The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-25
.MEATLESS DINNERS
GROWING POPULAR.
Boycott is Spreading and Lent
1uA a1 Mill HR Sea9pn Of
10 llf lIlIABlkmeiice

While no organized effort 60 boy
coii meat or other foodsluffs which
are believed 10 be too high has been
set on foot in Guthrie, the sentiment
against the abnormal prices is grow
ing apacc. and such a movement may
be expected, Il is said, unless relief
comes within short time.
The working people. whose wages
spread SO thin that bald spots show
here and there over the seven day
area OF the week. are quietly abstain
ing from meat and even butter. for
the reason that they cannot afford
either al the present prices Eggs
have been out OF the question for
some time. Pork and beef have
scared into the regions OF the unat-
tainable. and the problem of living.
in what Is egarded period OF good
tines. IL more harassing than when
the country was passing through the
throes of a financial panic few
years ago.
Dealers Make Complaint.
II Is conceded by the meat dealers
that there has been very marked
falling of In the consumption of pork.
beef and mutton in the last thirty
days. Fish. which has not advanced
in proportion TO the prices charged
fos other kinds OF meat, Is more in
demand and there Is a great revival
in macaronir and spaghetti Soups
with a bone rlundation.'s are getting
10 be very popnlars.. A good soup
bone can be had for 10 cents, and
with the addition Of potatoes and
-four. very savory and pourishing
Soup can be made iherefrom. Many
families make dinner consist of a
rich soup with macaroni OF spaghet-
ii as substitute for meats, and in
many homes the SOUP bone Is climi-
mated altogether
Butchers and meat dealers are
alarmed at The prospect 'Fhey say
that they see no chance for immedi-
s1e relief on their part, and assert
that TIE high prices which they are
forced 10 pay fo' pork and beef make
1t imperative that they charge more
than formerly or sell at Il loss
Lent viii Sc "Mcstlcss.'
The abstinence from meat duriug
the Aenten season in Guthrie wiz
be much more marked than ever be;
fere, Lent will afford q good peviod
for q ary-out of the plan to eliminate
meat from The tables Of many
horsekeepers, and the result! Of the
crusade against hgn prices, coupled
with the normal abstinence, at thl 5
season should prove very interessipg
10 the student Of economics. n
What Archbishop Glennon Says.
Archbishop .,Iohn J. Glennop Of 81,
Louis said iuia recent iniarylews s
4 am not o vegetarian, but ! be
lieye the abstinence from ,pie1t .al
times Ii benatieal Especially Is 4
70 with Americans, WHO are very
heavy meat cate s. tvt,seeff
The abstinence from meat, during
leni iat not injurious to the system
for this reason. Al ,lieiapproach ol
Niuter tue blood hecompsr rthip, rnf
eating Of meal has, "A calotb> citec'
This beating OF the system llliche'f
the blood. AT the approach ot sprins
during the spuson Of Lenl, the a3sii
neHre FROM meat eating has \ morn.
alIzjng effect IN thinning the bloof
again w
t'ln The npnaslrries ilt'le or Y
meat ID eaten The TrapPlst monks
who euulY cai meat ON six or scvfi
least dayi each ycaf. and Sonln Q
them never touch IT, reach lonsev
lty ttal others do not seem able +
attain. They live TO be eighty o
ninety years o'd.'
Revolt Is Countrywide.
That the revolt against high foo'
prices is countrywide Is Indicated b.
dispatches from Washington, d. C
to The effect that applications 70
100000 membership cards to the ant
food trus. league, recently organize
10 Eight by boyco't high food prices
al eady have been received.
Various organizations also hav
asked for membership blacks 10 b
distributed TO their members who ha
signiied Willingness 10 join the ne
league,