DOMESTIC PRODUCTION 19 



the savings in the factory made possible by quantity 

 buying become more and more minute when the home 

 begins to produce raw materials itself. 



The average factory, no doubt, does produce food 

 and clothing cheaper than we produce them even 

 with our power-driven machinery on the Borsodi 

 homestead. But factory costs, because of the problem 

 of distribution, are only first costs. They cannot, 

 therefore, be compared with home costs, which are 

 final costs. The final cost of factory products, after 

 distribution costs have been added, make the great 

 bulk of consumer goods actually more expensive than 

 home-made products of the same quality. 



This is what we learned from Mrs. Borsodi's adven- 

 ture with the tomatoes. 



