The Washington times., 1905-12-31

Batdeshps.
w yHAT the people of New York actually wasted
wv during the year 1906 would toward sup
porting in city of $1,000 population
for whole without a stroke of work
Statistics carefully by experts in many lines re-
a the most astonishing results of what
York city lose true that a
penny saved is city would by
cng far stricter economy than is taken
soon become many times richer
As it is the little things in the aggregate amount
TO the great affairs of ife the
gong on every minute of the day
every month Of the total
starte and amaze
The different from those Of anv
other city wastefuness which results
In the loss of immense fortunes prac
ticed all the United world for that
The cruss OF bread pieces OF potatoes
which allowed plates the half-burned
pieces Of coal which thrown soap
which remains long water, pins which are
dropped the hafworn pencils discarded ice
which is allowed to being placed
the refrigerator the paper thrown
away-an if their total computed the end
of year to that person more
than of the of systematic waste
Comfortable by persons who CLEAN from
the scavensng Of cities least intrinsic
value The buttons paper the odd pieces of
metasoe Of far from being
inntemai things which in themselves contemplate
when rescued the aggregate of
their worth tell a vitality story
Very heads about the loss Of
penny New York city has population 100000
Every day IN the year money lost
way l. trains restaurants churches and just
place where may be wallet con-
tanning hundreds may be the neysoy p.nnv
But money dropped from the the
wallet Is not nearly considerable money
which is frered purposeIy with no re-
turn whatever way must be set down
as lost for political economists or
domestic economists too would call money lost
An expert has figured very possible
calculation. the amounts to penny
day by During the year 1so5
this amounted to $4,000 o." money rebuild the
Brooklyn bridge
Nearly water from filter
faucet cooler drinking cup II the
drink being allowed 10 ,,
to cool IT. Every gill wasted whether
that Is the intention not 1t custom and
IN many respects 1t is very but custom
which represents great loss of labor and
money when years is into account
At the conservative estimate at la,
half as much water is wasted Very little is
thought Of it, for is people the viii
induced piper must be paid and tb
!tem of waste be permitted continue
II 100000 drunk every day in Nsv
York city the wasted by lot
ting the drink any rate enough
to rinse the glass The Of water which
Is in this VIII amount n ono
year to 45s z5 tons
This amount Of would of very consid
cradle size In fact it would really good deep
bor with capacity twenty Of the largest battle
According to expert not less than
wasted day in New is that the
amount Of this nourishing through
ca-elessness prodgaity week
in New York would be about 5000 tubers
potatoes are wasted in New
York city If all the every year IN
New York ships taken to ireland
there would every bountful
dish.
Another staple the loss in which is
An expert the food supplies
city computed that there in
city
Of bread and this
this destruction a Of
fourth ywould In New York;
IT reckoned that the 100000 New
wasted during sufficient
This of bread would
feed 10000 OF London's starving people
of the fact that used be
and little OF IL, speaking
finds its way back to the paper mill Millions of tons of