New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-12

EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY
PROPOSED FOR MINNESOTA
Safety Commission is Trying to
Make People More Saving
The Minnesota State Safety commits
sion, in an effort to tell people how to
save, shas issued the following for pub
LEGATION:
The great task that confronts the
people Of our state during the war is to
gather up the loose ends and join in a
united effort to eliminate waste and the
expenditure Of useless energy in carry
ing on business in any line. The
great effort has been in the past Of in
dividual firms to give their particular
customers service" with little regard
to the economic waste where the several
firms in small or large community
duplicate their lines or in the delivery to.
their customers.
The State Commission Of Public
Safety has begun exhaustive invest
cations in nearly all lines that affect
closely the economic problems Of all
classes. The effort is made. to do ful
justice to producer, manufacturer and
consumer with the one idea Of elimination
of wasteful duplication and the resultant
addition to the retail price in order to
pay for service
In nearly every hamlet, village and
city there is an opportunity for a great
saving in delivery systems. In many
instances the business men have already
caught the idea and co0perated in en-
ploying one or two delivery men where
heretofore there were as many Of them as
there were stores in the community.
The Commission has found that the
wrapping and delivery Of bread forms a
large per cent of it's cost price to the
consumer. In the cities we find a great
waste in the duplication of delivery.
Five or six milkmen can be counted
serving customers in one block each day.
To eliminate these expensive systems !!
Of which these are but the example Of
many, is task that can be taken up in
almost every community in the state.
In many sections of the state there
is an over-abundance Of fruit and vege-
tables. To provide a market for sections
where they are plentiful and to supply
those that report scarcity is also a
problem that can be solved by many
communities for themselves. It. is also
another line of activity for the State
Commission in an effort to secure the
cooperation of all sections to secure an
equitable distribution of foodstuffs that
are produced within our state and to
place surplus stocks in storage for future
use.
All Of these things involve a get to-
gether" movement on any proposition,
large or small, and it is easily recognized
as the necessary, the patriotic thing to
do if we are to give the best account Of
ourselves as a community, county CT
state in the discharge of our war respon-
sibilities. 81.
Many of these things are adjusted
readily when once the state of the
public mind becomes accustomed to
their necessity of a scale of lower prices
prices are to be brought about or further
increases to be avoided. The evils Ct.
wasted energy and expense of produc-.
ton, delivery, ETC., are generally the re-
suit of public demand.
The public must be educated to ork
in cooperation with those who serve
them and to sacrifice the unnecessary
things for those that are absolutely
necessary for their well being.
The State Commission has a great
work before it along these lines and it is
necessary that every individual, firm
and corporation work with it in complete
harmony to bring about the elimination
Of extravaganza, duplication of delivery
and wastefulness on part of the consumer.
! A great amount of information has
already been gathered for the State
Commission that bears on the subject
lof high prices to the consumer and the
special committee Of which Gel. G. II.
! March is chairman, is laboring faith.
/ fully to arrive at conclusion tt at vii