Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-22
MANY THOUSANDS ARE ENROLLED
Kansas City and Cleveland Are
Taking the Lead.
LOWER PRICES ARE LOOKED FOR
Packing Houses in Western CitieI
Expected to Make Reductions.
DEs MONIES RETAILERS MAKE CUT
Prices VIII BE Raised Again as Soon
Rs stocks on Hand Are Gone
Lower Prices at MIL
waukee.

NaaAGNs
CHICAGO, Jan. 21.-The movement to
combat the high prices of meat spread
rapidly today and is assuming a national
character. Colncident with the growth OF
the movement came announcements from
Milwaukee and Cleveland that the price OF
meat had dropped In Milwaukee two
retail butchers quoted porterhouse steak
at 10 cents pound. sirloln at the same
price and other meats in proportion. The
wholesale price of beef fell off Is cents
hundred pounds in Cleveland.
From Denver came the report that
Samuel Dutton, president OF the Western
Hotel Mems Protective association, an
nounced that the proposition Of cutting
down the consumption of meat would be
brought before his organization at a meet
ing to be held here on January 2S Dis
patches from Baltimore, Kansas City, Mil
waukee Memphis, Plttsburgand other
cities told Of the rapid growth of the move
ment. Cleveland, credited with being the
originator of the scheme now has $1,000
names enrolled in the crusade, while Kan
sas City reports SO,OOO
The heads of the leading packing houses
of Kansas City and Chicago refused to
discuss the effect of the movement upon
their business
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.--New York to-
day Joined forces with its sister cities in
making a fight on the nigh prices OF
meats. Scores of laboring men and others
are making pledges to abstain from using
meat for thirty days, while many others
are only eating meat once a day. Mrs.
Anita Comfort, prominent in club circles.
has come forward with a suggestion that
/ 900 900 housewives unite to force prices
down. l
Cleveland Expects Lower Prices.
CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 21.--Now that
the meat boycotting move which started
here this week as remedy for the In
creased cost of meat has- sVeceme general
local packers and dealers expect lower
prices in the Kansas City and Chicago
wholesale markets.
While the number of pledges of alb
stainers is Hot great compared to the
total population the movement Is grow
ing
The Wholesale price of beef fell off 10
cents a hundred pounds here today. Hog
prices are steady. There has been
slight decrease in the price OF eggs FOL
loving the boycott on eggs started yes
terday. The city council will investigate
the high food prices
Meat Prices Reduced.
DES MONIES, Jan 2i.-(Speclal Tele-
gram 1.-THE price OF meat dropped cents
in the retail shops Of Des Moines, due to
decreased demand. Dealers claim 1t Will
be raised again as soon as the supply in
the hands of local dealers is exhausted,
Petitions which were circulated in Des
Molnes today were signed by scores of men
and women, who agreed TO eat no meat for
thirty days. The unions have not as yet
taken any official notice of the crusade.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis., jan A.-Porter-
house steak, 10 cents a pound; sirloin steak,
10 cents q pound; pork steak IA cents
pound veal steak cents pound These
are some Of the prices quoted in advertise
ments in Milwaukee newspapers this aft
ernoon By two retail butchers who have
responded to the agitation of most strike
in Milwaukee. One advertisement is headed
Meat is Coming Down." and the prices
are far below those quoted for months past.
Eighty Thousand Dieters.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Jan, 21-That so OOO
people in Kansas City will join the anti
meat eating crusade during the next ten
days is freely predicted by labor leaders
here todav.
The building trades council, with n mem
bership of 5000, representing eighteen
crafts and thirty local lodges, will meet to-
night, when It is practically assured a reso-
luton will be passed pledging the mem-
bers to refrain from eating meat for thirty
days.
The Industrial Trades council. which has
1900 members and represents ninety-nine
crafts, will meet Sunday to take similar
action.
The Building Trades council and the In
dustrlal Trades council hold the balance
Of power in the labor organizations of the
city.
| The Carmens unions are enthusiastic
supporters OF the crusade and have voted
today to refrain from meat eating,
| The Allied Printing Trades council.
which has $500 members. has called q
meeting to take action on the matter.
Hotel Men Are stirred.
| DENVER, Colo, Jan 2.-something Of a
national character is to be given the re-
! Gently inaugurated boycott, according to
Samuel Dutton, president OF the Western
Hotel Mems Protective association. The
proposition OF cutting down the consump-
tion OF meat will be brought before that
mody at meeting TO be held in Chicago,
January 81, when the association will be
made national.
unless something Is done TO curtail the
consumption OF meat" said Mr. Dutton to-
day. "the time is coming when the poor OF
this country will be no better off than
the peasants OF Europe.
when the people learn they can live
just as well and feel much better and cut
down their household expenses by eating
more vegetables the condition OF the work
inc class Will be greatly improved"
"Duy No Meat Buttons.
BALTIMORE. Jan. 2L-Buttons bearing
the inscription II don't buy meat DO
your appeared on the streets here in large
numbers today following the action OF local
Federation OF Labor which adopted a reso-
luton calling on labor unionisus and their
sympathizers to abstain from eating meat
for one month.
The demand for buttons Is not confined
70 laboring men, more than half the r.