The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-04
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4 little surprised at the depth Of feeling
$,,rIaved by some OF them.
Continuing the experiment the reporter
II .roed the subject and again interviewed
4. near Suffering Public on the subject
u .ba Meat Trust. 1t wes lead pipe
,oh He found them boiling with interest
a Ia sweating wrath at every pore. All
+, cent one had q personal grievance and
4 MIA make short work OF the trust If they
4 are given an opportunity. The reporter
4 ood AZ the market place. He observed
4 AZ purchases were taken home in paper
"a ~ mr. small bundle. instead Of q hamper
<.stet as Of yore, and a look OF disgust
as m the faces Of the customers instead
Y, the smile of contentment. The pokey
y nix Of ruminatlon and reflection had sue
\, sded the quick step Of anticipation. The
&eople are thinking. There's no doubt about
II And when the people think, let public
K oundrels beware.
81 Cat old negress was No. 1. She shook
I'm indignation when the reporter asked
No. she thought OF the beef trust. Said
10. "Lawd, honey! Doan Ak me bout de
besY trus' Use bin eatin dog meat so
A. almost kin bark. Dey've done gone
'sbd tuck and hsted de price O. hamburger
..bd hash, an l KANT even git bacon
H. TO grease my chillun's muzzles wild to
make 'em pear spectacle"
IN. 2, a vegetarian, who delighted In his
stportunity. u don't know whether he has
IA doererel license or mott. May God bless
~ meat trust! Through Its minlstrations
'nbople may learn to live as Nature intend
- II is, from that standpoint, an instru-
'u,ent Of God, and may be savior Of man
lad. And II ye scribes will keep on beehn'
4bout the price Of beef; II you'll get the
MIR to thinkn' that the packer Is thief;
.0 you'll demonstrate that prices are kept
Inward by the trust-by the meanest COM
hjnatIon that ever was dlscussed-then the
81 ckln' house machinery will have to stop
i'd rust. for the folks will change their
a!ct. and the packers-they will bust. We
An give up meat as easy as fallln' of
'og for we shouldn't eat the greasy, lousy,
pDcrobe hog; we shouldn't touch
he flesh o. beef. for II Is full OF germs
3& cancer, Of consumption, Of terrifyln'
wprms II the Cudahys and Armours will
tetp the prices high, and hold the truck
sb<yond the reach OF such as you and ],
l}hey viii sure be benefactors, and may
Nus redeem the race, and put upon their
uppers every doctor In the place. For
most Of human ailment comes from gorsins
up on meat; observe the coarse and beefy
dl9pk Of half the men you greet; why, their
hodles TEEN with microbes from their fore
hcads to their feet. and they can't with
sthnd the winter ana they can't Withstand
the heat. lust let the packers raise the
ipkce Of cattle and Of shoat they are sowin'
zeeda Of trouble. and are cuttln their own
throat."
What was his argument, In substance.
No. 3, retail butcher: Great Gunsl
MAT bother mel I've Just got bill from
ne packing house. My sales are all on
Hedit and I'm in an Internal hole. You
Fant my opinion of the beef trust? Well,
3orget my name and place Of business, and
6IA tell you, for l dasnt spiel against the
nosses. They've got me where the hairs
fhert think the trust is a measly, rot
feE, hateful, cowardly, thieving, devi-in-
fphed, sinking, Infamous pestiferous com
hiaation. You can enlarge on that sen
te1ce II you Ike, only don't put my name
hto It, This talk OF natural conditions and
uap voidable consequences, and inexorable
Avs is all tommyrot. The fact is that a
<F bloated millionarles have food products
lcQhered, and present outrageous prices are
3oue to their obnoxious manipulations."
No. 4, boarding house madam: Yes, 1
5xeN the effects OF the trusts operations
M understand that 1t Is persecution and
fHfery to pay such high prices for food
4 whatever can we do? I've got twenty
iAW boarders. have always fed them
httt fva bod 70 eli haI
ZOE little of late. It's a fact. Last
~ always bought fifteen pounds Of ten
4l DIN for breakfast; now l buy seven.
to give them each three eggs and now
*h@ get but one, Sundays two. You have
~ rgure close. I'm not in the business for
43n and every little counts Prices are
*Httle iower this week. can buy choice
P7nerhouse now for Is cents, tenderoin
<A4 same but prices are above last year,
Fhen we could get good beef for 10 cents.
fEe butcher pays somewhere near 10 cents
w' s. restauranter; He pointed to a
EnxA on the wall, reading: lowing to the
0 sapnced price Of beef, pork and mutton,
VI efhave advanced our prices on all meat
sfders"
~ o. private citizen; I've quit eating
Mfst Before the agitation In the news9
ipspers hadn't noticed the abnormal prices,
Ioot when got to figuring the matter up
IVES amazed and indignant, and withdrew
W.patrOnage"
NJ I. citizen: 81 can AFFORD to buy
usf but III be jlggered II l pay tribute
fhe trust. They can't work me. I'm
tPs cereal foods and vegetables"
8, vegetable dealer; TITS bully
d thing for Us fellows. People have
k eating so much meat and are buying
Wfily Of vegetables OF all kinds"
~ o. citizen: when the packers deny
4 2sfe is trust, they make a statement nc
e gan believe. l personally know a man
"A custom whose business as a represent
4 4V OF the trust is to report dealers who
X tf''f rsell or cut prices. He is what is
n ed spotter, and l presume the trust
. ttt make things warm for the dealer
q <4y dared to lower the scale. have quit
ipg meats almost entirely until there
i n change"
II 2 TO- street car conductor; 81 can't
oi12:a meat. When buy any 1t is in small
1.iIes. lust enough to keep my appetite