The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-12-30
Here's u Splendid and Helpful "Edi.
tOrial."
Atlanta Georgian.

49,
editorials" we have read in many
days--and upon a most timely and vi
tai topic. 1t is taken bodily from an
advertisement Of the l.. w. Rogers
Grocery COmpany-and it not only is
extremely we'll written and convinc-
ing, but should prove genuinely
helpful.
The Rogers people have not enough
money to buy at any price one inch
of space on this page, but they are
welcome to whatever Of advertising
value they may get from the appear
ance of their splendid editorial"
here.
This is the article:
So many people fool themselves.
SO many people talk about things
that are Observation-Disclosures i'm
possible-suggesting remedies for
troub!ous conditions which are far
fetched and almost absurd
While right at their door-right
under their thumh--lies the remedy
they seek.
Let's look at all this kicking and
complaining about the high price of
fo~odstuffs. Let's ana!yze it a little.
How long is the buying PUBLIC 60
ing To keep on kicking and complain>
ing because flour is high-because SUI
gar has gone up-because eggs are
almost prohibitive-because nearly
every edible has advanced in price?-.
and yet.
How long is this same public going
to go right along making mistakes in
buying Observation-Disclosures in over
buying-mistakes in household man
Observation-Disclosures in it's ideas of
economy-mistakes by reason of it's
w~astefulness? .t,..
Did you know that there was
enough food wasted in practically ev-
cry household of an average Of five,
wen say, to fed two or three more
people?
No wonder government statistics
show that it takes so per cent. on an
average, of the earnings of every man
to pay for food.
There isn't much to all of this talk
of some man cornering the market
on this or that.
All this talk of an embargo in food
stuffs Is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
sible. Congress isn't going to do n
such thing. 1t is not going to an
tagonize every farmer in America.
And why should It Y~ ~
1t cannot place an embargo on one
thing ar0ns@thaf w6Gfd BE class leg
isiation. Then, II everything In the
food line were included. where would
such legislation lead? ~ '.s'
Take wheat, for instance. To many
q farmer. in districts where wheat
has been a partial failure, the ad-
vance in price has been his salvation.
TO deprive him of this legitimate and
natural recOmpense by class legisla.
ton would be an unjust and wholly
unwarranted act.
Upon the continued welfare of the
American farmer depends the entire
prosperity of the country. He, alone,
produces-all the rest of us live by
trading upon the products of his soil.
If an embargo on flour and wheat,
why not on meat. provisions, vege-
tables, cotton and sugar? Does it
not seem absolutely as logical?
Let's stop this line of argument
it isn't sane. M
Instead let's put an embargo on the
entry of extravaganza in u house
hold-let's put an embargo on the
cook who bakes eight potatoes when
five are sufficient-who browns ten
biscuits when six or seven would
serve as we'll.
Let's stop wasting time at meetings
to plan protests and boycotts, and
spend this time in studying household
economics. Let's find by actual test
where we are wasting--and where we
can save.
Let's put close and careful business
methods in the conduct of u house
hold-just like we do in our business.
Let's learn to buy right-and cook
right-cook just enough, and no more.
Why, there's not a woman in At
lanta who would walk in q store and
lay down a dollar for a seventy-fve
cent article. and knowingly walk out
and leave her change. =,
Yet, there are lots of them that
carelessly practice jus that much
waste in their kitchen.
Don't you get the idea that we are
talking to the other fellow We
are talking to Northumberland you