The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-06
Observation-Disclosures
BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.

By Leased wire 10 Ine tribune.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-The climax in
the fight against high prices, not only
of foodstuifs, but OF other commodi-
ties as well, is expected in the east next
week with official action against the
beef trust and cold storage trust, and
with individuals aiding in the battle
with their boycott OF prohibitivcly
priced foods.
Statistics made public today show
general effects from high prices which
are astonishing. One-sixth of those
dying in Greater New York are buried
in the potter's field The ratio of sui
increased 40 per cent More than 102,-
400 persons are seeking shelter In free
lodging houses, an increase of 100 per
cent. More than $4,000 persons are
seeking relief from charitable organ
iZaJlons, an increase Of so per cent
More than $500 persons have been sent
to the aims houses, an increase Of l5
been placed under bonds TO support
their families, an increase of 1866 per
cent. These figures have been com.
piled over the period of time in which
the food trusts and other combinations
were gradually increasing prices, With
the climax reached within the past few
weeks interested persons began to in
quire into statistics. Some of the fig
ures cover the period of few weeks;
others go back TO the end of the 1907
panic when prosperity burst forth and
the trusts began to take advantage of
the opportunity to edge up prices few
cents at time.
Approaching Crisis.
The coming week is going to be n
critical one as affects New York Or
dinances introduced in the board of al.
dermen, bills introduced in the legisla-
ture and measures proposed by the
health commission come up for consid-
GRAFTON, while in New Jersey the Hud-
son county grand jury will report on
its Investigations,
The New Jersey grand jury report
is important because of many of the
railroads having terminals in Hudson
county, such as the Pennsylvania, Erie,
Baltimore & Ohio, Delaware, Laclka-
wanna G. Western and others. A state
ment was issued by representatives Of
eastern roads today complaining that
the railroads are suffering from high
prices and that the increase cost of
things in general is keeping down the
wages of employees. In part the state
ment reads.
The railroads are victims of high
prices If beef, -four or any other com
modify has Increased in prices in the
past ten years the roads cannot be held
responsible because freight rates have
not been increased. Freight rates have
been lowered on certain live stock and
yet meat prices advanced. Total cost
of railroad fuel is 20S per cent higher
than in 1907. Railroads are heavy pur-
chasers of everything in the market
from butter and eggs for dining cars
m Stnp1 raJ1a A fnur
show the increase in supplies used by
railroads:
Lead pipe, 80 per cent yellow pine.
50 per cent; hemlock. 102 per cent; cut
nails, 81 per cent: window glass. 81 per
cent; common locks, l40 per cent.
The interstate commerce commission
compiled statistics and from those the
information contained IN this statement
is gathered.
Costs More to Die.
Perhaps there is nothing that has
escaped. II costs moro 10 die than il
did few years ago for medicines,
cemetery lots and burial clothing have
gil gone up. There is even agitation
for higher rates for physicians. The
outlook is fearful. even in considering
the pruesome subject of death. From
the slogan of "high cost of livingp il
eventually will be changed to the fin
creased cost Of DYING
A statement issued today by the Cen.
tral Labor union, the local branch of
the American Federation Of Labor.
says that more than two million work.
men are now boycotting meat. In part
the statement said
"The boycott against high prices is
growing rapidly in Mississippi. Mis-.
souri, Iowa, Nebraska. Illinois and
Michigan. Marked strength is shown
in Pennsylvania. Delaware MARYLAND
and Connecticut. We have informa-
tion that the Chicago Federation of
Labor will act'