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Show ; ' CONSERVe' UTAH'S CROPS ' . I 1 ! lar s $ "I ientlj I R Inora I . Sitpi? Cost Increase Less Than 1 1-2 Cents Per Quart Jar Over 1912 Price ' I S . I 'Is the ! v . v 1 ikitchc By LILY HAXWORTH WALLACE . -t " " I Wl i . . v . National President, Associated Clubs of Science. I n es ' ' I presei The women of America are on tiptoe as--,r-w What does the sugar cost in a quart oft..-- j I -never before in our history with the determin- ' - strawberry preserves? In a quart of pre- ' :K l ation to do their full share, not only in safe- served cherries? How much more does it cost. j jgjjj. I guarding the foodstuffs of America, but by . the housewife this year for sugar in preserv- ! fejjs w I eliminating waste and thus increasing the food ingf strawberries than last year than the- tire I ' supply for the millions of Europe. This gives year before than in any of the last five .g iaeQy I importance without parallel to the coming . years? These are important and practical ' irensls - canning-season. That the women are going to ' ' questions which,, so far as I know,, have never ( ry( save the fruit crop has already been demon- been examined nor made public before 1 j 3 strated. The ordinary supply of jars and . , - - m2 5.4 cents a pound Lm.. :? glasses will not be sufficient for the purpose ; 1Q13 .. . 5 4'cents a pound - v I &am of this great national movement. Therefore, 1914 ; ; ; ; ; ; ; 5;f cents a d . ; I J? . old jars, glasses, bottles and crocks every- -. 1915 6.6 cents a pound " where are being made ready. The prospect . . 1916'.... 7.4 cents a pound tf - 'J l tor a bountiful fruit crop seems to be nature s . 1 ; igiy g 7 cents a pound i r I e j . provision to overcome the shortage of wheat ' ' . ' I 'lgd01 and cereals. 1 ' (The Ogden price is now much lower than 'I jthe5 ' The one thing that has been heard on ev- 1 , t l - 1 . I ,otP ery hand, as a possible reason for slackening -- When we realize that less than one-fifth' J fefe11 this" preparation, has been the cost of sugar. J ;' of the contents of an average quart of canned f Hfs However, sugar is cheaper in the United ..." 1 fruit, 6 3-4 ounces, to be exact, is added sugar, di?qua States than anywhere else in the world, and it is readily demonstrated that the increased . 1 Horse ' the war. has immeasurably increased the im- cost of preserving because of the increased I it?m portance of the food value of sugar. We now cost of sugar is less than 1 1-2 cents per quart . ." j &rj know it is not a luxury, but the greatest en- jar more than five years ago, when sugar was I jj ergy-producing food we have. We also know ' unusually cheap. ' ' 'a that Cuba, the great sugar supply house for ' Wr o Ta , j,. u 1 I ikion A ! x j -f 1 ' We arrive at this deduction by taking the I i hefere h America, is going to produce its usual crop. 00 eilr,nef imo c A to sh t -fi c i xif j. i.l x tz average sugar cost in 1912, 5.4 cents per pound. , P .toed 1 Therefore, we know that there is going to be 9 nt m:orf t-0 ' F Fiumj , g ! u c ,i , a - 1 or cents per quart jar ot truit, compared H ffiore 3! S ue to Trr..01 ' I I allies. , . When compared with the price of sugar in J ' E i ' o 4. -xu it n 2. 2.1. -4.il J1916, the increased cost per quart iar of fruit I J But with all these facts, the women with because of the higher cost of suear fn gn S P i their canning clubs and canning trains, and . b 6 (six.tenthsJ of a cent a " w . . ! ft . j in their homes, are talking about the cost of v . J l; j gscussi sugar in canning. It 'becomes, therefore, ex- When I finished the above calculation I ' I Jter S I tremely interesting to examine the exact had proved to myself the fallacy which pre- - I jjFee-ea I facts. Let us see whether the women, our . vails among American housewives generally, ' . E ! a great purchasing agents, have gone to the, and established to my complete satisfaction . 1 jfiVta I bottom of the sugar, cost in canning.. Icon- the fact that there is absolutely no foundation . - r4'Csanf 1 fess that I had never done sountil I saw that for the prevailing .idea that present sugar ' 9 ISSScJ 1 .. this was one of the most important factors in. ' ' prices have greatly increased the cost of can- 0 l? 1 . the canning campaign. . ning and preserving.. . I if NO W IS THE TIME TO PRESERVE FRUIT " t AS URGED BY HERBERT HOOVER ' I |