French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-07
MIcKLE n MUCKLE.


Wis and penny-foollsn IS 4
common form of American "as'e
noes and we have long. scanuaAln
a. whole world in this particular. lne
continental peoples call us the NUS
wos+orn1 nation on earth; and tney
are right. We save. at the DUNG anu
waste at the spigot, to use a common
crackerism. We talk in millions and
oo bankrupt in pennies, We are tne
onlv people in the void. says aso
that eat the middle of a slice OF Dreau
and throw away the crust.
somehow or other in this. country
md e~snacially down South we cannon
cot into our minds the immense IN
1oTtance of little things when masseu
go largo totals. Mickle and Muck1e
aro scotch terms t at mean l1tt!e ne
vond a Joke to the average American.
The other day in New York CITY we
ooknd down on a big section OIL Lhe
universe from the<ffty-htth story VI a"
6ftnen million dollar bu1ldlng-Cnes
WooIworth. And it was built Out VI
tho Profits of five and ten cent stofee.
Tbo incomo of the street railways IL
Tit COA4 81
America is some seven nII
1ion dOiars a year, and it is maze up
of five cent fares.
W. have a fair amount OF
for dollar bills, but none at al To-
| dimes nickles, and pennies III liz
srorter of the universe. These mluset
Gums nour through u pockets III d
StaoIv stream. Our silver is mostly
quicksilver. nood1as
nd -neaningless small expenditures
ond wastes. we will get out OF these
nor1ous times far more than the wa
e likely to cost us in solid cash
Verify American waste-Waste o
ovorv sort. everywhere-is a lar Dig
cor total than our American war Duu-
get is ever likely to be.
Even our railroads. The pest man.
ogod business in this country, S
tIrea hundred million dollars a yea
THO railway authorities laughed at In'
charqo when Justice Brandels maze l
~sovoTal wears ago; they have sine
1oorned more about their own Dust
ness. ~
large addition to the cost OF hV
;no 1ins in the expense OF city denver.
1 HE lISS Ill IAN
~so1vica It averages $50 a year pc
famiIv in Washington City, as I'll
~nonsus authorities have dlscoVefeu
and the burden is something OF IiA
cot everywhere. Nowhere do we III
our purchases home in our arms as -"
nsed to do. and we pay heavily for Gu
INCREASED demands for cOnVeh1ene
ond comfort. Cooperative city ae
~Iivnrv service is a seen million oolIa
nronosition in Washington CITY an
somn+hing of the same sort IN raIl'
in ovnrv town in AmTiCa. LIE puH
nnsc houses in some cities are alreao
irving out the union delivery plan
= Az for leaks in American kitchen
thew stagger imagination. A nan gu
of milk or a slice of bread OF d
ounce of meat wasted daily IN TWEEN
million American homes Represents
billion quarts of milk, the annual PR
duct of 100000 dairy COWS; Inc sew
million bushels of wheat or n aL
a half million barrels Oh nouLI -
one and a half million beer caCCt1 '
gether with three and a nan Hl1Ir
hogs. More than a half million hos
10 than q half million dairy coy
do not yield butter enough 10 supp
the waste of 2 ounces per WYNN
homes. &c =
So much for the big totals OF |
little leaks in American d
il is a rare kitchen, according 10 y
observation, in which the dalIy was
of food is not much greater than d u
cup of milk, a quarter ounce Oh pun
@ slice of bread. and an ounce OF III
of some kind. E.
49, We will either learn to save Il
down to the last crumb this year {
-maybe the next; or we will go nuni
in this country; or so it looks QUE
Our household leaks alone m
70 seven million dollars a year
America; and undoubtedly the wa
ington authorities are we'll INSIDE
truth in this statement.