The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-04-11

eighty times his own weight But
that is possibly much more than any
one needs, for a great deal that must
be charged to the food budget goes
to the garbage can and is In other
ways a waste product, and, besides.
more people eat themselves to death
than die OF starvation.
Coming down to the real problem,
Miss Barrows called attention TO q
number OF things that do tend to In
crease the cost of living. The first
one mentioned was the multiplied
ton OF groceries. IL stands TO reason
that, II a community is over-suppli-
ed with groceries and each grocery
man makes a good living. to do so
the cost OF food products must be run
up to degree entirely unnecessary,
II one or two men supplied the trade.
On the other HAND, the multiplication
OF the number OF gardeners and farm
crs tends to bring prices down.
But the trouble is not always nor
most often with the grocerymen nor
the butcher. Many people want the
choicest parts OF meat only, and their
demand naturally tends to put the
less desirable portions in the waste,
and. in that case. the cost OF all is
increased. IL was also shown that,
II the rich and poor alike frequent
the market, II is hard for the poor
to stand the seeming scorn OF the
market-man who is accustomed 10
walt upon the rich. and they are
thereby led to an extravaganza which
they can III afford.
In complaining OF the high cost
Of food products, people rarely mink
OF how modern methods tend In that
direction. For instance. we now like
to get our breakfast foods and many
other common articles in nicely pic
tured and printed paper boxes and
cartons, but we rarely stop to think
that all OF this has to be paid for.
And still another item that helps
to account for the increased cost OF
food products is the matter OF deliy-
cry. In this connection Miss Bar
rows pointed out the fact that. In
the busy stirring times OF the Ciyl
War. Secretary Stanton would find
time from his office duties to take
his market basket on his arm and
do the marketing for Mrs. Stanton.
But the modern Mrs Stanton will 20
to the telephone three or four miles
away from her groceryman and or
der package Of salt. and, little
while after the delivery man has
started. she remembers that she
needs a pound or two OF lard. and that
neccssitates another trip to her home.
OF course, the groceryman Is not go
ing to do this for nothing.
Another interesting suggestion was
as TO the demand for cleanliness and |
sanitation. This, OF course. is necessary
according to our modern way OF |
hut at the same time II
has to be paid for. II the health In
spector finds that half a dozen cows /
in the dairy herd are unhealthy and |
have to be killed. the dalryman is
apt to raise the price OF milk 10
make up for the loss.
II was clearly evident from Miss
Barrows discussion that much OF the
increased cost OF living is necessary
owing to the modern tastes and de-
mands, but she called attention on
the other hand to the fact that great
concerns nova days
get most OF their dividends from their
or from the by products OF
their business. For instance, lumber
mills no longer burn or destroy the
slabs nor even the knots. but manu-
facture these into something useful.
And the flour and rolling mills waste
the grades and even the
bran are made to contribute 10
the income OF the business. And the
home should be conducted upon the
same economical basis; nothing
should be wasted; everything should
in some way to the sup
port OF the family.
In speaking OF the by-products. II
was suggested that, while the ordin-
lry householder gets but one pound
1f meat out OF a three pound fowl.