Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-21

ruoas hourht 81 q srulsr Rad been rsirhct
On these scales. h. would have been PRO
nounced q fraud. uhen as q matter % tHci
the fraud vas In the scales ~ tire house
keeper As these invest cations fairly req
resent ire facts 81 tn the scales in thc
hcunea % the American houseEeerers me
enormous sale - scales whirh has been
secured bv the discussion o. short weight
is but addinH household erpense without
bringing adequate return
No method yet devised brings a. much
protection On the buyer 81 foods as the
package system. whtch fixes the value
q the package b. q money rate rather
Tran b. weight Food packages sold az
e. ~ or 8 cents are measured By the
buyer a. TO their worth On price. and the
practical housekeeper Knows Whistler a
scent package IL worth It's cost. and she
knows WHISTLER the size Of the package has
been changed. and. Il it has. whsther q
3 stin worth tire price she has % pay for
O. have no patience with the state
ment that unless the weight Is marked
upon the package the buyer has no means
q knowing whether she gets the real
vains. THIS statement is an Insult % the
American housskeeper. who Is the shrsud-
II any one viii stand By a food exhibit
IN a food show and listen 20 the comments
q the women who are eEamininE the
goods a. q have done b.. the hour. he win
agree win me- that the American woman
buys with an intelligence and a knowl-
eiEe thar exceed that q the average bust
ness man IN the care Of hts business
Waste EIiminsted.
m buying IN a package waste b eIinni-
mated. convenience Is attained. exactness
as 20 results q its use - apparent and ths
buyer is able % quickly and correctly
ascertain the value Of the contents Of thai
package as against anything else which
can be purchased with the same amount oi
money. In addition. she gets az article
that canes tB her in exactly the same con
dltion g. EFF the mandatory. without
possibility Of contamination or deteriora-
tion. and she gets a better quality almost
than is possible % buy in bulk form. be-
cause. when sold In bulk. the question 81
price per pound 10 the governing force
and the less the price per pound. ths
cheaper seen to be the goods with ms
Inevitable result that the goods are cheaper
in quality as vel as IN price
Another point about the valuinE Of
package Eoods By weight rather than By
pFioe is not 10 be overlooked and ina
T In q very large proportion Of the good,
I that are sold IN packages liEhtness ans
not heaviness IL the test Of value. r,
I produce the nghtness which IL an abao-
lute requirement Of quality. the hiEhes
7 grade q raw material must be used. ans
Z the simplest method Of reducing the cos
I is 20 use inferior goods. which necessarily
weigh more n the basis Of value Of Eood
packages is to be changed from that o.
price % weight and the value - to b,
measured by the weight the inevitable re-
suit viii be % reduce the quality Of IN.
goods. because this OF itself would iucreaz,
the weight and open the door 70 a rraut
which b. impuasibls as long as value d
measured By price-
Can't Feel the Housekeeper.
That the American housekeeper not ori-
knows the value Of the package she huys
but knows whether any particular parkaR,
Is a. economical for her use as some otha-
package Is easily ascerfAined By snauiry
az any first-eiass grocery store. In ties.
days Of keen competition on tha part o
the manufacture and Of rare INTELLIGENCE
on the part Of the women buyers Il II in,
q con
sumEna1ed IN package goods. and the IS,
I Of the woman IN measuring the package
her knowledge OF foods and the ne OF ther
In heE home enable her 70 watch the nact
axe and 70 know what she IL getting 70
her money with 3 greater exactness an,
more absolute surety than any plan tina
has been suggested. while a. the same tin,
the package tusures pure food instead o
dirty food.
listened not long since to a zensleuaa,
who waa ardsntly claiming that an good
should be sold BY weight rather than 4
packages and 20 Illustrate HIS point d
showed the contents OF a package An,
{ compared them with the sane article \
had Just bought IN bulk for the rav,
amount OF money az a nearby rrvcer
store That there vas greater ueirbr 4
the bulk goods than in the paelaEs VA
1ndsniahle. but he neglected To tai b
audience that the bulk goods we're IN
palatahle and had a distinct taste Of cod
fish and that II the good housekseDe,
knowing the condition OF the contents q
bag and package, could have chosen Al
would have pad cents for TIE packaz
rather than have the others given q, ~
Tor nothing. and this case IL similar 70 ma
Of hundreds al others. The wonder :
ne - not that the package has -, -
msnaousiy successful but that any house
Keeper who cares for the health ana eor,
fort q her family VII ever buy aav A.
uoie Of food In bulk which. under the ve-
best q circumstances, Is surely r-tripr ,
a more and more unsanitary condition =
vel A. losing It's food value. II she can 81
similar article IN a package
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