Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-26
High Cost Of Living One Of Gres;
Problems to Be Studied.
OFFICIALS SHOULD INVESTIGATE
Should Study Present Day Problems
and Then Act.
PLAN WOULD NOT HURT BUSINESS
20 the Markets, There 60 Boy
cattle, sheep and HoEs
90 ne KILLED.

MILWAUKEE Dee - SPECIAL Tele-
rrsr- we can run a slaughter house
and rake X pay without destroying bust
ness. as the scoffers CITY IRE biggest
single item IN homes is the meat bill and
tire packers are AL mlllionsires
This r. the way Enn Setdsl. the social
lst mayor of Nuwaukee. defends the se-
tion q his city council IN urging the
legislature to give the Municipality power
10 start a municipal slaughter house cold
storage plant and other business enter
prises. He further said
The government q the city is a busi-
ness proposition and al the people are
stockholde-a
Public officials are employed TO run
the enterprise
II q city can furnish It's stockholdsrs
with cheap commodities that enter into the
cost Of living. then II Is the duty of its
ser1 ants 10 see that measures are adopted
which vIn bring about this much desired
result.
The greatest problem oonfronting the
American people today Is the cost Of iv-
Ing II is the duty of every official 20
study this problem long and carefully. l
think that the biggest single item IN the
cost Of maintaining the home Is the meat
bm There Is hardly a packer Of Any
d
Ia millionaire You newspaper fellows re-
/ fer to them as BEEF bsrons' and what
you call them IL really true
started Out Poor.
NO SET OF men ever exercised the power
thas these men DO They reach into the
4 pockets Of every nan. woman and child
in the world They started cut poor. with
out a single exception
L have studied this subject and have
opinions Of experts to guide me would
ike % establish a municipal slaughter
house and believe Ne could furnish the
/ city cheaper meat and that ne could
make a profit over the running expenses
Of the enterprise
'.we car euspsoy Jast az EOcd ouyers as
she rsackeFa-
NY idea Is 70 sena-thess men either 70
the ranges or 20 the 1--we stock market
and have them buy cattle. sheep and hcss-
/ These would Be shfpped to our munici-
I psllfy-owned yards killed in our municipal
Z slaughter house and the carcasses placed
in our municipal cold storage plants The
meat could thea be sold 70 the people
eiiher direct OF through authorized dealers
Some will say ny idea Is 10 destroy
the packing Industry. ] say no ] would
DO nothing 70 dssroy any business The
those who wanted It. In fact / ba1svs
that ne would stan need them IN the field
My plan however. would show the people
almost exactly What II costs TO place meai
on the table and the packers would have
TO meet our prices.
GOOd-Natured Compositions.
Just good-natured ooTnpetftiOn-thsi'
Eha1 the whole plan would be No busi-
ness destroyed. but . few more mouths
fed a few more strong boys and girls q
put into the world
'.Scoffers and tEose opposed 20 my plan
viii say that a city can't run this KIND
of business ] say Il can Today the beei
packers in one OF Cur plants employ mOrs
men than are on ste payroll of the entirs
city o. New YORK
In the last analysis q city IS nothing
more than q big business enterprise Why
can't a city employ jus- as good men as Z
private ENTERPRISE know Il can
-All that Is necessary e 20 cut out poll
tics and the domination of a boss
Surrounded b. several men who know
their business would Tot hesitate 20
morrow 20 starr a municipal slaughtei
house and / promise 20 give the peopl'
cheaper meat ard also make a profit 70
The city. intend 70 visit the next sesstOi
Of the legislature and fight for my en-
sbling act which w1ll allow Milwaukee u
try the experiment of trying 70 give ia
own people cheaper focd There is moth
tnE unconstitutional in the measure, Ou
ths state legislature has 50 ued the hand
OF Milwaukee that il cannot be tired with
out a special measure