Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-25
PROSECUTOR MOTT
IS TOO BUSY FOR
BEEF PRICE PROBE
Cost of Living Uprising Hasn't
Occupied His Attention Up
TO This Time.
AND HE SAYS NOTHING
OF PLANS FOR FUTURE
In Meantime Other City Officials
Prepare to Prosecute Trusts
and Movement Grows.


Despite the fact that the almost pro-
hibitive prices asked for meat and
other foodstuffs is being regarded
throughout the country as a matter of
prime Importance for grand jury in
Hcstgation, Prosecutor Mott announced
today that he had been too busy TO
give the matter any consideration. He
did not say that at some future date
when the cares of office weighed less
heavily upon his shoulders he hoped
to consider the possibility of perhaps,
maybe, bringing the matter to the at
tention of an Essex county grand jury.
He stated simply he had been too busy
TO take it up and let 1t go at that.
That the cost OF living Is being more
seriously regarded from official stand
points in almost every section of the
United States Is more apparent today
than 1t has been since the agitation
against the high prices began. There
were very few experts in Newark today
who were not directly interested in the
issue that regarded the 25 per cent
falling off in the demand for meat aud
the simultaneous drop in meat prices
as coincidence One prominent
butcher who has been advertising pork
Vt the rock-bottom-for these high
priced tiines-of thirteen cents per
pouhd explained ms move To-Day with
ene ssei'toi eii.e caiio'lu VI poih
ato'" 'iio WsS, htu peen oeidyou ps
ti.e s'oihi anu ne io'liiu l. necessary 10
ulspose VI II before tne arrival oI Two
adai.loiial carloads Ihus ne was sell
ING. ne salo' almost at cost,
~ was geherally admitted To-Day
among retah putchers tnat the estl-
mate Whlch put the failihg on OF the
demand lof meat IN the last rev days
az from 20 TO Az per cent. was not an
q excessive ono. Many dealers expressed
the heartiest approval of the unofficial
boycott, declaring they were as much
the Victims OF exorbltaht prices as
We're the consumers. Those closest in
touch with the situation pointed out
today that this lessened demand for
meat was the more remarkable in that
no regular boycott on meat had as
yet been declared by any organization
Ipls failihg on, they declared, was
dlrect expression OF tne outraged SEN
tllnent oil the community and forcibie
expression Oh the desire among New
Kers not 10 tau penhd the remaihder
Oh the country IN the interesting ana
Successlul ilgnt Whlch IS pelng Waged
on the interests Wmcn nave toreeq un
">H""" reason the price OF foodstuns'
Foreigners Dissatisfied.
Gener dissatisfaction Is being cx-
pressed among foreigners of the city
over the rise in the price of meat
They generally buy large quantities at
a time of the cheaper kinds of meat.
Naturally Il thrifty class, they say
that they can live comfortably on
bread potatoes and other vegetables
and thrive on that fare, until the
present high prices of meat are re-
duced
Grocers, 70, who formerly conducted
meat trade with their regular gro
Gerry department are abandoning the
former because the people will not pay
the prices and they say that they can
not seh rover except at loss. Inc
petitions lhat arc oeing circulated
Neiympeie Aoi poScot' Oh meat are
nnains sishers'
hhe poscor. mus aireauy niaue i,seil
ielt on lhe racine coast represents
uVes oi ''Voo iaoorihs men nave PASSED
resolutions III Los Ahgeles calllhg upon
andnthe union men are readily acceding
10 the REQUEST
none VIII eat meat untli the prices
are lowered Ihey VIII also pack an
otner boycott against all foodstuHs that
fney regard as pelng sold at exorbltant
prices
Widespread attention over the high
COST OF hVing. coupled win the govern
menls ACTIVITY against the packers
caused genera tumble In the specula-
i've lharkcts OF the country yesterday.
rrlces LOT wneat' corn, provisions ana
Vottvn' ss wen as s,ocks, ieii 10 iowef
leVeis nnuei a sliilui'eneous nloVenleht
on I'M ,ne Per- - .n,e speEuia.ols 10 unioau.
.',s 's.,.n,oo,,t ~ 80 s,- 70 .ne poy
.,,o 49, ~ nc ".. '-'.,, anu .rus.s ,,
~ go W..
,a,,,ar;,,s, tlei,. n1.;ces . az Ae' ny
"'ei 'ccs Drop.
Wholesale prices Tor dressed beef.