The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29

Iclare that ii is GOD, contains nothing
lhur:ful and is indeed less Objectionable
ION the score of health than most of the
l~so-called butter sold.
So 1t is a law against olcomargarine
by congress-hoping TO stamp out in be-
half of mean butter manufacturers
and a failure by the same congress to
stamp out the vicious, r~escally meat
trust Down in Georgia the cry Is
high beef-25 cents a pound IN Atlanta
The butchers there cay Don buy
beef" This should be the cry every
where. The people can cue the great
evil and wrong at once-"Don't eat
beef" or any meats sold and controlled
by the trusts. In Atlanta. the Journal
says. the dealers declare that there is
mo remedy for the but to re-
duce their purchases" 1t will be better
to cut entirely. refuse to buy an ounce.
But If you will buy. let the 10 pound
purchasers cut to Z: the Z pounds to 5.
the 3 pounds to 3h; the 3h 10 2; the 2
to 1. The physic will work. The Jour-
nal furnishes its readers with a dinner
menu. but the trouble is it will only
serve he full pocket. We give it, but
the great class of Iorke can only
read and turn away disappointed:
Chicken Soup.
Asparagus Tips, ScoIlopei Potatoes.
Stuffed Tomatoes, Lettuce. with
French Dressing,
Chicken Croquets.
Ice Cream. Angel Cake
One chicken a be made to serve
both for the soup and the croquets. The
white meat of the chicken can be made
into croquets after il has been boiled
for the SOUP.
Chickens and vegetables are so high
in Wilmington they are as expensive
as high-priced beef. AS TO Ice cream
and cake, that will co for Fourth of
July and Christmas.
The truth is there is great dIsappoint-
ment as to the full dinner pail of the
republicans & Co.. in 1896 and 1900. The
pail may be full but il is in the great
house." not in the homes of 1.-The
Ilowly'' and the hungry. The great pros
Iperity is confined to about one man in
fifty. The Dingley bill has played
the very mischief" The Atlanta Con-
lstitution has a sensible and timely edi-
Itoria1 suggested by THE Pirates of the
Dinner Pail" from which we take an
enlightening PASSAGE:
1.-The workman who gaily romped in
the professions behind the advance
Iagent of prosperity and voted for the
home market and higher wages is be-
ginning to find that while he has a few
dollars more of age perhaps he also
lhas a home market that has a higher
and continuously crescendo schedule Of
Iprices for the prime necessarIes of life.
AS he goes by the market these days he
finds it easier to carry home the steaks
land roasts that he has educated his APP
petite to crave and the butter and lard
land eggs do not worry him in their
heaviness as they used to do. He wants
Ito know why his wages ave gotten out
lof proportion to his daily p~rovender?"
What shall be done? What ought to
be done? Not starve. but resolve not
Ito eat the beef trusts meats of any
kinds. Then congress has it's part to
perform and quickly. 1t should not
dare to longer delay. The Philadelphia
Record gives this:
B it enacted by the senate and
house Of representatives of the United
States, in congress assembled, that from
and after the first day Of May, 1902.
duties o n cattle, hogs and sheep, and
on beef. pork and mutton be and are
repealed A measure like this.
which could be passed in any morning
through both horses, would serve
OF the unconscionable Beef Trust. Try