SELECTED SAYINGS 



The annual cost of food for our now eighty millions of people 

 is, in round numbers, about four billions of dollars. Any consider- 

 able saving in cost or increase of energy at the same cost amounts to 

 millions. Twenty-five per cent reduction in annual cost of fojd, 

 which is entirely practicable, amounts to a saving of one billion of 

 dollars. Here it is shown that a woman's spoon, in matters of finance, 

 is greater than a statesman's exchequer. We are entering into com- 

 petition with the nations of the world for industrial supremacy. How 

 can we succeed unless we introduce economy into the field of our 

 greatest expenditures ? How can we compete with people who secure 

 equal energy at one-fourth the cost? 



For many years I have been deeply impressed with the impor- 

 tance of some radical change in the dietary of the American people. 

 The prevalence of dyspepsia and other effects of mal-nutrition first 

 called my attention to necessary changes in food supply and its 

 preparation for general health. Further inquiry gave a wider range 

 to my investigation until I arrived at the following conclusions : 



1st. That as a people we use too concentrated foods and conse- 

 quently eat too much. 



2d. That we use too much fat. Fat is a concentrated form of 

 energy adapted to the requirements of a vigorous life. The general 

 use of machinery has greatly increased the number of persons who 

 live by moderate exercise and has reduced the expenditure of human 

 force in all classes of labor. Hence there should be a decrease in 

 the amount of fats consumed. 



3d. The living of all classes of Americans is too expensive. It 

 is purchased without reference to its nutritive value, its digestibility, 

 or its adaptation to the requirements of the body under special con- 

 ditions of life, consequently there is an enormous waste of food." 



"I have heard with pleasure in this convention speeches and reso- 

 lutions in favor of establishing cotton mills in the South until every 

 pound of cotton produced within her fair domain shall be trans- 

 formed by the magic of spindle and loom into fabrics of value for 

 the marts of trade. Did it occur to the eminent speakers that, how- 

 ever desirable such a result, its achievement is impossible under 

 present conditions? Why? Because we now import from the North 

 immense quantities of wheat, beef, pork, butter, cheese, and other 

 food products. The question is simply this : Is it cheaper to transport 



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