The evening world. Newspaper, September 17, 1921, Page 11

New York’s In i 520,000. Carloads Totalling 4,500,000,000 Pounds 10,000 Freight Cars Bring- ing Just One Week’s ‘ta, Supply Would Make a Train 85 Miles Long. By Major Joseph Caccavajo, C. 2. D. Se. (Consulting Engineer and Expert on Population and Statistics of ; the City of New York.) HE value of foodstutfs | sumed con in New York City is approrimated at over $4,000~ 000 « duy, or close to $1,500,000,000 a year. tim € spent for food expended tor housing. New York pays nearly twice as much supplying the wants of the inner man as is paid out for clothing. Fuel and light cost but 10 per cent. of the Amount spent for eats and about a halt n Hien of the city’s @re engaged in prepa tributing tle food hore than 6,000,000 and work in Now York City There are ) restaurants, 4,000 bakeries, 6, confectioners, 200) 2,800 other pi fable wants ot the 1) grove asa pplyty nis. R.., Ten thousand carloads of food- stuffs alone enter the city every week and the fads and palates of the people from all over the face of the alobe who make up the population of the city draw sup plies from every State in the Union and from almost every country in the world. residents wand million pow single item on ther list +s milk, 1.37¢,000,000 pounds; meat (beef, pork, veal, &c.) is estimated at 634000000 pounds, vegetables about the same as meat, bread at 456,000,000 nds, and so on down a list hich ‘includes everything from goods to nuts. © @ halfatou The largest ind head of eattle and cep and lywhs ace Kil weekly in the city, M Than five hundred yids of live stock and 660 $ ‘ arrive im the city w y. This ddes net include pou . bs athtwe rate irloads a week. New York more thay quarts ¢ 1 44,000 farn Twenty thou New Yorkers Ose to 60,000,000 000 pounds a talian cheese, and chease 4 climes, bu nsumed is pro- from a most of the cheese e+ @ in Ney Forty mi turkeys, geese and New York ma than thirty carl arrive every day. A considerable portion of both f necessity sent to meet the re- cattle and poultry is into the city all quirements of people, who for relig- ious or other reasons, have animals used for food Killed ina particular or special manne When the fact is taken into con- sideration that New York Is the most cosmopolitan city in the world, made up of people from all over the fac of the earth, with a thousand and one Gifferent habits, customs and man ners of eating and liv ng, the magni- tude of the task of supplying thelr int line of eatables n in wants A measure at least be comprehended. New York eats over 1,259,000 pound boaves of bread every day, handled @hrough 186 wholesale bakers and the 4,000 retail bakers of the city, as well ne nearly 20,000 grocery and delicates- eon stores and a large number of regular delivery wagons. Figures covering last year's food gonsumption include such ftems a» $13,000 pounds of butter every day, 1,688,970 pounds of white potatoes, 264,978 pounds of sweet potatoes, 13 183 melons, 882,493 pounds of appl S411 pounds of grapes, nearly 12, 0000 bunches of bananas, 10,447 eads of lettuce, 219,445 pounds of onions, 188,712 pounds of peaches, }18,140 pounds of pears 162,000 pounds Pere O UDOT aes | [WHAT Rt? by the Prose Publishing Ce. COP Ne New York Peentng World.) QUESTIONS, 4. How many moons has the planet iter? ayy in what State was George Wheh- 's body laid at rest? ingternat isthe height of the Wash- Ington Monument? Who became President of the United” “states through Lincoln's death? 6. What King of the Hune wa called the “Scourge of God"? ‘ 6. From whose writings is “a thing ef beauty is a joy forever” quoted? 2. How is gold made into gold leaf? B What |s a painless, peaceful death called? ein . How many na Pp there ie“continantal United States? 40. Where, besides in North Ai fea, does the United Sta maintain @ national park? ANSWERS, 1. Nine. 2 Virginia. 8, 650 feet. 4 ‘Andrew Johnson. 6, Attila. 6. Keats. 7. Beaten. 8. Buthanasia, 6 Fifteen, 10. Hawalt, People Eat ; $1,500,000,000 ood Every ¥ear! $ NEW ‘YORK EATS EVERY DAY Bread . 1,250,000 loaves Milk 2,000,000 quarts Eggs . se eaneeens 6,000,000 310 car loads 240 car loads -110 car loads 110 car loads Grain and Flour .. Vegetables ... Dairy Product: Fruits . Meat .... 109 car londs Livestock 80 car loads Groceries, . 50 car loads Poultry ...... 