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In the Driftway

October 9, 1929 issue

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This article focuses on several issues. The editor of this article says that in the book "Waste Not, Want Not," by Benjamin Franklin, Franklin has talked about waste, nobody in practice has ever paid the slightest attention to this particular adage. On the contrary, the philosophy upon which Americans act is that it doesn't matter how much runs away at the spigot so long as they keep the reservoir full. And it is fortunate for this thing called prosperity that such should be the case. For waste is the essence of modern industry.

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FACTORY & trade waste; WASTE Not, Want Not (Book); FRANKLIN, Benjamin, 1706-1790; MAXIMS; RESERVOIRS; INDUSTRIES

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H.L. Mencken, "An Eminent American," July 11, 1923.

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