Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-01-26
BOYCOTT SPREADS.
Louisville, Ky, Fraternal Or
ganization Cuts Out Meat.
GEORGIA TOWNS JOINS RANKS.
Secretary Wilson Says Farmers
Should Raise More Msas-Ths
Orange Judd Farmers Statement

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Orange Judd Farmers Statement
Chicago, Specialize most mo-
table acquisition to the ranks OF the
| anti-meat cause, came from Louisville
| Saturday where twenty-one lodges OF
a fraternal organization adopted res
| olutions that all members refrain
from eating meat more than once .
day during February.
Cleveland, O., credited with being
the originator Of the scheme, now
has 10000 names enrolled while. Kan
sas City reports 10000.
The heads Of the leading packing
houses of Kansas City and Chicago
! refused to discuss the effect OF the
! movement on their business.
Many other northern, western and
southern cities are to JOIN In the
meat boycott fight.
indianapolis, st. Paul and Toledo
reported that the attempts to launch
a crusade against prevailing high
prices in those cities had so far fail
ed. From st. Paul came the infors
nation that Labor Commissioned Nc
Even had declared the inhabitants
of Minnesota were too prosperous
to feel the effects Of the high prices
Apropos of the movement, The Or
ange Judd farmer makes the state
ment that 1909 was the most pros
porous year ever known in the 1--we
Stock industry according to the an
nual census review Of farm stock.
"The total value of all classes OF
livestock in the country Of January
/. 1910, was $4.SS0,O68, 000," says
that periodical. "The increase dur
ing 1909 was the greatest ever re-
corded in twelve months, amounting
to O,OOO,9 200.
There is an increase In the mum
beers of all classes of animals except
beef cattle and hogs, showing an n
crease in numbers and a heavy ad-
vance in average values per head at
the sam time. Cattle, ather chan
mich cows, total 4s,7SO,OO0 head,
worth ON an average, $20.76 each
The number of sheep is increasing
rapidly and now stands 54,726,O0O
worth $4.O7 each. Hogs showed q
marked. decline in numbers, reaching
only 4 1866 900 but the price per
head, $9.l5 is the highest on record.
.fWith the exception of beef cat
rio avery class of animals showed
!! the highest average price ever record
ed"
Secretary Wilson Says Farmers
Should Raise More Meat.
Washington, Special.5aDndoubt-
edly if the farmers were raising
more meat the price would be re-
duced," said Secretary Wilson OF
the Department of Agriculture IN
commenting upon the widespread
boycott against meat products.
"There are not enough people on the
farms raising food and too many
people are going to the towns to be
fed.
nThree-quarters Of a million Of
people" said Secretary Wilson, Aare
coming to the United States annual
" from abroad. They do not go to
the farms where they might help
raise food for the nation. Farmers
cannot get help. They go to the cities
and they have to be fed. The cities
produce nothing to eat although they
do produce something to drink.
Have you any plan for inducing
people to go to the farms where they
may help to raise foodsf" the Sec
rotary was asked.
"Jim Hill says they will go there
when they get hungry" said the See
rotary after shaking his head In re-
ply to the question.
To Investigate Alleged Meat Trust
in Missouri.
jefferson City, Special.-Attorney
/ General Major fled petition with the
Supreme Court for the appointment
of n examiner to take testimony IN
proceedings to ascertain whether
there is a trust or combination OF
meat packers in Missouri to control
To Abstain Thirty Days in Macon.
Macon, Ga, Special.-The Central
Labor Union pledges its members to
abstain from eating or buying meats
for thirty days.
Boycott in Augusta.
Augusta, Ca, Special.-A Soycott
TO ali meats for a period Of so days
as a practical protest against trust,
methods is the substance of a reso-
luton which was adopted by the local
typographical union. The centralsla-
Dor union adopted a similar resolu-
ton.
Meat Boycott.
Baltimore, Md, Special.-Many
of the ministers of this city In their
sermons applauded the meat boycott
and urged the members of their CON
s%regations to support the movement.
Nashville Enters the Fight.
Nashville, Tenn, Specialize
cause Of the prevailing high prices
of meat the Nashville Trades and
Labor Council unanimously adopted
resolutions urging labor union mem
bers and sympathizers in Nashville
to abstain for 80 days from eating
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