The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-03
MEAT BOYCOTT is FELT.
Wholesale Meat Sale on 20 Per Cent
At Atlanta-Farmers Holding

into effect the first Of the past week,
said RSawteII, the ~WelEknown
Atlanta wholesale and retail meat
dealer Saturday night while discuss
ing the present meat situation.
Beginning Tuesday of this week,
40 labor organizations OF Richmond
Va, began q 60-day fight against the
trust by agreeing TO eat no meat,
going it ON vegetarian diet.
Other towns and sites / the South
as well as the north and middle west
are joining the ranks of I've Do
Not Eat Meat.
Reports from New York say the
entire city is placarded with eat no
meat signs, and butchers are join
ing the crusade.
Meat prices were down in local
retail markets.
Boycott Hits Dealers, Say the Master
Butchers.
New York, Specialize United
Master Butchers of America, in a
statement given out here, decry the
meat boycott as "misdirected energy
which is defeating its W end The
statement urges the removal of tariff
on all live stock. It a in part:
cit is not the packer who receiv-
ed the most severe blow from the
boycott, but the retail butcher, the
man who must earn his living and
support his family through the sale
of meat. Why not go to the root
of the evil; why not seek the cause
of the diseased
"High meat prices are due mostly
to the great scarcity of live cattle.
The national government exacts a
tariff on live stock, shutting out out
side sources of supply. Therefore
we demand, in the name of the great
American consuming public, that the
federal government take immediate
steps to have the duty on all live
stock removed
Farmers Withhold Produce From
Nevada, Mo-, Special.-Three hun
dred farmers at a meeting here adopt
ed a resolution agreeing not to sell
any cattle, hogs, poultry, eggs or
butter for go days, beginning Febru-
airy l. Their action is a protest
against the statements of the large
packing house interests that the
farmer and stockman is responsible
for the high price of foodstufs.
A letter will be sent to all the
farmers associations in the United
State requesting them to withhold
their products from the market.
Retail Prices of Meat Show Decline
in Boston.
Boston, Special.-Fhe agitation
against the high cost of food has be-
gun to show results in Boston, a
general decline in the prices of meat
being shown in the markets. Retail
prices fell from 2 to 4 cents a pound
on the higher grades of meat.
Prices Continue to Drop; Retailers
Cut Figures.
New York, Specialize effects of
the anti-meat campaign are still
strongly reflected in local markets.
Retailers are cutting prices on all
kinds of provisions.
Sales OF in Baltimore; Meat De-
clines % Cents.
Baltimore, Special.-For the first
time since the meat boycott started
here the beef market showed a weak
tendency, declining about % cents
a hundred pounds. Pork sid for
So less than at this time last week.
Many large dealers report that sales
have fallen off 25 per cent.
Meat, Butter and Eggs Have Reduced
in Rochester. ,
Rochester, N. Y, Special.-Whole-
sale meat dealers here have reduced
prices 20 per cent. Butter has been
reduced l to 2 cents per pound and
eggs have dropped in price.
Will Turn Light on High Cost of
Food.
Washington, Special-Unless plans
fail a congressional investigation of
the causes for the increased cost of
living will be made, despite the OPP
position.
NO Boycott in Lynchburg.
Lynchburg, Special.-Although the
widespread agitation against high
prices of foodstuffs is apparently eff
fective elsewhere, local dealers and
brokers report no change in quota
tions to them. There has been no
effort here to boycott meats, and the
sales are up to the usual.
Meat Boycott Endorsed.
Norfolk, Special.-At a meeting
held last Friday the civic department
of the Woman's Club Of Norfolk in
dorsed the present boycott on meats,
and pledged its moral support in in
creasing the number of those who sign
pledges to abstain from it for sixty
days.