The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-21
'Gern1dl1y S Campaign
A gdfnsf Food Waste
Example to the World

III 4, -
through no waste. in 100000 homes
WOULD mean $4,000 a day, or nearly.
81 100000 a year! Think what this,
a part or the possible total 1t repre-
sents, for there are nearly 21,00O,o0O
homes on this land.
I lin the report j have just mention
cd,.the consul in Berlin says:
"A new regulation in Berlin pro-
vides for the careful conservation.
OF all household waste,.to be US
ed for fodder Vegetable tops,
Feelings, waste bread and any
other articles of this kind, which
have hitherto been mixed with
other refuse and thrown away,
are to be kept separate from all
other garbage and delivered. ar
certain places. whence they will
be regularly collected and used
as fodder for cattle. The fine for
preach OF this regulation has
been placed at la0 marks CF31.5g)
fo1 each offense.
AS every one who has followed my
writings knows, u have atways0said
our garbage cans show a waste which
of dollars yearly in Philadelphia
throw away which could be used fo:i
nourishinE and attractive dishes, but
the thing we. throw away because we,
bought too much. or because we did,
MT take enough care in the selection;
OF the things purchased or because we.
failed 10 remember that our. family
doesn't care for certain things.
Potatoes Cheaper There than Here.
Now. just another look at war
stricken Germany. The consul above
quoted says that on. January IS the
city Of Berlin, which had bought up
large supplies of potatoes. put these
on sale in the market halls through
out the city at a price OF IS cents per
100 pounds.
Nothing that ever has been print
ed from an authoritative source has
shown SO conclusively the value or
economical methods as this single
.item.s
In war stricken Berlin on January
IS white potatoes could be bought for
% cents bushel
in peaceful Philadelphia. on the
same date. potatoes sold at retail for
from 30 to 50 cents a bushel
This is the result of the sort OF.
economy Germany has been practic-
ing for many years. Potatoes are pos
sible there at such price under such
conditions because the farmers who
grow potatoes in Germany have fer
tilted and cultivated their Land in
such way as to produce two or three
times as many bushels an+acre as the
farmers in this country do.
They have put the no waste policy
into practice on the German farms,
as we'll as in the German homes. Yet.
as much as they have done in this
line. they know still more can be
done, and thattis the reason why the
German government is making such
a strong effort to make housewives
realize the importance of saving in
even more ways
Almost every mail brings me one
Or more letters from women asking
how they can save more on their
tables. They have only so much to
provide the foodstuffs, and with many
prices high, they find it hard to do so.
And just now, when times are hard
with SO many persons, and when the
change of season means new clothes
for the children, the problem is+a big
one.
MY answer to such IS always the
same.
TT begins With, cut down your
That is the first OF my food cons
mandments.
And, of course, i follow this up by.
advising more care in what is bought
and In the way it is cooked
But the way to better, cheaper liv-5
ing is through the cutting out OF the
waste