Show 1 THE WORLDS WASTE f fortunes ann Anni anniky ny Uy thrown away anny in tan aija co trifles trifle I 1 wish I 1 hv had a nickel for every dollar wasted in this country yes I 1 ill H reduce that proposition to a cent on the dollar and then retire rete rich in a few years I 1 dont mean wasted by the rich but by the poor bindi and the moderately well off and aben when I 1 ty pay waste I 1 dont include flowers pictures or articles solely for the eye nor do I 1 insider ion sider it waste tor for a rich man to have if a suit euit for every day in the year or pairs of pantaloons like that estimable ney nef york gentleman be berry rry wall I 1 mean mead waste in every day matter of fact articles tic I 1 es such as everybody uses I 1 let us tak take pins ins for a starter you have doubty been asked what becomes of the pins and know nobody 0 y knows not even eyba the english jo journal that recently offe reil a cash prize for a solution of the problem em they are lost and that 9 6 all you can say about it but why should tl they ey ba 1 lost los 0 t you dont lose your diamond pin IT 1 although 1 its not much larger than a common 0 brass one it is evident that t the b 0 pins could be taken care of and that they ought to bo lot let figures attest there Ther are in the united S Sti ites I 1 and I 1 am sure every one on an average loses five cents worth of pins per annum that makes 3 a year gone nowhere my i 1 per cent on thai that would give me 30 a Y year enough to clothe me at any rate just think of a year lost forever as not one pin in is ever found again but that is only a beginning let us take up cig arsand pipes as the next article on tile the catalogue of waste dont be alar algir I 1 am not to the cost of smoking and call it waste because I 1 am a smoker and have scruples Bc I 1 sm am going to concede that money invested d in tobacco aswell is well invested and then open your eyes to another awful leak lot let us approach the r subject gradually b because because it is vast there aro are I 1 cigars a week smoked in this city and pipe loads of tobacco dont ask me how I 1 know this data daia you put me opt average ge joost kofl oil cigar to consumer five cents total cost average cost of pipe load oile one cent total cost 20 grand total a week expended and of this amount one fifth is wasted after long observation and careful calculation I 1 find thit that one fifth of each cigar is thrown away agaj and the same sama proportion of each pipe load this may seem large but I 1 am condid confident ent that it is average it represents a loss of a week or a year remember member Hc this in philadelphia alone and I 1 can safely multiply it by fifty to include the rest of the colln country try grand total on which my percentage is V 1 I already have a a apu pei perceive a IV now we coir p r to diqui liquors drs vinous malt and spirituous sp to io bo be treated in the same way ali the e average man leaves a portion in his glass not much to be sure for times are hard but at least a twentieth another wasteful habit prevails of blowing the froth off of beer but I 1 will let that pass to figures again six thousand saloons loons ea at drinks per saloon and average cost eight cents equals a day day or a year five per cent waste equals for philadelphia for the whole country and for me I 1 am only in the suburbs of this subject and already I 1 am appalled at the amount of territory that stretches before me n e I 1 will have to bunch my hits it is is estimated by careful housekeepers that one tenth of each pot of coffee or tea is not fit to drink and what to do slops no ono one knows lumping the crusts of bread ends of steaks dabs of butter crumbs of cake and pio pie remnants I 1 am within bounds when I 1 say that one tenth of every meal goes to waste and sinco since everybody eats even if they dont smoke or drink the aggregate must be enormous I 1 will not enter into figures but will content myself with taking a year a as my percentage I 1 have not finished even it if I 1 do quit in tho the matter tt of buttons there must be a large sum coming to me and li likewise kei I 1 in the item of matches very few persons make a match do its full d duty uty then look at tile tho unnecessary mount amount of paper that is used in magirl making fires by women I 1 when old paper is worth a cent a pound there are other things too numerous to mention and I 1 have not taken at all into account tho things that are thrown away and return to their original elements and so in a measure are not wasted I 1 am aware that the list is incomplete and I 1 feel fed sure you will be able to supplement it fir from om your experience nee philadelphia call |