Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-20
THE MEAT BOYCOTT
KEEPS SPREADING
Cleveland, O., Workmen viii Try to
Break High Prices.
MAY SWEEP WHOLE COUNTRY
n Taken up Seriously . General prop
In ali Food Priees May Follow
10 Senator WIillamS
opinion.

CLEVELAND. O.. Jan. 19.--While the
state legislature Is ponderously pro
paring to investigate the excessive
cost Of the necessaries Of life to 40
tarmine the cause and suggest q rem
edy. A band Of Cleveland workingmen
has inaugurated q movement thal
may prove the undoing Of the food
trusts Of the nation before the formal
investigation IL well begun.
The employees Of one Cleveland FAC
tory inaugurated the Cleveland men
strike last Friday. By noon yester
Aay II was estimated that the heads
Of workingmen's families embraclns
10000 persons, had signed the piedSa
to abstain from meat or were seeking
an opportunity to do so.
The real effectiveness OF the move
lnent now depends on whether II
sweeps the country, a possibility
which economists predict will mater
iaiize within the next 4S hours.
A plan to make the movement en-
brace the entire city, poor and ricn
alike, Is suggested In an interview
published in one Of the papers by G.
8. Shinnick, society and clubman.
Il am free to confess that the sug-
ReStion Is not original with me-" said
ehinnick. 1T was tried in Berlin
Germany, seven or eight years ago,
ana there met with success. ON q
specified day the people OF Berlin did
without coffee, and the price was
broken before night My plan would
bo for Clevelanders to neither pur.
chase nor cat meat for one week or
longer II necessary"
No definite suggestion for making
the strike statewide is made by
Daniel w. Williams Of the state legls.
lature committee, which is expected
10 begin to-day It's probe Of the pres
emit high food prices. Williams sug'
gests that the 100000 persons of the
state Join the ranks Of the vegetar,
ians for a period to extend through
Lent to Easter Sunday
once the boycott is established
Senator Williams believes the price
Of meat will drop with the rapidly Of
q spent rocket A general reduction
Of the price Of all food necessities
may come, Senator Williams believes,
with a reduction in the cost OF beef
AZ any rate, he says, the meat boy
colt absolutely will demonstrate the
truth or falsity OF the contention that
the price OF meat to the consumer en-
tirely depends on the law OF supply
and demand.
IA resolution calling upon the peo'
ME of the state to abstain from eat
INK meat for the next so days, and 70
eubsist entirely on a diet Of vegeta'
hies, nuts and fruits for that length
o. time, was introduced In the house
~ Representative Tidrlck.
Chairman Williams Of the high
prlce committee was fairly swamped
with mall from all parts Of the stats
containing suggestions as to possible
remedies for the situation, many q
which were deemed worthy Of cOnsid
Grafton.
Senator Williams held lengthy
conference with the attorney general
regarding the situation. The commit
tee on high prices held Its first public
meeting when the mass Of correspond
ence was reviewed and tentative
alan OF action outlined,
One method Of bringing relief wal
much discussed. This was the intro
ductlon by Representative Calyey O.
Cleveland Of resolution asking con
gress to authorize the President t'
place any commodity on the free lis
when It Is known to be controlled By
Z trust or combine. This Il is argued
would 60 q long ways to preventini
high prices especially on food stufts'