Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-12
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Hebrew Housewives to Appeal to
Other Races in Their Meat !
Boycott.

The Prince street section of the city
" here "kc- .cr'' meat Is sold in great
quantities is greatly disturbed today
by the wholesale boycott which is
threatened by Hebrew housewives. 1t
is an echo of the big kosher boycott IN
New York. and coming as it does on the
eve of the great feast Of "Pesach.'
which is the Hebrew Easter. there is
no telling how serious the consequences
may be. :.
The Hebrew Easter begins next Fri
day. 1t is a time of great rejoicing and
feasting. The Hebraw nlatzoths. which
are uhleayened bread. will be in great
demand. as will be all kinds OF meats.
The kosher" meat has &c be killed by
a rabbi, which makes il possible for the
boycott of this meat to be- more efec-
tive than others that have been started.
Mrs. Harris Rubinson. of s73 Spring
field avenue. secretary OF the Ladies'
Branch No. 1o2. Workman's Circle. is
the leader of the women who have de-
clared war on the kosher butchers, and
she said today that every minute the
army of indignant Hebrew housewives
is gaining recruits. She has caused TO
be scattered broadcast in the Prince
street section circulars calling on the
housewives. to rise in their might and
or furnish meat at more reasonable
| figure.
The circular goes onto state that it
is impossible for the families of the
district to exist without meat, and she
calls on all TO attend mass-meetins
to be held tonight in Windsor Hall.
Broome and Morton streets. Prepara-
tions are being made to take care of q
great crowd Mrs. Rebecea Wechstein,
of 142 Howard street. will preside.
The kosher butchers today admitted
that they are alarmed at the proper
tions OF the housewives war. At the
same time they united in declaring that
they will oppose any movement looking
TO the closing of their shops before the
feast of Pesach. They say that while
they recognize the claim Of the
women that the prices Of meat are al
together too high. they are powerless,
as they have TO ray the prices demand
ed by. the beef barons.
II don't intend to close my shop un-
der any Circumstance declared Harry
Boxer, who has big kosher shop at
104 Prince street at simply will re-
solve itself. into the proposition, that
those who cannot afford to pay the
prices demanded for meat will have to
go without it. am losing money now.
There isn't any money IN the butcher
business any more. The public will
not buy.t the, meat at the prices We have
10 get for it in order TO make profit"
other kosher butchers who say they
will not close their shops, at least not
until after the feast is over. are: Simon
Daubin. 64 Prince street: Louis Katz.
ss Prince street: Abram Auerbach. 20
Prince street; S. Fleishman. So Prince
street; D. Goss. 80 Prince street; NJ.
Reinfeld. 9S Prince street; A. Swears-
XIV. 100 Prince street. and Meyer New
man, 122 Prince street.
Mrs. Rubinson said today that it Is
the intention to interest all the He
brew housewives in the boycott and
latter appeal to the housewives of all
classes and nationalties to rise in their
might and demand a reduction in the
price of meat.