Tomato catsup. 



Bread. 



Oleomargarin. 



Tea for adults. 



Milk for youngest child. 



Dried-apple pie with cheese, for adults. 



Dried-apple sauce for others. 



The Approximate Cost per Day and the Nutritive 



Values in Calories Appear Below 



Cost in 

 Amount Calories Cents 



Coffee 23^3 ounces 3 



Tea l /2 ounce 2 



Milk 3 quarts 1,800 27 



Bread 2 pounds 2,500 9 



Cereal Y 2 pound 800 4 



Oleomargarin % pound 2,500 19 



Corn syrup 3^ pound 650 2 



Sugar J4 pound 450 2 



Rice or macaroni 1 pound 1,600 8 



Dry navy beans 10 ounces 1,000 7 



Fat pork 6J/2 ounces 1,000 6 



Dry fruit (prunes) 1 pound 325 12 



Flour, lard, etc., for pie or 



other extras 1,800 15 



14,425 Tl6 



As cheaper meats, pork sausages, braised chuck rib of 

 beef, salt cod or herring may be added if finances allow. 



The amount and hence the cost of food available for the 



poor depend directly on the amount wasted _. , 



by the well-to-do; and it is the duty of _ . , 



. Rule for 

 every American to give serious attention F 



to this question. A diet containing a sur- _ . 



plus of meat, fish and eggs is not only 



wasteful but positively harmful, since proteins in excess 



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