80 car loads 30 car loads 5 car loads Canned Goods Sea Food . Just the Eggs Used in New York 60 x GO FT. SQ. 4 3600 FT. HIGH—> ips : pt i ge fie & 15 ig Beet a Tt ivf x] be Biol be Ae Of tymmitoss and. 180,082 pounds of cabbages, tyuxand car into: New ds of vege- ork by fi rock nd ca wis eceupy about MY cartoads, rainsand flour nearly carloads, nd fish over 125 carloads The trains of toodstufY whieh enter the city is almost beyond comprehen- sion, but when one in the city every day swverage person eats about one- ifa ton of food every year, the fact more than 1,300 carloads of*food- stuff enter the city daily is reduced to almost understand It ts estimated patronize the is considering a ere are on an average sev- trol hundred thousand out of town people constantly in the city and ber and amount of business ; done by t sin the business districts of the hours. Feeding during the noon animals in| New York City costs more than $50,000,000 an- nually, 100,000 bushels of oats, 700 to 800 tons of hay and 75,000 bush corn are br t into the city each day One interesting feature of the food supply gf the etty which Is more or less a thing of the past though the near bee nd soft drink business has wn to ic Proportions that the output of breweries is said to the have increased rather than decreased since the Prohibition Amendment to the Constitution went into effect. The annual amount of wines and Mquors consumed in New York prior to the dry wave was hetween $%.- 000,000 and . $20,000,000 Phe value of beer produced in the hrower'es of the city exceeded $60,000, 000 per annum. They used hons val- urd at $375,000 and malt valued at $11,000,000. ‘There were 13,000 whole- sn’o and retail establishments: 10,000,- 00 barrels or 819,000,000 gallons of beer Were consumed annually, deliv- ied by over 2,500 wagons and motor trucks, More than 200,000,000 bottles were ised in the city and more than 8,000, 000 barrels. The cooperage manufac- turers employed over 8.000, and con- siderably more than 500 people were kept constantly busy cutting corks for the liquor and drugdérade of the cit New York consumes more than 2,000,000.000 emgs'a year, the dally consumption being close to 6,000,000. If latd end to end these eggs would extend 65,670 miles, or twenty-two eggs every inch of the way from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. If stacked up In the standard egg crates, which contain thirty dogen eggs each, they would erect a tower as large as that of the Wolworth Bullding, 3,600 feet in height, or more than twice the helght of the Woolworth Tower and the Eiffel Tower combined. The bread consumed daily, if piled on Central Park West along Columbus Cir- Central Park fro cle to 110th Street, woul! build a wall two feet thick and ten feet high. ‘The problem of taking care of the toot supply of Néw York City is by no means the least of the great prob ems with which the officials and business interests of the city are confronted. There are no warenous- ing facilities available adequate to take care of more than a day or two, so that the necessity of keeping all avenues open for the prompt delivery of food supplies, especially those of @ perishable character, ts absolutely vital for the protection of business, health and sanitation of the city. The familiar slogan of the men of the army and navy during the World War, “When do we eat?" was the cause of many smiles by those wae were not aware of the enormity of the problem of taking care of the inner mati where millions of people are Involved, but New York City has 4 greater population than there were men and women in the entire armed forces of the United States during the war, and while they may not give yotoe to such slogans as were popu- lar in the oampe, still the question of where, when’ and what we cat is cloge to being the paramount thought of every healthy man, woman and cehild in the community, THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, ae a. NG: Can You Beat It! « 3 A LADY: You S&E% Eis, By Mauri Don'T.Yau KNOW 1921. ra] NAY r/ é Copyright, 1941, by the Press Publisning Co, (‘Tae New York Evening World.) ‘Copyright, 1921, by the Press Publishing Co, EAR Miss Vincent—For the | could never love him enough to ¢§ “NORA HICKETT was in to ace maven i iheveiaean marry him and was too young to at B bhi rs i marry him. We still go out to- me to-day! began: re going about with a gir aethenibucdi weuldilike danknew Jarr, as soon as Mr. Jarr ghteen, whom | dearly love. if | should continue to do this u got inside the door the other eve- She tas been a home girl and | der such circumstances, that ning. “After listening to the sordid have visited her at her home very often, where her parents have been most cordial. Recently | be- came involved in some serious financial trouble, which will take me fully a year of hard work to straighten out. She wants to go to places | cannot afford at pr ent. | suggested we go to places within my means, but she would not listen to this. Then | told her that she coula give me up and go with some chap who would take her to the places she desires but she cried. | explained my position to her freely and she atill insiets on having her way. Next to her | love my busine: reputation most and | don’t want to give up either, so what do you advise? Ww. It acems to me you ought to be able to work out some plan where you can be together and not spend any sum which will inconvenience you. A girl who really cares for you ought to take an interest