The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-08

after the profiteers but these are a few
suggestions for reducing the high cost of
living.
MRS. BALLINGER, Maple Hill, Kan.--
There are many ways in which we can
help reduce the H. C. of L., but We can
never bring the prices down.
1: Learn to sew and do all your sewing
and mending.
, Do your own washing and ironing.
B. Home made bread. cakes and cookies
are much fresher and cheaper.
4. Make your own soap out Of grease
waste.
s. Have garden and raise enough for
summer and winter use Can enough peas,
beans, corn, pumpkin and sweet potatoes
for the winter and also can plenty of fruit.
g. Raise your own spudS.
4 Raise plenty of chickens for summer
meat and butcher pork for winter meat and
lard.
s. When sugar is scarce and you have
bees, use honey for baking; 1t makes fine
cookies.
o Do your own cleaning and pressing.
TO- Keep your inoleums vanished to
save the linoleum.
IL. If you, have an old stove that is be-
ginning to look rusty or the nickel is worn
off. do not buy new one.; buy a can of
aluminium and paint the stove ali over with
it, 1t makes oiS Sery pretty h stove; with
gold or silver bronze and save buying new
one.
IL Old chairs and bureaus can be sand
papered and vanished and do another
IL Paint is high but it doesn't take long
10. Some say "Skimp on the eats" but
a person who works has to eat. But raise
all the eatables you can to save the grocery
16 Do not try to dress above your
means; be better friend to your pocket
IL. Eggs are high: learn to use less eggs
and more baking powder.
MRS. JOHN ZEIGLER, Natoma. kali
In the first place people will have TO
raise as many products as possible for
home consumption. Every farmer should
raise and cure enough meat for his own
use
In town where they cannot raise their
meat, they should buy cheap cuts and
cook it longer to make it palatable.
Every farmer should keep a flock of
chickens to lick up waste grain, etc, and
convert it into eggs for table use. Even
in town most families can keep few hens
to consume their scraps
Every farmer should keep at least
few dairy COWS to supply milk and butter
for the table and also several gallons of
cream to dispose OF each week -,
on the table at least several times a week.
Every family whenever possible should
have a truck patch and raise their own
cabbage, peas, squashes. etc, and should
have a number of fruit jars. according
to the size of family, for canning such pro-
ducts that will not keep for use the year
round and that surely would have its eff
feet. Many farmers could keep few
stands of bees to supply honey for them
selves and some to dispose of, raise 4
patch of cane for making molasses.
few sheep on each farm to keep down
weeds would help to keep down the price
of wool.
Make use of everything. waste nothing.
For instance. take your green tomatoes and
make pies piecali
AS to clothing. pay less attention to style,
dress neat. clean. and comfortable. but do
not buy high priced flimsy material that
isn't durable. Make old things over,
dye to make old garments look new. Eat
to live. 10 not live to eat. Leave the table
before you are quite full. cut out the lux
uries. live more like the pioneers lived. IL
you want to cut the high from the cost
of living.