THE FREEDOM WAY
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You don't need much equipment to do the rough and ready
building you are going to do. And you might, like Thoreau,
even borrow what you need, but if you do, do be as careful
as he was when he returned his borrowed tools to have them
sharper and in better shape than before!
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Mr. Baker, when he built his house, had the most meager
kind of outfit. He had: a shovel, a hoe, an ax, a belt
hatchet, one crosscut saw, one panel saw, a brace and two
bits, a sharpening stone, and two files: And that was all.
His personal outfit, while we are on it, because you will
need a personal outfit yourself, you know, consisted of the
following: 3 pairs of U.S. Army blankets, bought second
hand; one Hudson's Bay blanket, a canvas tarpaulin, sheet
iron stove, set of cooking utensils, water pail, water bag,
and small wash tub.
In clothing he has a sheeplined coat, an army hat, several
pair of heavy shoes, socks, an extra pair of trousers, two
suits of underwear, an overcoat, one slicker.
Don't let not having S 100,000 in government bonds or two
or three business blocks hold you back from leading the
simple life. Your shelter is going to cost you next to
nothing-after you get your cabin built $3 to $5 per month
is going to take care of that. And your actual living, food
to eat, other expenses which are inevitable to a human
being as long as his breath holds out, are not going to
cost you much more.
The few dollars it is going to cost you per month to live
you are going to have little trouble in getting, as you
will see when you read the next Sections.
SECTION IV
FOOD AT SMALL COST
"We can call always fire on less, when we have more to
livefor. "
- Stephen McKenney
Maybe you have yearned for years to lead this simple
life, but have been afraid you weren't ready for it, because
you did not have an assured income from investment of from
$100 to $1,000 per month, depending upon the extravagance of
your tastes or your experience in what constitutes a living
in a modern city or town.
Revise your concept of what a living means and you can live
like a king on very little, for much less, as a matter of
fact, than $1 a day. And anyone can earn $1 a day
regardless of where he is, regardless of how unskilled he
is, because $1 a day can be picked up with just a few hours
work a week.
You are used to grocery bills running $100 a month and up,
but it doesn't cost more than 10 per cent of that to
sustain life and health and keep you well nourished. The
trick is to buy simple foods, which are always inexpensive,
instead of fancy foods which are always dear.
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