The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-03-30
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WASTING A SHEET OF PAPER.


In the practice of economy there
must be reason and due regard to rel
alive values, for in the saving of lit
tie there may be the wasting of much.
For instance, a certain bank president
drawing a goOdly salary, spends a
great deal of time cutting envelopes
for use as scratch paper. He is vast
ing his time, for if he is worthy of
being president of a bank, his brain
value is of so much greater worth
than the paper value he is trying to
save that he is penny wise and pound
foolish. He should be thinking out
the problems of his bank, not trying
to save it few sheets of paper. On
the other hand, it would be good econ
omy for a large department store,
burning hundreds of lights daily, to
pay man ten dollars a week to
watch for needless waste of light and
turn out those not in use.
A certain man dropped nickel at 4
railroad station. In his endeavOr to
find it, he lost his train, lost his
temper, missed business engagement
that held up four other men and
caused confusion all around, and had
to spend a quarter for a telegram 70
hold the engagement for his late ar
rival That was poor economy.
The point to be emphasized in all
such endeavors is to impress upon
the individual who wastes that if all
were to do as he does, the loss would
be enormous; and if all were to do as
he should the saving would be grert.
We are both careless and thoughtless.
do no one any good. We leave the
water running, forgetting that the mo-
ter is on its job all the time, and
every turn of the wheel means money
to some one, if not to us. 1t is all
very well to say Its included in
the rent-yes, but the landlord has
probably figured that out when he
fixed his rental You pay, not he, TO-
every hour you burn a useless light, Of
let the water run to waste
A certain school teacher, wide awake
to impress these things upon her pu
pills, got her great chance one day
A little girl made a few figures on {
sheet of paper and threw it away. TIL
teacher asked why she wasted tina
sheet of paper, and the pupil replied
that "it was only a sheet of paper
and besides, it was furnished by th'
board of education free" Calling til
class to order, she asked them to TAX
out their pads and count the numbe
of sheets Then she told them VIVA
the pad cost and asked them to calcu
late the cost of one sheet-a Fraction
of a fraction of a cent She then toll
them how many pupils attended til
schools of the city on an average o
, $50 days a year and asked them t
: figure the cost if each pupil waste
but one sheet a day The total was
surprise.
It's not the cost of single shee
of paper, a single hour of useles
light, a match, a cent or two, tho
counts-it's the cumulative totals thf
= make the astonishing losses.
a There is such thing as being mea
and niggardly with yourself, eatin
only enough to keep body and sol
together. wearing clothes until the
are a mass of patches and living
= life of strict denial to all the bodil
r comforts. That is not the point; 20
. ought to live we'll, dress decently an
have wholesome pleasures, but
careful in your wasting, lest you
= one of a great army, wasting it ms
be but a match day. but if millio
others are doing the same thing, v
!, burn up lot of wood to no usef
|, purpose. Light your pipe with OF
v matchi