The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-27
Consumer Notes
80
Issued Weekly by Consumers
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, D. G.
Working From the Bottom Up


give serious and continuous attention
to the problem of bettering the lot of
the low-income groups in cities and on
farms. 1t is only common sense to do
this. Raise their incomes and you
raise their buying power. Raise their
buying power and you create new
markets for the production of our
machine industry and increasingly
mechanical agriculture. That seems
to be about the only place we can look
for new markets in the world as it is
today, and certainly it is the first
place we would want to look for new
markets. We are our brothers keep
ers. And they are also our keepers.
We will be economically stronger
and also morally and psychologically
stronger as we make the American
dream come true for more and more
Americans.
We have tested out the theory that
economic well-being would trickle
down from the top if you just let the
people at the top of the heap go their
own way in their wisdom. That theory
facts in the early 1930's. 1t didn't
work!
We know now that we have to find
workable way of generating econom-
ic well-being at the bottom by increas-
ing the consuming power of the low
est-income group.-From recent
speech by Secretary Of Agriculture,
Hon. Claude r. Wickard.
Keep Furniture In Condition
When your furniture turns dull, or
breaks out in white spots, or becomes
scratched up, you can't very well send
it to the cleaners for going over. But
there are simple household remedies
to get rid of these blemishes.
If highly polished furniture becomes
"foggy" make mixture Of a quart of
clear water and a tablespoon Of vine
gar and apply it to the surface, being
sure to rub with the grain. advises
the GUIDE.
White spots on furniture that has
been finished with shellac may some
times be removed by rubbing lightly
with a soft cloth moistened with de
natured alcohol diluted half and half
with water, but alcohol should be used
with care to avoid cutting through the
shellac coating. If the finish on the
furniture is varnish, white spots can
usually be removed by rubbing lightly
with a piece of flannel dampened with
essence Of peppermint or spirits Of
camphor, followed after few minutes
with an application of furniture polish.
Scratches usually must be repaired
by a specialist. But if you are artis-
tically inclined, you can do the job
yourself by applying tint slightly
lighter than the wood to the scratch,
being careful not to overdo the appli-
cation. Then fill in the scratch with
white shellac, using white camel's
hair brush. Use light, delicate strokes
to avoid leaving lump on the finish.
Make the Most of Your Vegetables
Insist on getting turnip and beet
tops, and don't throw away the out
side leaves of lettuce when you buy
vegetables, if you want to be sure of
getting all the VitaminS and minerals
you pay for.
Turnip and beet tops, and cauIilow-
er leaves contain valuable nutrients.
Prepared like other lcafy green foods,
they make tasty and valuable foods.
When you prepare vegetables, save
the cooking liquid and use it in soups.
There are health-giving vitamns and
minerals dissolved in that liquid
The liquid in which canned peas and
asparagus and lima beans and other
canned foods are packed also has food
value. Sometimes these liquids can be
blended into a vegetable juice to drink
just like tomato juice. Or they can
be used in soups. They certainly
shouldn't be poured down drains.
Leftover vegetables can 80 into
stews, or they can be folded into one
lets.
Shop around when you buy fruits
and vegetables to find out where they
are the cheapest. When you can, get
your neighbors to join with you in
buying apples and oranges, peaches
and tomatoes, in quantity, by the crate
or the box or the baskct.-Then divide
up. See how much you can save this
way. When oranges become cXpcn-
sive, incidentally, canned tomatoes can
take their place in the diet chcapIy,
for the Vtamin G you need every day.
On The Air
If you want to know what to look
for when you buy gas stove, tune in
to Consumer Time, weekly radio
broadcast for consumers, on Saturday