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Title: The Independent
Year: 1849 (1840s)
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Publisher: New York : S.W. Benedict
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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be starved out nomatter how much longer the war shall continue or howactive the U-boats become. But as the Premier points out: If we die of starvation,theres an end of the war. It is our duty, then, to carryEngland over till the fall of 1918, and we cannot do thiswithout careful management and economy. Growing lettucein window boxes and potatoes in back yards is all very well,but it will not suffice to meet the necessities of ourselves orour Allies. No amount of individual enthusiasm and per-sonal self-sacrifice can take the place of national organiza-tion for international needs. Unless the United Statesadopts the precautionary measures that every other bel-ligerent has sooner or later found necessary, it will suffer asthey did from a breakdown of the ordinary machinery ofdistribution. The natural law of supply and demand, onwhich we commonly rely, cannot act in the abnormal con-ditions of wartime. Speculation in foodstuffs will run wild CARTOON COMMENT WINNING OUR FIRST GREAT DRIVE
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The cartoonists have earnedno small share in the glory ofour first big victory—the over-subscription by nearly a bil-lion dollars of the $2,000,000,-000 Liberty Loan. Ding in the-New York Tribune, for in-stance, sugar-coats the moral,Better a Liberty Bond than anindemnity bond, with a par-ticularly entertaining sketch jn F® _TM!L„ j

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