Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17
WAITER SWATS
! HIGH LIVING COST
Turns Reformer in a Way
Deeply Interesting to
Ultimate Consumer
PROFIT IN HIS GARDEN

waiter has turned reformer The
rorId may now expect anything hand
srblch heretofore has been engaged eN-
rusiveIy in dispensing lobster newburgs
Ana nate de fOis gras and In pocketing the
s,noIunents for such dispensatiOns Is now
balng used to bring down the cost Of living.
Ana thereby hangs n tale which should be
Of interest to every housewife whose dreams
sro punctuated by thoughts Of fresh green
things brought directly rom the vegetable
patch to her city table
Harry Sprackland in his "on" moments
Is q waiter in a popular chestnut street
rsstaurant In his Off moments he II
farmer-of the tabloid variety With one
acre of ground at Harrington, \. Jr he
has achieved results that might give the
owner Of broad areas pauseM
Moreover he has evolved the "combna-
tion family basket idea as the hest sou-
lion yet offered to combat the high cost
OF living .,..
basket of choice vegetables such as his
tnv farm produces 10 friend. II was
filled with a mountaineering variety OF
cresses. herbs and vegetables.
GLOW much would it cost you If you had
20 buy it?" he asked her after he had pre-
sented 1t as a gift.
"a dollar, at least" she replied
81 can sell It at sufficient profit for sixty
3 cents" he reflected
The result Of his cogitation was swat
tn the middleman of a fr ghtfu blow. ff he
.-Sprackand-can do thhs thing, he wants
rr,S,. ,,hv ,ot can't and why all this
DoT W n, ohont tho high cost of things need
70 on
But hear him tell his story in his own
way:
SPRACKLAND STOPS WASTE
after feeding my family-a wife and
six childrcu-from the farm he says. II
found was raising more vegetables than
could use and that the surplus was being
wasted This condition was and is confront
ing every farmer.
80 decided to sell some Of my surplus
sold grocer in ncghboring town some
lettuce and romaine salad at thirty six cents
per dozen and some rad.shes at thirty-hNe
cents per dozen lunches. ! observed that
the lettuce and romaine salad retailed at
from eight cents to twelve cents per head
snu sa. , a,, a. @ mar 'o'S r ,pt per
'e'' '''"' "'''''' '''o'' vi ''''' P''"'
FILLS MARKET BASKET
"Onc dav gathered from NV garden
e quarter of n pecl; of string beans two
heads of cabbage two punches of beets, one
caull flower two fordhool; snuashcs one
burch ~ S,viss cbnrd a ,,orataI,,o ,,.hoso
green tons are destined to take the pIacn Of
sninach and whose large white et.iI,s ,,o,,
be cooked the same as osnarag,,s and n
quarter of peck of tomatoes also a bunch
OF potherbs containing twentv snro,ys %
narsIe,. ton srra,,s ~ balar,, +,,, -, W.
two Icel,s two roots " ~ wv" uarFoIS
W. leeN'' wv" ipo'" OF oyster plant SIX
thyme and summer savory.
"Au This nIacad IN , ro,,.. ,,s
bushrI bn shot ~ contoinod - = ~ ~
every day in tha week daI1,.a"ad tt,, tD.
basket neotIv cn,.oraI t ~ tl ieu '"c
friend IN Tho city ,,,5 II ~, .'ol'e VI ="
p,iro that / ,,.o,,i,i -. SNp,"'neu |" nus
Rmoupt ,vara IL ,,ot s e,e "llo Wv
weipht ! asr,,l - e,e u'a'"nce ana
tabies ana 81, -, ',. ~ "oN ~" oNeI tne NeEe-
no.. r,. tt '.'' """' S"' ""ulu nave 10
Aftor ,al,imtr no. "L ,ie corner GiOcerE store
y,n,il ~ osoI" Si,e "ttl"red Ihat the cost
boet,o, %"T.u "G from eiEhtE-hVe cents TO 81 a
nargons T., "9Me" r,,' "e' II She 'hought whether
,na,Ii :" 9"'" neighoofhood as hers
$40 o'u P"'r''"Se weekly from the farmers
sba o.,3 a ""SNe," me lhiS at sixty cents each.
~ sme saIu She would be delighted to take one
ctrrppr>.,.
az do,i,.a..., - <fi'Nr r-l' fo9l
.ft,. ~, titu many or these baskets in the
N,, ,t,', "." iou." that the housekeepers read
ni,r,I,gi ,'I"vu t''e Deheht they derived from
s., |E 'n'S way Just ut this time |
tba a.ttSi e.' 1uSu tue agency OF the parcel post.
far,l p'Io'"i,tE OF business direct from the
49,, ~ ','' ucuNefy was solved If could
nTirat,o, rp :, p'SMet 10 meet the weight re-
a., ''''e"L'' WIN lhiS IN view ! placed
80 ~ q peacn poN or carrier one-quarter peck
~ ,oi"atoeS, one-quarter of peck of lima
b"l'' IitSh nuHed, and the pOtherb
- - Spohen OF before. ! made up many of
snI ISe "'''e baskets and they found ready
'''
u close study Of the farmers, raturrs
shows an average of twentv-five Cents no.
basket per load per crop per season Also
that, II he received all that his prod,,ca sold
for at wholesale. less reasanehIo co,'