The Washington times., 1910-10-31

with vouchers 5ulging RON their
pocke-bocks ana storm signals flashing
from their eyes, 1ss ira-e women. actual
count. stood in front OF the Economy
Cooperative S1cieJy-s Offices, Ninth
street and Grant place, az 10 o'clock
-.-is ur-EiIE and surveyed an announce
ue1- o. the erect that the concern had
temporarily suspended business.
81 IA clock LEe crowd had grown by
100 or more and at noon II reached 70
Ninth and O. streets Within a radius
1f L-II q dozen blocks groups OF dis
appointed coupon holders gathered 70
discuss -E= situ-ri0n-
-He-e Were Others
An Old back NANNY, with so vOucE-
-rs anu rlsl1ls OF a new rug fO- her
parlC-. approached the crowd n dis
may Some one explained TIE meaning
Of il % her For a moment disappOint-
U-u- spread over ler face then, fcgaye
way -0 a. smile and q. laugh which could
be heard 10 the corner
"-uEey. she exclaimed. looking
about her Il may have been stunE.
1-- I 5E1 amt the only one
TIE announce erleIL that the company
had suspended was contained IN pla-
cards placed in the windows Of the
esta blisLuent. One Of them read
We VIII positively not open to
day Watch papers for announce
Deur save your vouchers"
This notice. resting against e green
curtain as background, was read
over and over by the Ninth street
crowd, while O differently worded pIa-
card riyeted attention on the Grant
place side
Closed for Reorganization.
CLOSED for reorGan-zatiOn. Date
Of opeD-1E VIII De announced IN
daily papers save your vouchers
Several hopeful ones rushed 20 near
I by telephones 20 inquire Of the COM
uauE concerning its reOrgalizat ton
plans. There sagp0iutment again
met them. when they were told By
the operator that the s0clety'S lines
had been disconnected
All eLUr-S 10 mo out any tIlnS ABOUT
the concern, or, N fact, whether any
one was ID the building, were baIled
UE-. O. careless clerk got q corner or
one o. The blinds caught In MS pocket.
pulling L-e shade ASIDE SLLlclenJlE 70
give the crowd ueeJinS glimpse OF
What was -rals0l--Dg within
The picture presented was one OF
q number OF uel buSIy engaged in
p-aciDE S-icke-s on the various ard-
cIeS in the room
They are changing the nUmbers,"
shouted those who happs0ed 10 be
near the window, and witnesses the
incident
This was passed back and forth. re-
pClted 20 newcomers discussed and
thought over for some time and -
iy. accepted as good
that the company meant &C
iae and that those who he
would be REIN uU-Sed.
When the crowd reached
clusion that the vouchers
good. IL began 10 dishan
vicinity became Culerer-
arrivals constantly ThTOT
afternoon who had heard
the closing. and many OF
around 20 talk the matter over. Dut
the crowd never got as large as II
was during the morning
Estimate OF Vouchers.
4 conservative estimate uDon the
number Of s-0uchers that would have
been presented this morning was placed
az between 1o0g,0 and 15oGG0. Probably
no woman held fewer thar 500 stamps
and the average number held bv one
person 1t IS believed would be IN the
EeiEhborhC0d Of S01
The amount Of merchandise represent
ID by 1ClN7o coupons would be sufficient
20 furnish two or three houses This
may easily be seen from the faCS That
an entire china closet calls for only
5000 coupons while a ChiGOnicr could
ho bought for q like number
Tho Economy Cooperative Society
has given out no iutimati0n as to IFS
plans, but the general impression seems
20 be that il win attempt TO make good
the coupons that are out without At
tempting 70 dispose Of anv more cor-
DODs. The holders Of coupons paid 3
cents each for membership in the soci-
ETY.
The society was forced TO close as tba
result OF a decision handed down last
Monday by the Supreme Court denying
rs petition for a reheariDg Of its case
which was decided against It by the
Court OF Appeals Of the District
The action was brought in the Police
Court on the grounds that the SOciefv
was violating the gift ENTERPRISE law
enacted by CONGRESS.
At the same tine ? case was begun
AGAINST the Spe-rI 2 Hutchins Co, a
New Jersey corporation. This firm had
not closed It's 6-oEs today
J.