The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-01-31
A NATIONWIDE. LESSON.

A WIDE LEooOlt.
How The Fight Against Dear
Meat is Progressing.
baltimore Sun. oath.
Revolutions have been started
by less than the American people !,
are suffering now" says Sena-
tor Joseph L. Bristow, Of Kan
sas.
Meat foots up to a quarter of
the average household eXpens-
es, and it ought to be cheaper
today instead of dearer than it
was rs years ago. because Of the
enconomy in it's preparation and
sale. When [ was a boy rs per
cent, of the carcass went TO
waste. Now nothing goes to
waste-not even the blood"
Thus far the movement. which
| first took form in an actual boy
colt at Cleveland, has met with
most success in the West. The
East has been slower to follow,
! Influenced, perhaps, by a wide
spread feeling among small deal
ers and in the labor unions that
a universal boycott, though ef-
: fective as protest, would act
uaily play into the hands of the
packers. who, with their control
Of cold-storage houses and re-
frigerator lines, could carry
: their produce through a pro-
longed boycott, whereas even
, 80 days cessation of trade would
/ put the small Independents out
= Of business.
What the scattered and sporad-
ic boycotts all over the country
and the universal protest have
: done, however, is to focus the
attention of the nation upon the
: necessity foc economy. The mos
serious warnings have beer
t sounded On this subject by econ
q omists, statisticians and bushes:
e men without bringing the truth
home to the people as has thei;
@ sudden RELAXATION Of its appIca
q ton in one particular.
I The Central Federation Unto,
9 Of New York will probably n1ov'
q for a legislative inquiry thi
& week. A mass-1neetiDg Of pre-
- test is also being arranged by tn
3 Won1an's Trade Union League
9 Against public ciamor tn
}. packers reply that high prices 10
meats are attributable to III
high pece OF corr, and advocat
IS that the poor be educated to ca
n cheaper cuts.
# These cuts are just &
IS goo d and more wholesome.
! properly co0ked,'' says Harol
is Swift. Of Swift 6 co. Prices ar
is very high, but there is every II
g dication TIA they will gohigher.
, Actual consumption Of meat
TT reported by retail dealers every
where to have dropped sharply
l. Jan. %.
h Published figures controvel
l. the claims of the packers
* showing that, as receipts of ca
tie have increased, so has Il,
ID price risen,
ut Evidence to be used in the pr
n secution of the so-caIled trust
Ill was received in Washingtc
I'd from District Attorney Sims,
Id Chicago.
o. Judge kenesaw NJ. Lands,
nd 81, $40, 600 Standard Oil Fl,
g. fame, in charging the grand jul
ID which will consider the case, d
rs CARED it was on information fl
We nlshed by him that the prosec
&C. ton was instituted. The be
al case was postponed for f
sc. days to allow the jurous to fam
-- arize themselves with the pl
:, cedure by considering some ROT
uay tine matters first.
ebv The boycott continues to spre
inns and the effects of the campai
to are evidenced by falls in pri,
, th;s IN several cities, notably in C
re-. cago. where pork futures took
sail decided slump.
ent. In New York several forms
legislative action are under w
d. including a bill to limit the c
eys. storage period.
Mrs. Hetty Green decla
~ beef and lamb too expensive
her and took to fish.
Ighs The busiest and mlghtiest little II
and that ever was made is Chamberl;
tuff- Stomach and Liver Tablets, Thew
; re, the work whenever you require I