in your af- fairs and wish to help you. There are so many things young people can enjoy together which cost litle nothing, from the movies, bus rid Viste to the museums and parks to say’ nothing of long sprints country, that [should think you might get along very well for at least a year. Dear Miss Vincent—I have been going with a boy for the lai eight months As his birthday is before no | would you please advise ime what to give him? UNCERTAIN. Beaer be conventional and not give him a gift, but merely send him an approprate birthday card greeting. Cear Miss Vincent—1 am a young woman eighteen years of Age, an only daughter and my parents do not care to lose me for a few years yet. | know a man of thirty-three, an athletic fellow who looks about twenty-six, who “holds a good position and has an excellent reputation. We are of religions, but neither family objects to this. | am very fond of him and like him better than any other know that he loves me and would do anything for me. | told him when he proposed that | believed ni know. 1 a Courtship and Marriage By Betty Vincent By Roy L. that we may never marry? Ple: tell me what to do, ae | care a great deal for him. UNCERTAIN. It seems to me that you are making a long story out of a very simple lit- tle love story, Eighteen ts not too young to think of marrying. If you squabbles of married people, as I have had to ileten to Clara Mudridge Smith, and all the particulars of the unpleasant rows she has with that awful old husband of hers, it was u welcome reli¢f to listen to the artiess love this man there is no reason in prattle of a young girl. For Cora the world why you should not become Hickett ts a sweet thing, I don't care engaged and wed him within the next what you say year or 80 “] didn't say sho wasn’t a sweet The Married Martyr | $ By Sophie Irene Loeb. ole midnight and the lamp Ourns low as she sews and sews. And folds away the much-needed apparel of her wee ones. Somewhere in the same room He whom she had sworn to love and honor Lics sleeping peacefully and oblivious Of the turmoil that surges in her heart. He has had his supper—a good one, as only she can inake And has said no word through it all And afterward suddenly picked up the evening paper And off to solitude. No word of approval, or kindness, or act, or deed had he vouchsated her; Never a thought that she needed anything. For was he not @ good provider? And did he not bring home his “hard-earned money” for her to use In comforts for him and the children? And what more coutd a woman want? But the soul of her was starved with inattention And acceptance of everything as though it had to be He was self-satisfied and settied and selfish That was the thing that hurt He had stood still while she was looking forward to brighter days, Putting up with the sordid ones in the everlasting hop Rut now It was dead. And she went on from day to day doing the deeds that were her « Suffering in silence. Many a time the youth tn her cried out And she would have torn the fetters aside That she might find something in the universe Of beauty and sweetness—away from the grind But then there were the helpless pattéring feet that called, And she must answer and bear for them. Hitter hate was In her heart for him she called husband for @uny a year, For never a thought had he given to the possible pleasure For expression of herself that each woman must have To go on in the scheme of things. His men friends were enough, it seemed, to bim. And there she was, lonelw and bitter. How many mothers are neglected after the first-born—e'en as she? And why should it bet . The Jarr Family McCardell (Tee New York Evening World) thing, therefore [ care not,” was Mr. Jarr’s careless reply, as he hung up his belated straw hat “Oh, of course, of course, I know you are fond of her!" said Mrs. Jarr “Now hold on, !€ you please!” re- torted Mr, Jerr, “You can erase me from the list of Mise Cora Hickett's ardent admirers. 1 hold no brief for In tact I think je's the ultra ys and smokes Mra. the fair Miss Hickett. she's too fresl! modern girl who #w and” She's only « friend of mine, Jarr interrupted to say erefore she ik all of those reprehensible things!" “Well, all T really mean to sey ts that sho ts too fresh,” interjected Mr. Jarr, “and we'll let it go at that.” “You always make a big fuss over Cora Hickett, just the same; and T will say that if I thought she was the kind of girl you say sho is | wouldn't entertain her, The next time she comes to see you T'll walk right out. thought {!t funny that she didn't stay but about fifteen minutes. [ suppose that was becaure she found you weren't home. Hut never mind! 1 will say, however, that the stage lost a good actor in you, First you are nsulting about her, and then when I say a word {n her favor you are loud n her praise!” “What's the 180 led Mr, Jarr. Then say no more the best thing tn a ca 1 Mra, Jarr with forced