The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-17
FIND AMERICA EATS
ALL OF ITS INCOME.
MOST FAMILIES SPEND IS OR
40 PER CENT OF THEIR
EARNINGS ON FOOD.

America eats up its income. What
people put into their mouths, includ-
ing tobacco, represents more money
than all other expenditures at retail
stores combined. Ten years ago one
fifth of ones income was deemed suf-
fcient for food. But the figure has
now risen to u per cent. And most
families, says Mrs Christine Fred
erick, founder of the Applecroft House
Experiment Station at Greenlawn, L.
l., spend from IS to 40 per cent of
their income on food. Mrs. Frederick
has surveyed the changed American
budget for the American Academy of
Political and Social Science.
The bill for the entire nation at re-
tail food stores in 1909 was $4,000
100000, as calculated by DR. Paul H.
Nystrom, head of the Retail Research
Association. In 1921 this was doubled
and is almost doubled again today. OF
the total national income of $68,000,-
100000, estimated for 1924, according
to his figures, almost half goes to re-
tail stores; and Of this $35 900
$15,000,000, goes to food stores, ST.
700,000,000 to tobacco shops and ST.
500,000,000 to dealers in candy and
soft drinks.
Almost SS,00O,0O00O0 is spent in
clothing stores, 3,500,000,0G0 on au-
tomobiles, 81 ,300000,000 in furniture
and house furnishing stores and ST.,
000,000,000 in jewelry and music
shops.
Americans eat more in calories than
most other people Alonzo E. Taylor,
food specialist, puts the American cal
cries average at 1880 to 5000 day.
In the United Kingdom the average is
1880 and in Italy $500. Our climate
is, Of course, on the whole, much cold
err than that of either of those coun-
tries and we need more heating food.
Ten per cent OF the American people
are said to eat more than 1000 calo-
ries day without the hard work that
justihes this.
IS Pounds of Candy Per Person.
In the last ten or fifteen years hotels
and eating places in this country have
increased 40 per cent to a total OF
125,000. There are $4,000 confectionery
stores selling eighteen pounds of can
DIV a person year to the people OF
the United States. This is an increase
of 800 per cent in few decades. Can
dy and soft drinks represent per cent
OF the food bill. Before the civil war
a few pounds of sugar person
year was the consumption In 1910 it
was 70 pounds, now it is 100. But tea
and coffee are said to be growing less
popular and meat consumption dropp-
ed from 1915 pounds a person in
1900 to 1872 in 1917.
The nations expense account inper
capita terms for year, as reported by
the Business Buorse, international,
throws a light on the requirements
and tastes OF Americans. For dia-
monds the American on the average
spends annually $2.5S. He spends y
cents for dentifrices $3.50 on pickles
and Is cents or pens both fountain
and steel. He puts out $4.l5 for near
beer and cents for ink; So for ice
cream and 90 cents for eggs; $3.75
for toilet soap and $ll0 for books.
He spends $27 on JOY riding and kim
dred activities and $1.29 for the work
of religion. Five dollars go for jew
elry and IS cents for art works Elev
en- cents is invested in health service
and 65 cents is spent for collins. Nine
dollars go for perfumery and cos
metics and 81 cents for watches. Ten
dollars is spent on public schools and
.S185 is invested for shirts. He spends
S45 for luxurious foods and gives .
cents to the salaries OF professors.