The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-07
"The Question at Home"

VFOA euS ull LSuRer.
Under this. heading q long correspond.
ence has been carried on in the London
Echo, respecting the present high prices ol
food, fuel, and other necessary articles In
England, with suggestions Of various
kinds for alleviating the prevailing dis.
tress thereby occasioned to tho bulk oil
the population Of the British Isles. The
suffering occasioned by this among the
poorer classes Is very great, and Is stimu.
lating emigration on scale hitherto un.
usual in England, though long witnessed
In Ireland. But, to relieve the misery and
the privauons Of the millions who remain
at home, many suggestions have appear.
ed from time 10 time in the English pa.
pers Of schemes Of economy, change of
diet, CO operation, &C., some Of them good,
some oi them OF doubtful utility, some of
them amusing, others impracticable,
without an entire change In the
habits OF the people. One CORES.
pondGnt, signing himself Economist"
hits the nail on the head at the
very outset by suggesting that the only
real and substantial economy Consists in
doing without something to which we
have been accustomed, and to dispense
as much as possible with the services OF
Others by doing the things wanted our
selves" IN. H. H." advises that "more
use should be made of the excellent ba-
con, hams, pork and cheese, Of which
such large quantities are imported from
America" He says: "An almost bound.
less supply is to be obtained from thence,
but, unfortunately, prejudice exists
against the name American and people
who would not buy American bacon or
cheese, as such, gladly pay fifty per cent
higher for thunder the name of'Wiltshire
bacon or Gloucester cheese.'" If the
present famine prices Of these articles
should be the means ol eradicating this
absurd prejudice" they will prove IA
blessing in disguise "a Putney House.
holder" exposes a trick on the London
statesmen for keeping up prices, viz:
using the telegraph 10 stop supplies
being sent up 10 town from the
country. This is a practice not
wholly unknown in Philadelphia and
New York. "Big Bee" explains how
he manages to reduce his gas bills nearly
one.half, viz, by putting on new burners
OF different illuminating powers, No. l
for Garrets, No. 2 for bed rooms, No. 8 lor
sitting rooms, No. 4 for reception rooms.
He also stufs them loosely with cotton
wool to prevent roaring. "Dots only"
thinks that the greatest bugbear in waste,
"the downright wicked waste Of some,
notably the domestic servant" He wants
maximum Of heat with maximum OF
luel, and asks how he can get it. zone
who has lived at home and abroad" sug-
gests that vast amount oi Goals could be
saved by using stoves instead Of CRATES.
Jane Cooper" points to women's dress
as the cause Of the misery; but "a Wo.
man Housekeeper" Is Indignant with
her for this, and says that men are
US bad as women in regard to dress,
and will grow as "waXy" over i'll.
ironed shirts or dull boots, as over q
fall in stocks. She sums up her experience
thus: when the master oI the house Is
absent for q month, the expenses fall TO
about one.halG." "A German Lady" rates
English women for their expensive dress
ing, and for being unwilling 10 work in the
kitchen. She says: continental women,
rich as well as poor, are taught that
economy is duty and virtue, and waste
sin and folly" NC. K. E." however,
caps the lot by advocating vegetable diet.
His experience Is that he can dine sump.
tuously off Of a caulifower, or a dish Of
peas, or plate OF potatoes, or a well
boiled cabbage. He adds little fruit,
with coffee, TO his meals; also, bread, but
ter, and an occasional egg. On the day
he wrote TO the Eclo, he was going 10
dine off carrots. Supper Is with him a
supeIauous meal, and he chuckles over
the way he has "done" the coal merchant
by the inexpensive cooking and by
diminishing the size Of his crate. "W.
E. Corner" thus corners "the question
at home" lie adduces statistics 10 show
that, in 1871, mole than 03,600,000 BUSH
els Of barley, hops, corn, fruit and other
produce, were used in making wines,
spirits, cider, ale, &C., which would have
made at the rate Of fifteen four
pound loOves per bushel 92S S42 ,605 loaves
Of bread, or more than $50 lOaves for
every family in the United Kingdom.
Also, that during the same year nearly
100000 gallons Of foreign spirits and
28,500, 900 gallons Of wine were imported,
all of which might otherwise have been
imported in food. He therefore suggests
that the people Of the United Kingdom
should at once begin to drink only halt
their present quantity, which certainly
would be very good begin ming. F. J.
D. recommends wheaton bread and mac.
caroni made OF peculiar hard italian
wheat, as the main diet Of the people, and
that they. should, as the Italians do, con-
tent themselves with two meals a day.
His views are confirmed by Miss Ida Per.
cy and by "a Housekeeper Of twenty
years standing" tho former recommend
Ing the importation oil Italian maccaroni
makers, and the adoption oil the French
hours for meals. r. P. advises that the
money now in the savings bank (anount.
ing to e50,0OO,0O0 and upwards) should be
applied 10 colonlzing the waste lands of
the British possessions. The other sug.
gestions are very numerous, showing how
much the subject of high prices occupies
the British people.
The Wear Of the Brain.
The nOtiOn that thnaa who work OnlV