Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-29
Arrayed in Open Revolt Against
Forty-Five Cent
Article.
PLEDGED TO DRY BREAD
1--WE Will HIVE Ten Cent Reduction
In the Price or Quit Buying IT,
Said CIubwomnn Today.
OUR MOTTO:
Beware OF Woman When With An
CRY Passions Ovcrwrought.

sign worded as above neatly fam
ed may not be hung on the doo- Of
every grocer's shop in town by the
women of the city tomorrow. but IL is
the sentiment which the tradesmen VIII
hear In language emphatic and TO the
point. A convention by telephone is
being held in the city today by the
housewives. 1t is n somewhat novel
procedure. but IL the spirit of the
women behind the movement Is tc be
taken as an indication OF their feelnss
in the matter. success must be theirs
or the bread Is TO be eaten unputtcred
until conditions readjust themselves.
Here is the reason:
Il want The Deseret News 20 say this
afternoon that the women OF Salt Lake
know when they are paying too nGcn
for butter. We want the grocers 10
know that we know this, and that we
propose TO have butter at q reasona bic
figure. or that we Will not use 1t at all
until they will comply with our de-
mands We are willing to pay IS cents
n pound for butter in the winter with
out complaint, for we know that the
season must regulate the price some
what, but To charge 45 cents a pound
for an article of which so much is used
loO lnuSH anu W. VIII llOl Sl1tu
for it."
AN ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN.
The above is the statement made
over the telephone to The News this
morning by woman prominent in club
circles and when asked how they were
going about 1t to bring the price down.
she said.
We'll, I'll tell how we are going t.
do it and I'll tell you that we are golng
to do it"-and the manner OF her say
ing it leaves no doubt as to the spirit
of the women In the forefront OF the
movement. Then she proceeded:
I'VE are holding convention by tele-
phone. or n mass meeting, / suppose it
might be called, and already. though
we have been at work only n few hours,
we are as sure of success as candidates
for office the day before election. The
Ladies Literary club, the Woman's
league, church societies and other or
ganizations of women ave leading the
campaign. and I'll tell you the groccrs
will know there has been some fighting
going on before the smoke OF battle
clears ago. At a chance gathering of
several women yesterday the subject
of the price OF butter came up in our
conversation and n plan was made be-
fore we parted for today's telephone
IfldSS I1Cttlu6a II 81 HiDptutu lli<tt
each of the women in the gathering,
there were five OF us, belonged to some
organization of women. We agreed 20
call by telephone this morning all II
the other members of our organizl-
tions. Before we had gone far with
our work. we realized that we had sup
port everywhere we called and that
other women took up the campaign
with US with great spirit. Other or
4n1 tt,
the firing line and now we have work
ing practically all the women's clubs
OF the city
UNBUTTERED BREAD.
1--WE are going to have butter at 35
cents a pound Put that down In your
note book, please, and we are going
to have that or none The grocers can
take their choice of selling us the but
ter at that price or none. We are
going to pledge enough women to make
it worth while They will either sell
their butter at that price OF we won't
buy 1t. We believe we can easily edu-
cate our palates to unbuttered bread.
and if VIC cannot, we will do without
it anyway
Somewhere I remember reading
saying to the effect. Beware OF woman
when with angry passions over
pretty well and whine we may not
have it framed and make New Years
presents to our grocerS of it, that's
how we feel and the sooner they wake
up to it the better
She was very much In earnest about
the matter. She asked leave to say no
more about the subject, observing that
she had some so telephone calls to make
on the campaign issue, and that It
might keep her pretty busy.
ITO show you how feel about II. I
want to say that am going TO serve
bread at luncheon today
just to start the ball rolling" She said
in conclusion.