The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-01
PEOPLE BUYING
 CHEAPER MEATS Meat Bills Are Greatly Re duced By Housekeepers STRUGGLE FOR MINES Two Factions Are Fighting Over Con- trol of the Copper Property Near
 Guggenbeim Mining Lands
 Located in Alaska

Chicago. February 2S.-(Speeial.) )-The
 meat boycott has been succeeded by the
 cheaper cut as the solution of the butch
 CTS bills, and in Chicago the flank steak
 the trump roast and the beefsteak pie
 have made their appearance in thousands
 of homes Prejudice and pride still clamor for porterhouse steak and rib
 roast. regardless of the declaration or chefs and domestic economy specialists
 that they find it a fascinating game to see for how little money they can evolve
 palatable meat dishes by using the cuts
 which have largely been neglected. The Testimony of wives of switchmen as to the details of the higher costs ol living,
 which is the main argument for wage increase by the railways. bore on this phase of the problem. Last week l thought 1 would buy ham," one woman
 testified. we had not had one for a lcng time. I asked my butcher the price, and he said it was 1s cents a pound. | Then I looked at a nice roast ana ne said that was 19 cents pound. There | was a shoulder roast on the counter ana | he said that was Ia cents pound.
 She was asked, which did you buy?'
 She answered in the tone of one who is making confession of guilt, T bought the cheap roast. Housewives
 who are ecoromizing by giving rib roasts and porterhouse a rest Say they have cut their butchers bill nearly In two and made some discoveries in cul- mary art that their families not only are satisfied with bu. prefer. "Smothered | .xft- beer" beef a la mode" and Spanish minced beef" all made from the cheap CT cuts and used so much by French cooks, seem to have come to stay as long as beef and pork are high.
 l A glimpse at the Morgan Guggen- helm incubus in Alaska was afforded by efforts in Chicago to secure control of copper property near the Bonanza mine | of the Guggenh eims that the stock might be put beyond the reach of the Morgan interests. This struggle is sequel to the recent death in snow slide in Alaska of H. Curtis Elliott. The annual meeting of the company owning the properties, the stock of which Is scattered broadcast among the small holders, soon is to be held in Seattle and it was found that a ff1yste rious rival for control. was securing proxies. The other faction has now set about getting powers of attorney, which 1t will use to revoke the proxies given. The scramble promises live | ly If not sensational contest that will by typical of the status of the better Alaska properties which are still in IL, f,.tf I., }1,s case the railroad which the Morgan Guggenheim crowd is building to the Bonanza mine hundreds of miles inland will furnish transportation for the ore and the companys officers do not ex- pect anyone will be permitted to benefit by that railway but the big interests if | it can be prevented by stock purchase or acquisition of a lien. Every effort is being made to get major part of the small company's stock trusteed for period of years, expenses are being cut and the company's affairs trimmed to withstand years of freeze-out tactics, action that is based on the general ex- perience in Alaska which explains the present dominating position of MT. Morgan and the Guggenheims.
 Reforms in paving contracts demanded by representatives of the engineering de- partments of 42 cities during the Chicago paving congress perhaps with inten- tional reference to Chicago as a horrible example-stirred the contractors of Il1- nois to a militant virtue. Any contractors who practice fraud or graft declared their association, will be investigated and prosecuted. Notwithstanding these rein forcements, the city engineers are going to keep on the alert and begin reforming by abolishing the paving surety" graft, which will be c saving to the cities rep resented in the congress of 3s75.000. The substitute proposed is the withholding of 10 per cent of the contract price to cover 1 the costs of maintenance. The sureties for paving contractors in a pinch have evaded liability, it seems. New Dr. leans year ago abandoned the bonding company system and now places it's sole reliance on the cash reserve" said | member of the committee which prepared the report Kansas City is ready for the same plan, and Chicago representa- lives will urge the convention to reconl-