1 MAY 1915, Page 15

WAR PROFITS AND PEACE OF MIND.

[To vas EDITOR or res .Srecravos."] Sin,—Those of us who are working at home on war materials and making extra profit, whether as employers or workmen, would do well to think of the future. For very many years the war will be the all-absorbing topic, and the question which will always be rising in one's mind will be: " What did I do during the nation's terrible ordeal ?" If one's only answer is that by working safely at home one managed to make a hand- some profit out of the country's woes, I do not fancy one will have much peace of mind. My own fairly large profits are all being spent in War Relief Funds. There is no particular merit in this, for what I buy—viz., peace of mind—is a

thoroughly sound investment. —I am, Sir, &c., X.