Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-26
Forced Down by Public Cutlery.

Forced Down by Public outcry.
All this is laid to the widespread agi-
tation against use of food products con-
sidered to be overpriced. Force of public
sentiment is shown in the price drop
the dealers admit.
Milk companies have succumbed to the
pressure and only two or three are cling
ing to the innocent rate. Butter ana
es.s, too continue to drop.
Grand jury investigation of food com
bines. parIicu .arly of the alleged MILF
trust. continued today. Dlstrict A.toln ',s
Whitman continued to look into the colo
storage situation, on complaints that tne
system is largely responsible FOR the aoii-
ity of food dealers artlhclally 10 sustain
prices in and out of season.
Meat consumption is markedly less. Ihe
AGITATION AGAINST its use at prevailing
high prices continues undated.
Iowa Getting Lower Prices.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
Dds MONIES. Iowa, January Gre
ports from a number of cities in various
parts of Iowa say that the price of but
ter has taken a tumble of from 5 to
cents a pound.
In Cedar Rapids the price dropped
from Sc cents to 80 cents. At Davenport
Dubuque of . cents.
In Des MONIES grocers today quoted
butter at 80 cents. further decrease
of ) cents within a few days is predicted
Dragnet for Meat Conspirators.
PITTSBURG, Pa, January 26.-1wen'
ty-five grand juries from as many coun-
ties in western Pennsylvania will be
asked, through their respective district
attorneys, to take Up the investigation
into the high prices of meat by District
Attorney w. A. Blakeley of Allegheny
county.
Mr. Blakeley began last night the
preparation of Letter to the district at
torneys of other counties, in which he
invites them to conference in Pi.tsours
to map out a plan of exchanging evil
dence, and thus throw out dfasnet
over this section of the safe by which.
1T is expected, several conspiracy cases
could be developed.
Mr. Blakeley says the dragnet would
undoubtedly find some pieces of evidence
that would assist the district attorneys
of Westmoreland. Fayet.e, Butler, Bea-
yer, Lawrence and Washington counties.
They in turn would Likely discover trails
leading into Allegheny county.
Conference to Plan Inquiry.
At the conference of district attorneys
that Mr.. Blakeley is arranging a pro-
gram will be mapped out for the grand
juries to follow. Food products could b.
followed from the producer to the con-
sumner, showing what happens in the way
of price imitation as 1t passes through the
various hands.
United States Attorney John II. Jor-
dan stands ready to use the federal
grand jury to hunt out the conSpirators.
The cooperative district attorney
scheme would undoubtedly bring him the
clue for which he is waiting.
The branches of the western packing
houses are scattered throughout the va
rious counties. They may be doing
something in one county they are not
doing in another.
Keep a Cow, Says Governor.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-, January 26-Gov.
Hadley believes that the cost of living
problem can only be solved by every
family keeping a COW and chickens.
IF you can't afford to keep a cow and
chickens. you ought to go back to the
farm he said while in this city on a
brief visit last night.
The real cause of the high prices lies
in the fact that there are too many
people In the cities producing things
they can't eat.
Il keep three cows, and some chickens,
too. And you'd be surprised at what a
saving they make in the household ex-
penses. If you don't believe it, just ask
Mrs. Hadley.'