The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-01-30

usually one month, has become popu-
lar fad in Ecw York. Of course, IN
most eases these pledges are not 10 be
taken seriously, but there is no denlt
that many thousands OF persons, with
OF without pledges, are abstaining 4roIn
5 eating meat at present aud their mum
Der IS steadily increasing. So far the
effect l. feIt but slightly by the butch
. ers and other pnrveyors Of meats IN the
aristocratic sections Of the city, but by
those in the poorer quarters and By the
wholesale dealers. supplying the smaller
restaurants, the diminished demand
quite plainly noticed,
Judging from reports published =
the daily papers this boycott against
the meat trust is carried on IN many
large cities throughout che country. 1t
is not quite clear, however. how the
consumers expect to bring tie trust 70
terms by abstaining from eating meat,
for i month or even q year. The sud
den falling off in the demand for fresh
meat may cause q temporary incouven--
fence, perhaps some triting loss To the.
trust, but its business is toe wei or
gained 70 be seriously affected by even
a considerable decline ju the sales of
f-esh meat. The meat that cannot be
sold viii simply be canned on otherwise
embalmed and sold ia this form either
in the United States or in foreign eoun-
tries where the trust has established
its markets. 20 make up for ANY loss
the wages Of the trust employees VIII
probably be cut and, when the tide
turns and the abstainers become tired
of their vegetarian diet matters viii
be Just as they were before If MOI
worse. 1T IS considered extremely
doubtful that the trust VIII react upon
this protest movement by reducing the
meat prices.
a new weeks. paper, to be patterned
after the * Chicago Commerce" is to
be published in this city shortly. The
Chicago paper is published by the CHI
cago Association of Commerce, bat the
New York paper win have for its spou-
sor the Associati0n for New Iori, the
same organization of optimistic reform
ers that erected the statue spoken OF
usually as = MISS Purity IN i i'he'
square, during the last municipal cam
paign According TO statements issued
by members OF the association paeA'n8
the enterprise the paper VIII be non
partisan. 1t viii devote itself 10 all
sorts OF inuniolp'i reforms ana l'i'''i-
improvements ana VIZ a'a5 9e'h
place IN The best pesslble llsot INC az
vantages winch TINS c1lS gu et7 as {
place OF ieslaeh-g' a. t'oiU1 % P'o
'''cei'n ana ''i7.i' ''''''ol '''i'' -
ter TOT lh''9' i''1il'7' ''e P'Is'
be IAaoe interesting y .is i'''
taoieS ana st'lt's''ee " VII 9Olediu-
The announcement OF the engagemeh'
Of Miss Marjorie Gould, eldest daugbtel
of George Jay Could to Anthony =
prezel, Jr' OF Phladeiphia, mas e'ta'e'
genuine surprise IN American society
Miss Gould surely did moi tack tempta.
tions to become a countess, alafqufsf
or even princess and 1T IS cousidefe,
passing strange that she should have
given preference to a plain American
thus devi'ting from the cnstom on
American heiresses ana incidentally
shattering the tinaaesal hopes OF SCORES
of titled fortune hunters
If a man should lose his way IN New
York or wish to obtain information q
to the location Of a certain address b
will do well to ask police officer o
some other man for directions lie W.
find It much safer to do THIS, even 2
would be more convenient to appeal Z
any woman who may be near. The eX
perience of fireman employed BY th'
Edison Electric Company The other dal
shows that man addressing woman
IN the public streets, even Tor per
fectly legitimate purpose IS taking dies
perate chances. The fireman referee
to had orders to 90 to certain addges
] late at night, but could nog ind his way
tie addressed q strange woman an
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