The chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. FRIDAY, SEPT. 21, 1915. LEVIN'S MONEY MARKET.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 September 1915, Page 2

The chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. FRIDAY, SEPT. 21, 1915. LEVIN'S MONEY MARKET.

Iho money market is reported easier Uian ordinary, in Wellington, but at Levin it its tight. The Chronicle inula lUs uceouiite nard to get in these times, and still a giant (meas'iring -loft hi iieiglu or pounds sterling in weight, or so lorth), lurking (somewhere in the west, and resembling bankbalance day. To put the matter ttjluutly, our subscribers as a, whole are not paying tiioir (subscriptions as well as they should be, and ivo Jind liuaiieing is diUicull. The butter market is brisk, trade is good, and Levin's expenditures on weekly wages are high ; in fact fanners and citizens are better placed than usual, this year, ; n

respect to money. iSome rumours about restriction of trade caused by war conditions have been in circulation here and there, but really they seem ill-founded. The tendency to blame the war for every temporary in-

convenience in moncty matters is a common device, and the American journalist who during tho War of ■Independence told his readers that tho times were "dreadful, dismal, doleful, dolorous and dollarlcss" has his counterpart to this day. Dollarlcss the days have been comparatively speaking, for tho past few weeks; but tlio cause is not enduring, and the losal trade should become brisker and brisker now that spring is with us. and the lush grasses and fodders are abounding for the stock and the' benefit of every dairyfarmcrs and pastoralist of the coast. Lighter hearts and looser purse-strings are our present need, fur that is the true economy tor the town and district. The "need for economy" about which so much is hoard is applicable to those for whom "the practice is constitutionally objectionable, and for people of this quality the best advico to give is to spend their money in a new way: by paying their debts. And for tho better-conducted majority, now fortunately tho preponderating element in the community, our advice is to use their surplus moneys io the best advantage ol all. by helping the business people of the town and district.