ealm ol, T have nothing to say against your friends your friends, Of course | am old fashioned and faim suspecting, but 1 Mudridge inith has noticed what has been on, She didn't want to hint at anything, st , but took what's in the papers fay” “There's murder in the papers every Jay!” Mr. Jarr declared wildly. “And 1 know reason why. While you are aby why don't you hired your friend, Clara Mud 1 are do Jarr went on, “Why don't 1 divorce and name this rl, whom [ haven't seen bu year, and then on use? Oh, what's the when silence is eof this sort,” Ww nt it tectives lke ridge-Simith, and her hui Mr sue Hic ina she was with y hy CM be nd you were both 1 yet How tld you was fresh tf you only saw her twic With me?” Mrs. Jarr insisted But Mr. Jarr made no reply except to give a wild ery agd rush out to the hall, seize his straw hat and tear it bits The season is over traw hats. vnyway. But the destruction of pr calmed Mrs. Jarr, and she smiled remarked that she never saw « man lose his temper Itke he did when one teased him ever eo little, On With the Uplift Reform Societies Never Even Stop for Stock-Taking © How to Reduce Diet Suggestions * o> By Doris Doscher. Coprrtaht, 1921, by the Press Publishing Ce Sie New York Eventing Worl} E cannot overestimate the W benefit de ed from the proper dict. More and more we are coming to understand that the only intelligent way to obtain good health is to avoid either putting into our stomach more food than we need or can digest or such combina tions as are antagonistic, thereby forming acid which is bound to have {ts {ll effect upon us. The age when we ran to the doc- tor demanding a pill for every ache and thinking thereby to obtain a cure is past Nature Is the real healer and drugs should be used only as a means to assist ature In “her great curative work, This mat ter of diet ts particularly true of the overstout person. By several broken Jaws excessive foods are stored up in the body, which must be atten rid of before th» scales can be tipped at normal and good health and vitality reign supreme, Do not think that this can be accomplished without a ercrifice of a little time and by re- fusing what y have looked upon Aw some of the goodies of life. 1 want yon to learn to eliminate as muoh as possible the starches and sugars from your diet #0 as to give Nature her chance to get rid of not only the excess fat but poisons in your system. Fresh frults and vegetables must have a prominent place on your menu until you reach your normal weight; after that you can partake of the other things moderately and still maintain your good hehlth. Pain is a danger signal, a sick headache, poor eyesight, lack of vital- ity, Indigestion and a general feeling of fatigue can all be traced to their criginal source—tmproper diet or tm- proper mastication, That ls why I say to you that [ would not, tf could give you just a pill that would reduce your weight, because this is not consistent wtih good health, but now that you are learning to regu- late your diet and make proper choice of foods, you will find many diseases, esides obesity, are for you a thing of the past ‘The matter of reducing overweight in a child must bo dealt with differ- ently than that of overweight in an adult, for the child has need of cer- tain foods for its bony development that you of maturity do not need. AS the weight is reduced I want you to be faithful in the exercises that are ing given in connegtion with this reduction column, begause they will not only help reduce your weight but en the muscles and flesh will strengtl and keep vou from the shrivelied and shrunkened appearance that. drugs and other methods of reduction are liable to give. So when I say to you - who are overweight reduce, It Is the fas saying follow this course for your health’s sake. For In the exact proportion as you control and re late your overweight you are con~ trolling and your good health Nowtng is a suggested menu for reducing die Reducing Menu. BREAKFAST. Juice of one large orange. One Vienna roll or a slice of toast. One poached egg. Cup of milk, half hot water. LUNCHEON. regulating Frult Small equ: Junket. corn bread. DINNER. Chicken or lamb fricassee, bi or stewed cel e whole wheat bread. Prune whip. Answers to Readers. Please tell me through your column in The Evening World how | can reduce my bust. As | have the care of three children | cannot go swimming or play ten- nie, Wilt’ one. teaspoonful of Epsom salts tal 'y morning help reduce the bust? Also are ‘alt water baths at home good? Tam’ sixteen years old, weigh 140 pounds and am 4 feet 9 Inches in height. M. M. You are very short of stature and you should only weigh 112 pounds. I think you need # general reduction more than any special part of the body. You will find that your diet mnet he regulated to reduce your weight, Ido not advise you to take ything Internally to reduce. The atments given in this column