SAVING GOODS AND SERVICES
The cost of war is outside the range of most people's comprehension, writes a correspondent to The Times. For that reason it is desirable that the prevention of waste should be considered, not in terms of money, but directly in terms of the things for which the money stands—namely, British manpower, and imported goods and services for which foreign currency has to be provided These are the things which arc scarce, not money. The taxpayer has the right to expect Government departments to be lavish in expenditure of internal currency—and the Treasury to condone such lavishness—when it results in the jobs being done more quickly and victory being made more certain. What cannot be condoned in Government departments and private spenders alike is any wastage of raw or manufactured materials, or the utilisation of available manpower on unnecessary tasks or by inefficient methods of working. These are the points to emphasise, and not just money savings.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24410, 23 September 1940, Page 9
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