Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14

la SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBE
their quota to the New York markets.
The west sends the most pork. Vermont
contributes sheep closely rivalling those
which come from Canada.
Our choicest turkeys geese and ducks
are from Rhode Island, Maryland and
Delaware. From the west we get
cheaper and more inferior grade OF fowls.
New Jersey also furnishes much i'm this
line. BY far the greatest quantity of eggs
placed on New York's breakfast table
arrive from the west.
Supplies from the West.
illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa
send us much of our butter. From Florida
we get fruit and vegetables of every kind.
especially lettuce, tomatoes, cahbages beets
and squashes. The best tomatoes are from
Philadelphia and Long Island. Most of our
celery is raised in New Jersey. Kalamazoo
and Staten Island Greater New York
hot houses supply us with the choicest of
our lettuce, carrots, egg plants and rad
lshes.
Without being aware Of the fact, the
average resident of New York City often
sits down to a meal that has been gathered
for him from practically ali over the world.
In connection with what New York eats
and drinks IT is also interesting to con-
slider what New York wastes.
II has been estimated that the total
amount of food actually allowed to go to
| waste by the 100000 Inhabitants of this
| city during the last year would have been
| sufficient to support n city of 10000 people
for one whole year without working.
In every household dozens of Slices half
| slices and perhaps only crusts Of good
| bread are allowed to go to waste every
| week. Most OF it is considered too stale TO
| eat, and the housewife is not satisfied to
use It up for her bread puddings
Adding to the bread wasted the many
pounds of -four that have been wasted, too
the total for one year in New York City
would reach millions Of one-pound loaves
of bread.
great deal of water is wasted in New
York every day. The statistics of the water
| department show that during 1905 there was
an estimated waste of 456, 255 tons of water
You could float twenty frst-class battle
ships in body OF water of that size.
Enormous Waste of vegetables.
Probably there is more waste in potatoes
than any other article Of food. BY the
| time the peeling has been removed and
the eyes have been gouged out. the potato
is not much more than half as big as 1t
| originally was. Then. after the potatoes
| have been cooked and served there is still
| further waste which the garbage can
| claims. An estimated total Of 1900 pota-
toes are wasted in the city every day, or
nearly four and one-half millions every
year.
In spite of the recent great scarcity Of ice
a considerable quantity of this necessary
| household article was wasted. This was
| due to defective refrigerators and the neg
| lect to take proper care that the ice did not
past year probably 91,25O tons of ice were
wasted in New York. This Is sufficient to
| form one huge block large enough to con-
tain the postoffice building at Park row
and Broadway.
| New Workers. use great deal of tobacco
and they waste almost as much as they
use. About ten tons of tobacco are wasted
every day in this city. This would be
enough in one year to fill the bowl of
pipe as big the Flatiron building.
Rise In Cost of Living.
The principal reason why II costs $4,000
a day to supply the inhabitants and hotel
guests of greater New York with food and
drink is because the price OF foodstuffs has
] greatly increased. The following table
| shows how wholesale prices on many staple
products have increased during the past ten
| years: