present labor situation. It should be available within two weeks...