Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-26

HONG the line OF cOnOi III the Duylns
and preparation of food, it will have &C.
complished a good end.
Without a dissenting vote the Colum
bus Alliance, of Orange, composed o
thirty-five men, decided to refrain 70
thirty days from eating meat in al
effort to aid the general movement il
the country against the beef trust. Tn
motion when offered by Vice-Presiden
Mark Pueblo was enthusiastically re
and passed unanimously an
since the meeting, Monday night, whel
the measure was adopted, the men ant
their families have r~earranged thei
meals to exclude the usual flesh foods
The unofficial boycott is being
strengthened by resolutions of protes
passed by prominent organizations
The Je%ffersonian Club, the most in
luential Democratic organization IL
this part of the State, at it's annua
meeting last night passed resolution.
couched in unequivocal terms, indors.
ing the meat boycott that has spread
into every part of the country.
RESOLUTIONS of Club.
Following are the resolutions:
Whereas, The high cost Of living, par
ticularly the abnormal cost of meat, has
become the paramount issue of the day,
engaging the attention Of all good citi-
zens OF this country; therefore
Resolved, by the Jetfersonian Club,
that the President of the United States
be urged to employ the best efforts of
the government in investigating this
vital question and use all the best power
at his command toward destroying the
Meat Trust and all other agencies
which contribute TO this great public
evil.
Resolved, That the Democratic mem
bers of Congress be urged 10 do all in
their power to further such investiga-
ton and action on part of the govern
ment;
Resolved, That the direct cause of
present conditions Is directly charge
able to the m~ismanageinent and present
policies of the Republican party; and
Resolved, Tint, in our judgment, the
restoration of the Democratic party to
power Is the only means by which per-
manent relief 10 the people. can be OBJ
tanned; AM
lions be mailed to all of the Democratic
members Of Congress.
Members of tho Grand Jury wht
interviewed on the subject last
night were inclined to believe thai
the matter was one which demanded
action by that body, In spite of the
fact that Prosecutor Mott, according
his own admission, has had no time
to think about the matter.
Although handicapped, they said, by
the Investigations that are now being
conducted by that body into the al
legged mismanagement of the Insane
Asylum, they were OF one accord in
voicing the opinion that if the matter
was formally presented to the MEM
bers Of the jury some action would be
taken. =.
The Federated Trades Council of the
Oranges, which is composed of dele
gates Of twenty-four unions, at its
meeting last night squashed by one
vote a set of resolutions introduced
by President Jacob G. Becker calling
for the abstinence from meat for a
Of thirty days, or until such
lime as the prices were reduced.
The resolutions. which IL adopted
would affect 5000 union men In the
Oranges, were turned down with the
provision that the various delegates
'eport back to their locals with the
recommendation of the federation that
he members abstain for that period.
this way the union men escape the
VI IL III 4 Liz u lIlCdLa
Discussing the local situation, DR..
William Buermann, president of the
clinton Hill Improvement Association,
aid last night that he would call the
natter to the attention of the board
If officers of his association, which
nsets shortly, and that some definite
sction would be outlined and presented
o the association for it's approval. He
characterized it as pure eAtlavagance
IN the part of the people for the con-
sumption of SO much meat. They can
along very easily for some time. he
aid, without meat, but with eggs and
milk it was a different matter.
The Rev. Edmund A. WATSON, rector
f. st. Stephens Episcopal Church, was
the opinion that the boycott on meat.
while seeming at present to fall solely
ipon the retailers. would within a
hort time be felt by those for whom It
vas intended, the trusts, and in that
way the desired result would be
about.
The Governor and present Legisla-
.ure. he said, should take some action
n the matter, and IL after a thorough
investigation they find that those in
he State are in nowise to blame. then
,ut 1t up to Congress as an interstate
He also scored the Grand Jury
'or seeming Indifference in the matter.
In New York yesterday. following
the lead OF the Alexander Campbell
Company. eight big milk companies re-
duced the price of milk from nine to
sight cents a quart. Several of these
announced that the reduc-
lion will go into effect at once. Instead
pf ION February 1, the date which the
Campbell concerns cut will become eff
There were also a number of
other drops experienced in other food
in the Wholesale market, which
are bound to reach the consumer today
or tomorrow.
Fresh eggs dropped in the wholesale
market from the high quotation of As
that made them from 55 to 60
to the consumer, to 46 cents, and
Will probably be sold at retail ut from
80 to So cents. Butter was sold down
to 321s cents a pound for the choicest
grade, against 81 cents last week.
Lamb also came in for a drop, and
seld from 10 to II cents wholesale. and
pork loins. which were quoted at 16
on Saturday. dropped . cents.
In Brooklyn the drop in the whole
sale price of beef was more pronounced
than in New York City. There was a
drop of 2 cents.
These drops in wholesale prices will
doubt benefit the in this
city, as most of the foodstuffs sold
here are bought through the New
York markets. The wholesalers here
not prepared to say last night
Just what the retail reduction on the
foodstuffs would be, but adj