THE FREEDOM WAY
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"Only one thing in life matters - independence. Lose
that, lose everything. Get old like me, you'll find that
out. Keep your independence!"
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- John Galsworthy in "Old English. "
Soon after the first edition of the Course was distributed
friends began to chide us and point out that, after all, it
- was some years ago that Mr. Rice made his experiments in
living on $1 a week for food. The world has come a long way
since then (most of it for the worse, many insist) and food
costs in particular have advanced greatly. They doubted
that anyone could live on $1 a week for food today, or
anywhere near that amount. "Be reasonable," they said.
"Make it $10 a week and more folks will believe you!"
Frankly, we began to feel a little uneasy ourselves. We
don't live on $1 a week for food; never have and don't
expect to. We think it unnecessary for anyone in these
times to impose such Spartan restraints. We only intended
to point out that it could be done, and done
satisfactorily, if necessity demanded.
As doubt increased, we decided that we'd better have a
careful test made and appealed to a man who had practiced
the simple life for several years to give us the benefit of
a laboratory experiment. His report follows:
"Dear Friends: You know I'm in sympathy with your ideas,
but I didn't expect to be made a guinea pig. At least, not
in mid-July when my garden is burgeoning with the first
ripe tomatoes, green beans, sweet corn, new potatoes, peas,
et cetera, and you tell me I have to pass them all up
because some of your Doubting Thomases may not have
gardens. My advice to them is to locate where they can have
a garden. What is life without a garden?
"But since you were so urgent, here is my report, and I'm
willing to seal it with blood, notarize it, and swear on a
stack of Bibles if you insist.
PURCHASED SUPPLIES
3 pounds whole hard wheat from feed store. . . . . . . . .
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1 pound soybeans from feed store. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2 pounds powdered skim milk from bakery. . . . . . . . . .
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1 pint blackstrap molasses from bakery . . . . . . . . . .
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1 package iodized salt from grocery . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1 yeast cake from grocery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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