LIMITING SPENDING

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 41, 18 February 1931, Page 8

LIMITING SPENDING

(To the Editor.) Sir,—During these times of stress and trouble every responsible citizen feels it incumbent upon himself or herself to start economising by doing without things which may appear a luxury or unnecessary to one's daily needs. Such a. decision, made all in good faith, requires careful thought from more thau one standpoint, for any concerted action, or an example of one followed by the community, of dispensing with any one article or service, can have very far-reach-ing effects and aggravate the already acute condition of unemployment. Never before was there such need for those who have the means to spend and to spend liberally, and thus to help the crippled industries and productions of our land. If these are not supported it inevitably must follow that staffs must be dispensed with, not only by shopkeepers but by producers and manufacturers alike. Let us then not be misguided 'in our patriotism, but think hard when we decide to economise and consider whether, we are thus mproving or aggravating the distress already in evidence among business people. We cannot all give large sums to deserving funds, but we can at least circulate what small means ye have and help to keep someone employed.—l am, etc., PRACTICAL PATRIOT.