The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-28

by the entire gold supply Of the world.
or this expenditure, roughly, 81 ,000,-
900 900 goes for meat and fish. S7OO.-
OO0,00O for eggs and dairy products
5000 .0OO, 900 for wheat and other
grains, an equal amount for fruits
and sugar and $500, ,00O,0 900 for vcgc-
tables.
The 80, 600 600 pounds Of food con
sumcd is about 1000 pounds year
for each person. Psychologists say
that the grown man needs about 800
pounds, the grown woman 200 and
the child from 800 to | 900 pounds
SO that on fair average the Am RI
cans may be considered u we'll fed
people. AS TO whether this food is
OF the proper proportions to give we'll
nourishcd bodies is another question.
Careful analyses show that this bulk
contains 1900, 100000 pounds, or
more than half the entire material. of
nothing more substantial than water
That liquid is essential to the body,
but may be more chcaply supplied in
fluid form. Nearly another 1000
900, 900 pounds IS composed Of mineral
matter, much Of which is needed in
bone making.
Of the $4,000, 900, 900 pounds that
remain, 1900, ,000, 900 pounds are what
the chemists call protein, which goes
to form muscle and to enrich the
blood. Another 30, O,0OO;OO0, 900 pounds
arc carbo hydrates, such as sugar and
starch. In the digestive processes
these are converted into fats, and,
with the 1000. 600, 900 pounds of other
fats present in the food originally,
serve for fuel and for giving strength
to the muscles. Experiments show
that the people would be better nour-
ishcd if fully 1000, O,OOO,O 900 pounds of
these carbohydrates were replaced by
an equal amount Of protein. In other
words, the nation should eat less sugar
and starch and more lean meat, whole
wheat -four and beans. Americans
are inclined to starve the machinery
Of their bodies while they put too
much fuel into the furnaces.
The statement in billions of pounds
OF the food consumed by the nation is
impressive, but far less 80 than if one
could actually see these enormous
quantities. AS an aid in measuring
one days food Of the American peo-
pie, imagine that a giant 1000 feet
tall we're to land on this continent
from distant planet. Larger by far
than the famous giants found by
Gulliver in the land of Brobdingnag,
this monster would tower four times
as high as Washington monument.
Taking seat on the Palisades over
looking the American metropolis, sup
pose nc were to call upon the nation
to supply him with food. He would
need an amount equal to that consum-
ed by the entire 1000, 900 people.
Set his daily supply before him and
see what it would be. On bread
plate half as large as city block
would rest loaf of bread 800 feet
long and half as tall Beside it would
stand pie as large around as gas
holder. From saucer the size of a
ferry boat he would sip HE oatmeal
with spoon whose bowl could hold a
trolley car. A smoking piece Of beef
steak would be twenty-five feet thick
and extend over an area equal to ten
city lots; a covered dish contains
three mammoth white potatoes and
sweet potato, each 100 feet long. His
pat of butter would measure hundred
feet in diameter. By his side glass
Of milk as large as water service
tower, an egg 100 feet long, an apple
of equal height, and 60O-foot cube
OF sugar, making up most Of the days
food.
But the giant does not forget to ask
for drink. Besides twoo or three
glasses of water, each the height of
modern office building, he drinks half
the beer from bottle which towers
above twenty.story building, takes
sip of wine and two (giant) iugors Of
=h:skcy. a mammoth c:r &C scsEec
and another nearly as large Of tea are
disposed Of during the day. Yet all
this food and drink represents only
the quantities of these articles that
disappear down the throats of the
American people every twenty-four
hours.