The business of the household by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Home economics, Cost and standard of living
Publisher: Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott company
Published: 1922-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

eighty-cents-a-peck potatoes." We must find substitutes, of equally nourishing qualities, for high-priced foods.

Summary.—Let us sum up some of the factors that might reduce the price of foodstuffs.

1. Purchasing direct from the producer.

2. Purchasing in quantities.

This presupposes a knowledge of the following: (a) Conditions of production. (6) The processes of preparation.

(c) The place of production or preparation.

(d) Transportation problems.

(e) Methods of distribution. if) Also No. 3.

3. Providing for proper storage facilities.

4. Elimination of deliveries.

5. City public markets.

6. Elimination of the delicatessen.

7. Lower the standard of living to a reasonable basis.

8. A daily study of market reports or prices.

Organization.—Every Woman's Club should appoint a committee to study these problems, and every public-school class in home economics should investigate them, in terms of the local community. The retailer should be invited to state his problems and an attempt to cooperate with him should be made, if possible. If not, cooperative clubs should be formed. Send to wholesalers for information pertaining to the products of canneries and prices.

At present it is impossible to point out a solution of the problem of the high cost of living, but that does not justify us in refusing to study the problem in all of its details.

During the war the Government will be endeavoring to advance these problems toward a solution. The best method of solving them is by experimentation, and the best way of bringing about such experiments is by the diffusion of knowledge pertaining to every phase of the food problem. The U. S. Department of Agriculture and the U. S. Food Administration at Washington, and the State Agricultural College are centres of information on these subjects for citizens of every section.

QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS

L Name the source of our raw food supplies.

2. How many transportation charges may be added to the cost of food

products from the time they leave the farm until they reach the consumer? Name them.

3. How many profits are added? Name them.

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