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Show iKPnui. CI PROBE SHOWS MUCH WASTE "Quality" Folk and Transients Trans-ients Scored for Ignoring Conservation Rules. POOR CLASS COMPLIES Foray Yesterday Beginning of Drive for More Intensive In-tensive Saving. Evidence tending to prove that "quality" folk and transients in Salt Lake are not generally inclined to. agree with the administration in its campaign for economy at the table, was developed devel-oped yesterday through an investigation of garbage cans at residences and apartments in several sections. The search was conducted hy small commit-tcefrom commit-tcefrom and under the direction of the -ivic Center. ' The investigation was not confined to the .better class of apartments, in fact, all grades of this sort of lodging places were visited by the committee Besides proving that there is needless waste by the upper classes, the search also demonstrated that, usually, the poorer people and those in moderate circumstances, are complying in a large degree with tho demands of the food administration ad-ministration for conservation of foodstuffs. food-stuffs. One of the most astounding examples exam-ples of wanton waste was discovered Dy the committee visiting the. class A apartment district. The garbage can of one home in an apartment on East South Temple street yielded three slices of ham, six frankfurters and two T-bone steaks. While this superwaste is said not to be the rule at class A apartments, the committee found it exists ex-ists in a measure that sets the stamp of extreme carelessness upon the kitchen kitch-en and dining room administration in these places. Transients Careless. In the lodging houses, classed as resorts re-sorts for transients, the committee on investigation found waste to an alarming alarm-ing degree. The garbage cans connected connect-ed with these places yielded large amounts of high-grade confectionery and canned goods dumped because of staleness through being kept exposed too long after purchase, or because of necessity neces-sity when the transients passed along to other fields. In Bpite of the urgent demand of the administration for the conservation of wheaten flour, through economy in the homes, the foray of garbage cans yester-l yester-l djj1 demonstrated the fact that bread ,jiTbeing widely wasted in full loaves, half loaves, slices and buttered toast. This is especially true of the apartment dwellers, according to the head of the fcCivic Center campaign committee, who rTfciJares that enough good material to feeTf-a considerable herd of hogs gets into the "quality" garbage cans weekly. week-ly. Cakes, doughnuts, cookies and crackers, too, find lodgmeut in the same receptacles. Large pieces of cooked meat were found in many cans, and in the matter of cooked potatoes there was shown to be a decided tendency toward extensive waste. But the greatest potato waste is found in the parings, which are said to be too generous tor economy. Besides Be-sides potatoes, parsnips, carrots, onions and even apples were found dumped in garbage receptacles in heavy quantity. Much of this waste was due to the sprouting or withering of the vegetables or fruit. Fats Are Wasted. While there is some waste among the poorer classes, according to the inquisitors, inquisi-tors, this waste is not so much due to lack of economical desire or instinct as to injudicious buying of canned goods. In many instances bargain counter offers of-fers have proved so attractive as to in- duce the purchase of packages too large for the needs of the family, aud instead of proving an economy the "bargain" developed a waste of both money and produce. The investigation showed conclusively that the consumption of canued milk is on the increase, and that fresh milk waste is entirely unwarranted. The committees com-mittees point out that every household can find a use for every drop of sour milk in some of its culinary endeavors, and stamp the dumpage of this product as wanton and malicious waste. "We found great hunks of meat fat dumped in cans," said one committee woman, who pointed out that one of the nation's greatest needs today is the conservation of all sorts of fats, even if they are employed only for making SOAP. The forav oi yesterday is but the beginning be-ginning of a campaign for more and more intensive conservation of all lines of food in all sections of Salt Lake. The administrators of the Civic Center propose to keep a strict account of the yield from every garbage can and this account will be rendered to federal authorities au-thorities from time to time as evidence to be used in an effort to correct extravagances. |