are icient without the ald of drugs. water bathe at home are very PoE —¥You should have no trouble In reducing provided you are thful in your diet as well as your exert At your age you will be j ! by a meduetion, Over- weit y-tive 18 dangerous. You Hit gh about 140 pounds, but 1 tion be gradual so that 1 nanent ur hips need ‘ ition, #o take the afte hip rub. A plece of fruit between meals will not greatly Increase your tween Sometimes a water slowly sipped will tide y wer that feeling of emptiness, J. G—y¥ ly about ten inds overwetk mu need the ercises more f rving your eir- culation than for reduction, M. R. D—Y shoult weigh for your age and height 125 pounds. Fo: low instructions for both det and exercise. Estelle—You should weigh, at 6 feet 8% inches in height, 141 pounds, Like Tennyson’s Best Seller, Their Work and Salaries Go On Forever. By Neal R. O'Hara. Copyright, i921, by the Prony Pobitant 0 New York ‘Evenine World ) Hs industry controlled by re- lief committees never suffers from slack times or walk- Outs. The Amalgamated Friends of Fish report natty progress in their drive to prevent overcrowding of canned sardines. The canners have shown @ hearty co-operation ant have reduced.sardines from twenty to fourteen percan, And there's no increase in price in spite of thist he quota of sardines to a tin now being more select than ever, tt isto be expected by their friends that they will have a superior taste. ‘Th next move for the A. F. F. will be { pcure eizht performances a werk for all tralned seals. A reduction in armament for swordfish has als been sucgested, The Association for Doing Some thing for Letter Carriers has sent a committee to Washington. Souven!r posteards have been received, ind! cating fine progress In sight-seeing ‘The letter carriers want fatter sali ries so their families can starve de cently. They demand more in thelr pay envelopes. But Congress want to arbitrate. Congress is willing to give the carriers less pay and move envelopes. Committee of best minds in Congress reports It costs nothing for Congressmen to send mali Therefore hard to see how Govern- ment can afford to holst carriers salaries. The Congressers frank their mafl to save their Jack, bur promise they'll help the postmen out. Minortty will ask Government Weather Bureau to provide fairer weather for carriers to walk in. Chorus Girls’ Protective Union tickled cuckoo by latest results. TH union has wiped out the stage-dor Johns and made life happier for th merry-merries, The gals are no longer forced to let Johnny-sucker pay for their meal ‘They are nat- urally overjoyed at this. The General Nuisance Committe of New York {s contemplating a wii- tor programme of reform. Th» « question is what kind of reform will be the Jargest nufsance and at the same time grab off the most spa: for the officers and second vice pres dents. Hon. Ethelbert Periwink!» general counsel, favors a Twentiet Amendment, if necessary, for ma} Ing blankets for radiators comput! sory. Statistics provided by the Nuisance Committee's staff show tha: if blankets are thrown over radiator from Dec. 1 to April 15 500,000,000 less barrels of alcohol will be used to keep radiator water from freezing A trainioad of lecturers will tou the country and collectlons ar: scheduled for all way stations. The Federated Bureau of Work men’s Relief is wrestling with « mammoth problem and expects to get two falls out of three. Certifie figures from the bureau's field agent« show that oyster catchers are out of work from May to August, tncludin. week days and Sundays. The rexson a majority report concludes, ts that oysters are positively nix durine months that are not spelled with an “rp” The burean {s taking tmmed: ate steps to have May, June, July and August rechristened #o that ys ter men may hereafter work the yea: round. Until this change !s accon plished the sea food boys will form in bread lines for their rations oyeter cracker Going Down! R JOBLESS ONE: Dr. D Conwell, who for many years has done the work r man as well as ys if you cannot make money where you are, you can not make it anywhere. A man In Southern New Je sey was out c He took the nearest him, which t to be a berry patch us bie own Rouse Sith the halp of a member of } family he picked from Fr until Sunday afternoon Men camo to his home and bought the berries and he mace enough money to buy an mobile and now sells bis ries in the market Are you not as’ SMART as this man? Then go out back of your house and pick berries, which !s @ figurative way of saying, take the first thing that comes along and do not be afraid of getting your hands dirty God may give you a million ideas. If you do not use them ag the Jersey man did, they will naught and you will 4, even as you would have been ‘rewarded had yeu accepted any one ot the good ideas which come to you o: Faithfully, ALFALFA lay be puntah NR ee een SMITH. ee eee Me ee nme + mad oF