ECONOMY SPIRIT

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 120, 17 November 1931, Page 8

ECONOMY SPIRIT

SCOTS' GUARDS' MARCH

THE GOODS TO BUY

CHIEF SCOUTS APPEAL

(From "The Post's" Representative,) LONDON, Bth October. Since the war the Duko of Connaught, who is now 81 years of. age, has spent each 'winter at his villa at Cap Ferrat for reasons of health. It is understood the Duke desires to mako a practical responso to the Chancellor of the Exchequers' national appeal to spend holidays at homo instead of on the Continent, and the following official statement has been issued: "The Duke of Cortnaugkt, owing to the present situation, has cancelled his departure for the South of France and is remaining in this country. His Royal Highness will go to the Fortfield Rote!,' Sidmouth, Devon, towards the end of this month." The Sultan of Johore lias sent to Mr. J. H. Thomas, as Secretary for the Dominions, a cheque for £5000 as evidence of his anxiety to make some contribution to helping t Great Britain in her present difficulties. The Sultan in a letter enclosing the chequo wrote: "I sincerely hopo that the sacrifices so willingly made- by all .sections of the communities will bo rewarded by a speedy return to normal conditions and continued prosperity to the British Empire." , Mr. Thomas, in acknowledging the gift, addressed the Sultan as "My dear friend," and wrote of tbe deep appreciation of the Chancellor and himself of "this munificent gift. Your Highness's action, taken at a time like tho present, affords a striking illustration of public spirit and devotion to the British Crown, and will create a profound impression throughout the Empire." GUARDS' ECONOMY MARCH. The 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, have also been fired with the spirit of economy'and have marched from Aldorshot to "Windsor, a distance of twenty miles, instead of going by train. ■ One has to balance the Wear of boot leather and the loss to the' railway company against' the saving to the War Office and the healthy exercise, but in 4 tho end perhaps the patriotic-gesture will help the sacrifice to rank as a real economy. ■ ~■' ■' . ' The battalion started from' Aldershot at 8 a.m., and the populace greeted them cordially all along the route. They marched, with the drums and fifes ahead and the .pipes in the middle of the battalion, and they had music for a* good proportion of their journey. • It is suggested that the march is a definite lead to the country, and is the sort of idea that starts a movement. LORD BADEN-POWELL'S APPEAL. In tho Boy Scouts' "Weekly News Bulletin >" tho Chief Scout shows how Scouts and Guides can assist the nation. Ho mentions that he has recently been camping and buying supplios in village shops.., These were the supplios he was ofrored: Eggs (Holland), butter (Denmark), milk (Switzerland), tinned vegetables (U.5.A.)," bacon (Denmark), sardines (Prance), salmon' (Japanese in Canada*), tongue (Uruguay1), beef (Argentine), cocoa " (Holland), cheese (Holland), bread (English, but the flour it was made of camo from Russia), gumboots (U.S.A.), canvas shoes (Sweden). - "Tea, coffee, tobacco, oranges, bananas, etc., naturally have to come .from abroad," writes, Lord BadenPowell, "but not those other foodstuffs which we used to grow ■. for ourselves in past times. ' .- '" ; '"In the last eight months our imports have exceeded our!-exports by'two hundred and^ forty millions, they ought at least to balance. On. foodstuffs alone'we.paid out last year over 430 millions to other countries! ■ "Little wonder that.we find ourselvos financially in Queer street. But we are there and we have 'got to get out of it, and it will need the cheerful patience and co-operation of the whole nation to do it. ' •'' , '"If we buy British -goods in preference to those "so freely dumped upon us by foreign countries, we keep our money among our own people, and by doing this we . encourage development of trade in oui' own country and thus lessen unemployment among our fellow subjects. ' ' • ■ ' "Our goods, therefore, .will have to show extra superior quality which in the past they always have done; and we shall have to give up tho holiday spirit which is undermining us and put our backs and our hearts into work,", SOME SUGGESTIONS. - The Chief Scout suggests ,that Scouters teach their boys as a matter -of patriotism: 1. Economy in their personal expenditure, in the home, and in their amusements; keeping private accounts of their personal income and expenditure. 2. Keep money from, going out of the country by buying British goods in preference to foreign; British rather than American cinemas; grow own'food, fruit, vegetables, fowls, eggs, pigs, etc. 3. Bring money into the country by putting extra good quality into their work, by good salesmanship, commercial scouting, and straight dealing. Improving tho attractiveness .of the country for foreigners by tidying up villages, acting as local' guides, etc. WISE SPENDING. Sir Philip Cunliffe-Listcr (President of the Board of Trade) stated in the House of Commons yesterday that the Prime Minister had given his approval to the institution- of a national organisation to promote both wise spending and the voluntary' purchase of British goods. '. ' . v,:- - ' The formation of the organisation was almost complete/and it was hoped that a further announcement would be made in a few days. (Ministerial cheers.) . Asked if the new organisation would be separate from tho Empire Marketing Board, Sir Philip said: "I think so. I hope to meet the day after tomorrow a number of persons who are forming the organisation. ' I think it is very important that in ,a movement of this kind all agencies which .can' do good work should be co-ordinated."