The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-23
NO VOTE TAKEN ON
THE MEAT BOYCOTT
Citizens in Mass Meeting De-
eide to Defer Action on
the Motion.
ATTENDANCE TOO SMALL
TO WARRANT DECISION
Farmers Market to Be Estab-
lished in Pioneer Park, at
City's Expense.

ection at the meeting held in Federation
of Labor hall Saturday night TO con
slider the question Of The cost of living
4 motion was made that those present
abstain from the usc of meat, butter
aud eggs for thirty days, but it wa:
not put TO the meeting. an amendment
being made and carried that action be
deferred until the next meeting. This
course was pursued because of the
small attendance.
When the meeting opened about 100
were present, half as many as were in
attendance a week ago, but the discus,
sion was so protractcd that the audi
cncc had dwindled 10 onc-half by the
iimc it came TO vote, so the matter was
postponed.
1t was stated at the meeting that a
farmers market house is 10 be erected
at Pioneer park at the expense of the
city and until that is done some tenn
porary location VIII he secured where
the farmer can market his produce di-
rect To the consumer The establish.
ment Of Il cooperative store WAS again
under discussion, but this matter will be
reported on fully at the next meeting
aS the committee meets on Wednesday
night fully to nerfect its plan.
Mayor John 5. Bransford was 10 have
presided. but was prevented by prior
engagement. Frank B. Scott took Che
chair ard the principal speaker was
tho Rev DR.. L. r. Short who spoke on
the economic and ethical phase of the
question.
Trusts Have no Conscience.
Mr., Scott, in the course of an ad-
dress, said that the beef and butter
,--hs srh n1,,ln h.
no conscience. The packing companies
had no hesitation III increasing the price
of meats. He said that tho present was
The hrst time since 1867 that hogs were
selling at cents per pouod and Vet
they were paving from 20 to SO cents
per pound Agitation, be thought, would
result in n reduction Of prices TO some
extent. but as soon as the agitation sub
sided the old prices would be restored.
He explained that the members of the
Woman s league who had the question
of the cost Of living under considcra-
ton, were to have been present, but
were unavoidably absent.
Mr.. Scott claimed that tho creamerics
were selling l4la and II ounces for "a
pound of butter aud were making 100
per cent profit. II they gave up the
use of one article and started the use
Of another the price of that article
would be advanced He advocates that
they either organize and take over the
trust or organize trust IN opposition,
IN this connection ne proposed the cs.
tabiIShmcnt of cooperative store. He. !
however, did not want men to become |
interested IN such a store who invest
thousands Of dollars, because that would !
destroy the cooperative principle and it |
would In time simply become a capital |
isjic concern.
Rudolph Marti told how the meat |
trust drove cooperative butcher store |
ont of business In Ogden by cutting the |
prices, While The store was in opera
ton prices fell from % cents TO cents
per pound. The store, however. could !
not sell for less than cents per pound, |
while the trust cut The price TO Z cents |
and as soon as the cooperative concern !
went ont of business the old prices OF |
- cents per pound were restored.
Economics and Ethics.
The Rev. F. B Short, the Deyt speak
er, suld the question carried with it, as |
II presented iisclJ to his mind, two
great problems, one the problem of |
economics, the other the problem of |
ethics. From an economic standpoint ,
IL wss certain that the working class of
people of this country cannot stand |
very much longer the continued in
crease thar is coming TO the flour bar
rel. aud the lard can, aud the egg box
ing class, among whom no had place,
were not going very much longer to
stand that kind of thing He asked
The audience if they ever stopped TO
think how much the average income
Of the average family in the United
States wasg 1t was in the neigbbor.
hood of 5000 per year, said be. When
he took into account the fact that
$500 vas the average income, he was
reminded If that q family consists Of |
husband and wife--and inst one
wife-and child or children And
the average man who has wife to keen
he -wauts to keep her, if she is good.
and she wants to keep him, if he is
good. that each hayo a regard for tho
Others welfare and each others ap.
pearance as theJ->go out into society.
Workingmen Will Rebel.
friend had told him, DR. Short con-
tInued, that there was Il trust in the
creamery business, trust in the egg
business and Il trust III the meat busi,
ness. OF course, lie did not know that
h'mself, but nc did know that the work |
ingmen or the country are not TO stand
many moro years of domination of the
trust business with its robhinC them of /
that which they earn He presumed
there mnst be solution Of the qucs.
hon and he noticed cities were boy
cottlng the meat business, Personally
~ uiu iob DeIlCsc mat mo D0yPOtt
would work. "No man can have y
muscle that is capable Of physical labor
nnless he takes into his stomach some.
thing besides oatmeal" said the doe
Tor. ''If YOU boycott thc meat busi-
ness 1t won't last very long, Seventy
per cent OF the lab6ring men will lose i
strength. in my Judgment. because they
need the iron IN their system which !.
meat pours into it. So you would |,
would have to spend more Ia nav
doctors and updertakers than TO pay
The butchers bill. There must be
something, then, beside stopping the
eating. Of meat, If there could he
opened in this city great market
where the farmers can come and bring
their produce and where We can 90
and buy ourselves and sec ihnt
we, get dozen OF eggs for dozen,
and sixteen ounces for pound of but.
Ter. [ belieye that would. go far to.
ward solving the question:
The establishment Of a cooperative
store had its disadvantages and IFS
difficulties. Just as. sure AS they started |,
TO do something like that tho trusts