Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-02
HUDSON CO. GAN I,
GIVE POINTS TO
PROSECUTOR MOTT
They Are Investigating the Beef
Trust There, but Who
Cares?
BESIDES, THEY Do MANY
THINGS THAT WE DON'T DO
And He's So Busy, He Says, as
He Elevates Tired
Feet.

Prosecutor Wilbur A Mott grew
beautifully sarcastic today when asked
whether he would ask the grand Jury
to investigate the beef trust. Last
week he said he was too busy" To-
day, after he had settled back in his
chair in his Office and placed his feet
on the desk so that they were on level
with his head, he said:
"Oh certainly I am! Why not? Be-
tween the Dill investigation and the
East Orange bathtub mystery l haven't
much to do. Neither has the grand
jury.
"Why, do you know, am first going
to summon the ranchmen from the
plains of Arizona, then I am going to
here and testify. and after that. more
particularly will get after Armour &
Co. Isn't that a fine scheme, and all
coming from the Court of Quarter Ses-
sions of Essex county? Wouldn't that
look nice now if did that? 1t would
mott"
With this Mr.. Motifs feet left the
desk as the somewhat abashed STAR
man remarked:
but they are going to Investigate
the matter in Hudson county. Did you
know that?"
WELL was the answer as the prose-
cutor threw away halfrsmoked
cigarette; they do lots of things in
Hudson county that we don't do here
in Essex county. Know that"
a committee of eight men. from the
Mems Club of st. Matthew'S parish
met the rector, the Rev. S. r. Brinck-
erhoff. in the clugroomlast night TO de-
eide upon a systematic way OF canvass
| ing the parish for subscriptions to the
anti-rneat pledge which was drawn up
and signed by u nuplber OF the congre-
cation last Sunday evening. The COM
lnittee divided the parish into districts,
each man being made responsible for
one district. The canvass will begin
this evening after work hours, and will
continue each night until every person
in the parish has been interviewed.
| Through the day the women of st.
/ Marys Guild will take UP the canvass
| IA ~ AnA Go Liieii uOQSSuOiu uulleS
VIII permit them to do SO, and will
thus hasten tie movement
The stamp of public approval was
placed upon the local boycott of mea,
In most significant way last night
when the special committee of the
Essex County Democratic COMMITTEES
which Is arranging q dollar dinner for
the Jefferson day banquet, April 13
unanimously decided to eliminate meat
from the menu.
There will not be a scrap of beet
on the tables at the Jeffersonian din
ner," said Charles w. Brown, of tho
committee. We do not intend even tc
have a food which begins with "B.''
The interests of the people are our in
terests, and we will aid the boycott in
| every possible way. 1t will be some
thing unique to hold dinner ON such
q huge scale as this without beef on
the menu. A dinner such as this with
| meat would probably require as much
beef as would supply 500 families for a
week"
Elmer Day, chairman of the commit
tee in commenting on it's action in thus
signally indorsing the boycott on beef,
said:
I'm view of the high prices of meat
caused wholly by the desire to make
money more quickly on the part of the
beef trust, and the efforts of the people
ting meat. it is no more than right
that this committee should support the
boycott in every way" t