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10000 Pledges in Sight.

CLEVELAND, January 21.-with the
total Of "meat strike petition signers
we'll above $4,000, due to the spread of
the movement to the Lake Shore and
Erie railway employees. eggs took a sym
pathetic tumble Of two cents a dozen in
the retail shops yesterday.
A Thirty Cent Egg Club aided In this
slashing of prices by the retailers. de-
spite frantic efforts by the egg board of
the Cleveland commission houses to sup
port the price.
1t is estimated that more than 10000
meat eaters are involved In the pledge
to abstain from meat for thirty days.
The Cleveland Provision Company.
gave indicaticN of its opinion of the
strike when it dismissed a third of Its
drivers. They were engaged in deliver
yards
will remain firm. despite the strike.
made to big t buyers. George freshman,
proprietor of the Gridiron restaurant In
the public square,. said he had been of
la pound instead of the IA he has been
1.-THE strike is involving others than
those who are signing the pledges o out in
have fallen off 25 per cent since Monday
THE clerks and the downtown office
men are substituting cereals rice and
half-and- half being the big MONDAY dish
now. My mattresses tell me their meat
orders fell to twenty apiece this nOon
where they usually take sixty to seventy
apiece"
Detroit Learns Tariff Lesson.
DETROIT, January 21.-A thorough
study into the high prices which pre-
vail in Detroit, both in foodstuffs and
house rents, shows that the situation is
becoming alarming.
While house rents in the two-mile circle
ing gone as high as 80 per cent, wages
have only advanced per cent since
1907
Mr.. Merchant points with pride to the
fact that potatoes, at least. are cheaper
about one-third per bushel-than they
were a year ago. but this is Of little con-
ISOLATION Of the wage Garner, for what he
saves on potatoes is gobbled up in the
meat market.
Michigan cities are considering the ad-
visibility Of following the example set
by Cleveland, and circulating petitions
which are being signed largely that they
will eat no more meat until the prices are
reduced. Port Huron, st. Clair and Grand
Rapids are among the list, while the lat
ter also will abstain from eating as much
other food as possible
Thomas +. Newton. one of Detroit s
largest packers, said:
Il do not believe meat strike would In
any way effect prices. for it could not be
made universal enough. AS the matter
!, stands, the supply and demand are about
equal. l do not see any reason to pre-
sumo we will have any sudden slump in
meat prices. | think they will stay high
for some time to come.
The rise in food prices has served to
impress a little lesson in tariff on the
people of Detroit. While commodities
of all sorts. most of which are heavily
protected" have become more and more
expensive on this side Of the river. in
Windsor, just across the river in Canada.
the cost of living has not yet departed
from the normal. 1t is IS per cent cheap
err to live in Canada than in Detroit.
Striving for $1,000 Members.
OMAHA, Neb., January 21.-Fifteen
thousand men in Omaha. refusing to eat
meat for one month. is the number for
which the labor unions of this city are
striving as members of the "Anti Meat
Eating Club" which they have formed
as the protest against the high price of
meats.
Two thousand union laborers signed
the agreement and the promoters OF the
strike expect every union man in the city
and thousands Of non union workmen to
add their names to the list.
The Central Labor Union Of Omaha
with 5000 members, is behind the move
ment.
Five hundred new members were added
to the list yesterday.
The Building Trades Council has for
mally Endorsed the movement and advised
all union workmen as we'll as non-union
meh to join the club at once and stick to
it until the prices Of meat are lowered
II. Stoesser, head of the Carpenters
Union, in charge of the organization of
the anti-meat club. says:
We will extend the movement to South
Omaha and Council Bluffs. and within a
week expect to have more than $1,000
members.
the packers came yesterday in an inter-
view with the manager of Swift & Co,
who said
The fellows who are signing this anti