Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-21

thousand wilmington 1am1lleS Old WIFI
out meat yesterday and enjoyed 1t. They
are under pledge to eat no meat until
the price lowers.
Several hundred others Joined today
CITY Judge Edwin T. Cochran. jr.. who
started the crusade. is confident of the
movements ultimate success. He Will
then begin fight against the egg and
butter dealers, if they do not take warn
ing from the butchers.
The menu of the meat boycotters con-
ssts of fish. oysters. eggs, vegetables
and Wild duck, which is cheap at this
port II the unusual demand should
raise the price Of duck, the strikers will
cut that out. The butchers are greatly
alarmed.
Little Interest in New York.
NEW YORK, January 21.-As far as
could be learned yesterday it will be
some time before New York Joins the
meat STRIKE" if 1t joins at all. At least.
the meat dealers do not expect any trou-
BILE and organized labor so far seems in
different.
A representative Of the Wholesale
Butchers Association said:
I'm a city the size of New York half
the people would have to quit eating
meat before anything in the line. Of
strike could affect present prices. And
New York into such a strike let him try
it and learn the size of his task.
And If strike were organized would
the kind OF people who eat only the best
Join In? / think not. New York will
nave to be a different place from the
place 1t is before meat strike will go
here
At the rooms of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor a reporter found interest in
the meat strike at low ebb. One who said
he
New York had received no call for help
from the meat strikers in the west and
that If it did all 1t could do would be to
advise local labor men to refrain from
meat.
The federation possesses no power TO
dictate the kind OF food its members
should eat.
Check on Cold Storage.
ALBANY. January 21.-The sale of fish.
game. poultry, butter. cheese or other
articles of produce that have been kept
in cold storage more than sixty days Is
made a misdeIneanor in a bill introduced
by Assemblyman Lachman Of Kings.
Boston Is Curtailing.
BOSTON, January 21.-ThouRh no
formal boycott has yet been instituted
in Boston against meats and other
foodstuffs that are under the spell of
high prices. IT is learned that senti-
ment is setting strongly that way.
II is given considerable impetus by
the crusade started in Brockton by the
shoe workers The joint shoe councils
of that city. with which are affiliated
thirteen unions, with a membership of
$4,000, has started a movement against
what It terms the exorbitant price of
foodStuffs
The matter will be introduced into
a IL
day night. and il ia planned to enlist
every abor organization and fraternal
society in Brockton in the movement,
which is expected to spread rapidly
through New England.
Those who advocate mo meat clubs
in this city suggest that great, mass
meeting of citizens be called to launch
the movement
In Quincy and Faneuil Hall markets
there Is general uneasiness among the
meat and provision dealers. They said
the public IS curtailing its purchases.
The small retailers are unanimous
in declaring that the trusts control
the price Of meat, while the represent
alive of one of the largest beef con-
Germs in Boston asserts that his firm
| is only making per cent gross profit,
while the retailers were making SO.
Cincinnatians Interested.
| CINCINNATI. January 21.-'Concerted
| action on the part of the people of Gin
cinnati would tend TO put crimp in the
high prices OF meat" says Nicholas
Klein, socialist leader. Mr. Klein advo-
Gates meat boycott.
| The Rev. G.. r. Robins of the Lincoln
Park Baptist Church indorses a meat
| boycott The Rev. Herbert s. Bigeiow
| OF the Peoples Church thinks boycott is
good theoretically, but he is of the opin-
| ion that such movement could never
| gather a sufficient number of supporters
| to make II effective.
Oleomargarine butter at 20 to - cents a
pound will. replace creamery butter on
the tables of members Of the Susan Il.
Anthony Club composed of suffragettes
This action is the first in a general high
priced food boycott by Cincinnati women.
Advice as to how to carry on the
campaign is to be secured from skilled
| dietarian. who is to show the women how
| to regulate their tables SO as to secure q