The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-08-26
WHOLE No. 2,71
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supplies. In The old times what fan,f
would dare run the gauntlet of publi
opinion by buying qurter of pount
OF tea, hat pound of butter, or on
onlonf Yet these are but samples a
amounts repeatedly bought in countless
comfortable homes. Let US see whaI
are the reasons which have caused
practice and theory in domestic man!
agement to dlverge so wildly. Let us
see where and how these small saving.
can be obtained, and just how much
the vaguely reckoned economies
amount to,
There are manv household supplies
which it they are boun'-fully provided
are apt to be layishlv ID. Servants
are not alone in this lmprovldence.
although they are apt to have neither
Judgment nor mlsgiving in their waste
but even the good wife herself will relax
her thrifty vigilance before a barrel of
sugar or firkln of butter. To make
large supplies in sugar, butter, raisins,
soap, and similar groceries really an
economic purchase they should be
kept under lock and KEY, and thence
be dealt out in such quantities as have
been found desirable. This method of
handling groceries in bulk will not only
prevent careless use, but remove the
chance OF pilfering, which so often
ruins an otherwise acceptable servant.
Few houses have any place that can be
used for store room-indeed, there is
need of second one in the cellar for
those things that require to be cool and
in the Oakland the lack of such
storage is one of the causes of the
present "hand- to mouth" style of living
But even were the store rooms Dro.
vided, is ''the game worth the candle p
A barrel of granulated white suguar
weighs about two hundred aud fifty
pounds, and, bought at the present
time. there would be saving of fifty
cents on barrell if sugar remained the
same in price till the barrel used.
Inls reduction would be made by
retail grocer. A wholesale grocer could
make trlfs better terms. When the
bother of handling and caring for such
an amount of sugar and the danger of
insect colonization are consider ed, 1t Is
plain that the margin is too small.
There is no saving in buying sugar by
the dollars worth as against three or
four pounds, for the retail grocer him.
self barely gains cent on ten pounds.
Brown sugar is nearly identical in cost
with white sugar, and may be included
with it. Soap is just the same price in
small bars, in four pound bars, or by
the box of one hundred half-pound
bars, and the only economy in buying
a box IS that the drier the soap becomes
the better it spends. A saving of one
cent pound can be made on s'Ioose"
starch, as it is termed, if bought by
five pound boxes. Package" starch,
which is OF better quality, is usually put
up IN one pound packages, and there
is nothing gained by buying many of
them except the convenience of being
There is economy in buying tea in
large quantities, providing its careful
use is assured, and, besides, the
of having an even quality
to ones cheering beverage is lot
small. Tea bought in three pound
lots costs ten cents less per pound,
wnile saving of fifteen cents a
pound is effected Ii TIN chest of
twenty. five TO thirty pounds is bought.
Although the retail grocer will offer
these advantageous prices on tea, he
cannot do the same on coffee. Unless
the housewife wishes to roast the berries
herself, their is no saving in buying
more than weeks supply at time,
but rather loss, unless the coffee can
be kept In an air tight can. A sack of
green coffee berries will cost two cents
less pound than the roasted kernels,
whether ground or unground.
In buying pepper, cinnamon, all
spice, or ginger ten cents Is saved by
buying them by the pound, but these
spices must be kept in tight cans, from
which the boxes in daily use can be
1eplenished. Otherwise the spices
which are ground will soon lose
strength. Cloves are more expensive,
but yet the saving on them is the same.
1t is a good plan to buy not only
ground spices in bulk from the druggist
but also cream of tartar and soda, as
they are more likely to be pure. The
best cream of tartar can be bought for
fifty cents, and soda for ten cents a
pound, which IS considerably cheaper
than the grocer's quarter. Of a. pound
packages.
In the autumn it is wise to buy
cereals in quantities, as they will then
keep well, and cost about five cents
less on package. Canned fruit, vege
tables, and jams bought also in the fall
are good investment, although the
saving of from ten to fifteen cents on a
dozen is not a great financial induce.
ment.
Flour at present is actually five cents
cheaper in sacks of twenty four and
one. halt pounds than by the barrel, but
the guarantee OF even quality is one
advantage of the latter method, and If
the barrel can be kept in dry place
the flour, itself growing drier, will i'm.
prove in quality the longer it is kept.
As the price of flour varies consider
ably, the balance is oftener on the side
of the buyer than not, and unless the
pantry is damp in summer, a barrel Of
-four is always a good investment.