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Show SLENDER INCOMES Willi STILL G0AL0NG WAY Beating the High Cost of Living Largely a Matter of Judicious, Intelligent) Buying. Although the prices of certain commodities com-modities are declining, many food costs are as high as ever, and are still straining slender incomes to the breaking point. In fact, some food prices may rise rather than fall in the next few months. But the situation may not be without with-out a ray of hope if -re believe the statements of prominent food economists. econo-mists. Their feeling is that Adequate and plentiful nutrition depends not so much upon the relation of incomes to price, as upon the Intelligence of tho woman guarding the family lower prices, they say, but judicious and careful buying is the need right now. Getting the most for the money is the big thing. There are some food products which give much greater value per dollar than others. Women who use thought in buying food with the greatest nutritive nutri-tive value are the ones feeling least the pinch of the so-called H. C. L. Take the common bean, one of the food staples which as yet lags in cost far behind other food products. Pound for pound, baked beans contain con-tain more energy and body building elements than either meat or eggs, and prepared in the right way their appetizing flavor lends a delightful cloak to economy. Beans are fully as good as most foods, and much more nutritious; they simply cost less. Tho wise buyer, too, knows that real economy lies in buying such staples ready prepared. Otherwise wastage and the heavy fuel cost of long cooking cut out most of the economy and saving. In this connection, certain manufacturers manu-facturers of food products are taking the initiative in pointing the way for the American public to economize along these very lines. One of these, the California Packing corporation, is now telling the housewives of America Amer-ica of the food value and the delicious-ness delicious-ness of its baked beans. In its suggestions sug-gestions for the frequent and different differ-ent uses of baked beans as an everyday every-day food it is pointing the way to real economy. Such constructive publicity does a social good. Not only does it increase in-crease the sales of a particular company com-pany on a quality products, but i teaches its customers a valuable lesson in practical saving. Careful buying of such nutritious, inexpensive food staples as Del Monte Means, stimulated if necessary by the manufacturing companies themselves, should do a great deal to help shrinking shrink-ing incomes adequately provide for hungry families. |