The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-31
L0cll DEnERs
IRE nIDIFF[R
Claim That They Are Making
No Profits From the
Sale of Meat.
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THOSE INTERESTED
DIFFER IN OPINION
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Prominent Men Say That. Local
Boycott VIII Have No Eff
feet Others Differ.

dealers OF the city, the boycott OF
meat by fosty iecei -lsi,or orEenisa-
tons, which begins on Tuesday may
continue indefinitely 30 far as they
are concerned The meat dealers,
both these wifn handle homo Killed
hsof and -shoxA- who handis N:esteru
beef, claim hat they are making no
profit from the sales Of meat ana that
they would ws;ctme an absolute shut
down OF business for threA months
Mr.. ]. !. Gravins, one OF tina dealers
in the second market. remarked Tues
day morning to representative Of
The yrginfAn. would be clad ia
have . rest Of two or three months.
/ am MT making enough profits to
employ my .Srre OF clerks and would
lind II more profitable to close down
Mr.. ". III, Meyers. ano.he- dealer.
had practically the same Thing 10 say
and said further that 30 tar az t..r
local matter Is concerned they had
seen no indication OF a failing ufY
in their patronage and that they did
not expect TO i,se : 4. r OF their regular
customers.
Higher In West ana North.
The statement wAs made Monday
morning that the local consumers OF
meat have nothing 10 complain Of for
the reason thai the prices OF meat in
the market here and throughout this
section OF the country are much isw-
er than In the Northern and Western
markets II u claimed also by the
merchants that there has heer no
material change heFe In the price
Of meats during the paat tWn Or three
ears This statement Ii challenged
by several citfaeus with whom TIE
question was discussed Afnnday morn
Inn r. n cIptsaed py tANna tAst srises
s,ss s als ss e -. ~ - s.s
are inslifIef4mt - sh4 i1Iass. TIsey 90
not know ~hsth&r az NOT they win
be Affected W the boycott. Thsy tel
though that ptnce the boycntt - pri-
marty against meat. Il Will work 10
their benefit BY causing demand
for fowl.
Opinions or Interested Parties.
II Is dif1icuit to form an estimate
of the truc. status OF the issue by
making a digest Of the various opin-
ions expressed by people who are in-
terested lane way or another since
their yiewsNon the matter widely dff-
fer. Mr.. s. a. Atkinson, n,anager 81
the Hotel Richmond. stated that he
had felt no effect of the local boy
colt for the reason that he uses only
New York beet. He stated, however,
that in the past few days there has
been a perceptihIe drop In the New
York meat. amounting to from one to
three cents per pound. He said that
he anticipated an early advance In
the price OF poultry.
The owner OF Reuger's restaurant
stated that he had not purchased any
&Nf., nvxA \
In the New York prices He said this:
Il don't think this local boycott OF
meat Is going to amount to anything.
When man gets hungary he IL going
to eat meat"
Labor Commissioner Daugherty said
that from the way he IL paying cut
money for meat he sees vast differ-
eaee between the prices now and those
prevailing two or three years A9U.
He said: 1T II true that meats are not
as high here n In the north and west,
hut then VIC 1re mot gettiAS the Saxaa
class of meat. The fact IL II we stop
eating meat and start eating beans
we will sooD/see rapid rise In the
prices of these. and 10 on through the
entire list OF foods. The endeavor 81
organized labor il to show opposition
to increased cost Of living when this
il not Offset by Increased compensation
for work.
The Local Boycott.
The many organisations composing
the Central Trades and Labor Coun-
Gil have unanimously determined &c
push the boycott and have In harsh
terms denounced the trust methods. In
advancing the price Of meat. Presi-
dent John Htrshberg. OF the council
said MOndayf