/tab\Rent $1.50
/tab\Bread i.oo
/tab\Meat 87$??
/tab\Vegetables 62??-
/tab\Coals 25
/tab\Tea18
/tab\Oil 16
/tab\Sugar 1 8
/tab\Milk 12
/tab\Soap 08
/tab\Butter 20
/tab\Firewood 08
/tab\Total $5.25

An analvsis of one item alone will show how
little room there is for waste. Bread, $??i: for a
family of five, for seven days, one dollar s worth of
bread will give each a daily ration of 2-f cents; and
if they eat three meals a day, each may consume
per meal 9 mills worth of bread, a little less than
one cent s worth. Now bread is the heaviest item.
They will get less of meat per mouth each meal,
and still less of vegetables; while the smaller items
become too microscopic for consideration. On the
other hand, these food articles are all bought at
small retail, the most expensive and wasteful
method of purchasing.

While the table given above will permit no
extravagance, no overloading of stomachs, it will
be noticed that there is no surplus. The whole
$5.25 is spent for food and rent. There is no

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