The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-13
WASTE IN THE HOME
MOST IMPORTANT
AND NATION WIDE
NATIONAL ExTRAvAGANCE HAS
PREVAILED SINCE EARLY
COUNTRY HISTORY.
FOOD PRODUCTS THROWN AWAY
The Enormous Waste of Foods In the
Country ls Due Largely to lgnor-
ance and Carelessness Of the Ser
want Class.

We are continually reminded oil
the need of conservation Of our nat
ural resources-forests, mines, wa
ter powers and the like--and action
in this direction Is highly desirable
|if not even now absolutely necessa
ry. Given sufficient time the forests
may be increased, the water powers
extended from few months to the
entire year and dying soils revived
But there is yet more important
waste that is nation wide, and is
found where there are neither forests
nor mines, nor water powers. 1t ex.
lists in every state and is growing all
the time. not only by reason of larg.
er population, but at an increasing
percentage as we'll
This is the waste in the home
kitchen.
AS a nation we have practiced ex.
travagance from childhood; really a
natural and logical sequence in a
land of apparently inexhaustible re-
sources, where valuable hardwood
trees were burned to clear the land
for cultivation, which same land pro-
duced SO bountifully that corn was Of
ten used as fuel because 1t was too
cheap to sell. Those days have pass
ed, 1t Is true-never to return again
in the United States. But the con-
dition named was only one Of many,
incident to the growth Of this coun-
try; and however justifiable those
wastes may have been in their day,
and while not practiced at the pres
ent time, they nevertheless contrib
uted to the growth of a reckful waste
fulness which has now pervaded all
classes. Even the most thrifty i'm
migrants, born and reared to exer.
else the most extreme economies,
soon olse much of it after few years
in America, which throws away every
day in the year enough food alone to
feed, and feed much better than some
are now fed, nation OF $4,000. 900
souls; as, for instance. the combined
population Of European Turkey and
Persia, or of all Manchuria. Per-
haps we will comprehend it better in
terms Of our own cities; that is
enough is wasted through careless
ness or ignorance in preparation, or
thrown away after cooking, to actu-
ally feed-though, perhaps. not quite
as well as they are fed, but to sufi-
GENTLY feed-the combined popula-
tion Of the following cities: New
York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cincin-
natl, st. Louis, San Francisco, New
Orleans, Los Angeles, Omaha, eDn-
yer, Portland. Ore, st. Paul. Mime
apolis, Detroit, Milwaukee, Cleve-
land, Buffalo and Kansas City, Mo.
Seems impossible. but the figures are
under rather than overestimated.
Just think OF It; enough nourish-
ing food absolutely wasted in this
country every day to feed every man,
woman and child in eightee nof its
Target cities! Part of this loss is due
to ignorance and carelessness of SER
wants, but very large portion is
waste for which the housewife Is re-
sponsible At only 10 cents per meal
the above loss amounts to $4,5O0.00
per day or s1,642, 100000 per year
The only wonder is the high cost
of living."-Popular Magazine.
DR.. VIM. Sadler, author of 1.-THE
Cause and Cure of Colds" says that
common colds should be taken seri-
ously, especially when they hang
on" Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound is reliable household medi-
cine for coughs and colds, equally ef-
fective for children and for grown
persons. Take 1t when you feel
cold coming on. It will avert danger
Of serious results and cure quickly
Mrs. N. C. Young Pesgah, Ca, says:
"Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
cleared my throat and
cured nay cold. Woodbridge Co. Advt.
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