THE FOOD OF THE POOR.

North Otago Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 6632, 3 May 1888, Page 4

THE FOOD OF THE POOR.

P/ofccoor W. 0. Atwa or, in his article on lbo pecuniary »conoiry of food in tha January Century, \sv\ua ns follov^p ; "That tho ncu man becomes richer by naviug oral bo pooi mftti poorer by wailing his moupj i» on» of iho commouesi fac 8 in cluiiy expcrunce. hfa tuo poor man's money that ij tho mottt uueco'iouiicaiiy spent id tho niatke*, i.nO ihe poor u.aii'n food that ig wors' cooked auu served at hone. ... I took occasion to make eotue inquiries cnyjelt umoog tbo Jjjsion markbi nun, buU one very miel ljjtmt butcher in Boylston market eaid : ' Acroas the Birtet our (herein an eaiublisnmuii which tmplojß a go.ul many aooaistmie!). One oi thotn corner <o my piuco to buy mi a', nnd v*ry frequeuiiy v.e\n teuJoi loin eteak. I aeked litr one uuio vvh, bljg did DO l^ taku round or air^m, vrtnc!) is «» great dtHl oliOAjie., uud *>he repiiwd vciy iudignuutl>, "D> ycu suppose becaudt 1 don't come hero in n>y cuiiiago X dun\ warn jvia- ai good inua. »u licli toike have 1" And wheo I tikd w t'apiaiu to htr lijut ilic eticaptr rneiit v\asju»t »8 DUtri ious, Btic would uo' belit.ve mo. Now, ah and Mre— — •, who are among ihe vnmhhy Auu sensible people of this ciiy, buy ihoei.enpeei cv's of moat oQ me. Mr very otuu comes &Dd goiß & ooup bone, but 1 i»avo yoi through trjing to uell »ht«e ticouoimcul meats to that wooi^n and others of her class.' lam told that tbo peopio lv tho poorer parts oi Now Yurk Liity buy the bigbtat priced groceries, and tnut the meui men aay they can toll the coareer cum of meat io the rioti, but thai poo, io oi moderate rneane r«fuse iheuj. 1 noar ihu came thing fro/a Wrtshingioo oud otinr cities. A Irioud of mine, » man ot we«tlih, who, like ttis i-uhci beioie iniiJ, haa i n^ been no ed as one ot the mosi, generous benefactoitt of iho poor in ibe cuy »v. cic he livti, und vvi h vfhoiu 1 happened to bu talking about meet) maitciu remarktd : 'F^r my larnily I gel tbo cheaper cu^s oi meat because they are wiiea^or, M> ctnliircn ate eatistied with tne round steak an! shoulder, even il they are not to tender and looibsome ub sirloiu. Tuvy are stiong and i.calih> aua uudcrmanu thtit &uoh , iood is good euougu lor their pucttits and i« good ta^ug/i tor them,' I qutation who. her his or hm coaci-man would be co entirely reaUy to accept uu;h dooinuo ; and it tbo pooi people to whom m times of atreas his money ie given without etiufc are Jiku muu> others oi their alno, uot a ft>tv ot them would be \U contcni wuu eornc "t iho ioou mwerials that uppear rtguluriy oa his table,"