The Nation's Call for Thrift

it is a railroad crossing which he is approaching, the Stop, Look, Listen being taken for granted as part of the functioning of a reasoning human being. Pretty much the same attitude appears to be the rule in other departments of activity. Everywhere are advertisements setting forth the attractiveness of goods and nicknacks as the desirable things to exchange for money. So the world goes on piling up consumption goods and the people buy without thought of the future. It is in reality high time to put up the sign Stop, Look, Listen over every door in the land. Perhaps such a statement needs explanation. It may even appear dogmatic-it probably is-but the purpose of an opening paragraph is acknowledged if attention has been attracted to the real import of the statement. In the face of the demand

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