Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-22

MI " I'LL
sold to retailers as such. but come out as
chops
The butchers say the objections to goa,
| chops are purely Psychological.
No Action in Detroit.
| DETROIT. Mich, January 22.-Detroit
! meat eaters do not take kindly to the
| meat boycott that many other cities have
started. and since the Federation Of La
Dor frowned upon any such resolution In
its meeting last Wednesday night little
is done or said on the subject and butch
ers have not suffered.
Local butchers say that the reason
choice cuts have gone so high is that
IF people would only get back to the
former custom Of being satisfied with
other parts than the real choice meat,
| said A. Marx, one Of the city's largest
meat dealers, "the situation would soon
be different. AS it is now. the best is
none too good for most people.
There is not enough of the choice part
| for all, SO up go the prices. On the
cheaper grades of meat there has been
no advance in price In years"
Retailers Will Get a Scare
ST. PAUL, Mimi. January Whether
the st. Paul labor unions will take part
in the meat boycotts which have grown
to enormous proportions in eastern cities
within the last few days will not be de-
cided until Friday. January %. the date
| of the semi-monthly meeting Of the st.
| Paul Trades and Labor Assembly.
THE meat boycott certainly seems to
be growing rapidly said C.. E. James,
! the secretary. whether the scheme is
ever put into operation here is prob
lemAtical. but I think the retail meat
men will get some sort Of scare"
Milwaukee Prices Cut.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. January 22.-The
meat situation in Milwaukee is turning
for the better. Two retailers have an
nounced that they had cut the price Of
porterhouse to 10 cents q pound and other
| meats in proportion. Stews Of beef and
veal could be had as low as Z cents.
| This was the first sign of a break in
the situation. although the local boycott
| Is not even formally In effect as yet.
Meanwhile the city council is planning
| to investigate the problem. The market
| men have decided to ask such an investi-
cation. as they believe that they are
not being properly considered.
The boycott if put in formal effect.
they say. would hit the retailers more
severely than the packers. though the re-
tail men say they are not responsible
for the prices.
$4,000 Strong in Kansas City.
| KANSAS CITY. Mo-. January o.
Eighty thousand people have already Joined
| the anti-meat-eating crusade here 1t Is
reported.
Practically all local unions have taken
action or are preparing to do so. The
boycott has not affected the prices OF
| meat here.
st. Joseph Has Restaurant.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, January 22-Practi-
cally every union in the city has joined
the boycott. Members and their families
will abstain from eating meat for thirty
days.
The conference Of Seven lay Adventists
Of the western states. now in biennial ses-
sion In st. Joseph, has established for
! members a restaurant at which only veg
etables and fruits are served.
st. Louis Unions Join.
ST. LOUIS. January 22-The Building
Trades Council. whose membership in
cludes 1900 men. will take up the meat
question at its meeting Wednesday. Al
ready several individual unions in the
council have taken action and joined the
boycott.
Meat and provision prices in st. Louis
| show practically no change from the
| schedules of last week. Meat Ia no lower
| and vegetables and cereal foods no higher
although dealers admitted that such
changes might result when the strike OF
laborers began to show its effect through
out the city.
The price OF eggs has dropped. They
have taken several plunges downward in
the last four days. and If 1t continues
they soon will be within reach of the
moderately rich.
The egg dealers, wholesale and retail,
will not admit that 1t Is the result of the
attack of the consumers. but insist that
the little spell OF open weather is doing
the work. Eggs. which were tagged A
cents dozen four days ago. are now
marked 81 cents. They are selling at 80
cents a dozen wholesale.
Hotel Men May Act.
DENVER. Col, January 22-The meat
boycott will assume something OF q ma
tional character soon, according to Sam
uel Dutton. president Of the Western
Hotel Mems Protective Association.
The proposition Of cutting down the
consumption of meat will be brought be-
fore the hotel mems association at a
meeting to be held in Chicago January
81. 1t is proposed to form a national
meat boycott association.
Boycott In California.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, January %
At meeting of the Central Labor Coun-
Gil Of Alameda a resolution was intro
duced pledging the trade unionists to a
thirty-day boycott on meat. There is
talk of the introduction of a similar reso-
luton in the San Francisco Labor Coun-
Gil.
A mass meeting OF labor union men is
being planned at San Diego to protest
against the high prices prevailing for
meat. Some Of them say that q meat
strike will follow.
1t is reported that certain Tacoma
preachers are planning to hold a union
meeting next week to consider a meat
fast.
WHY LIVING COMES HIGH