New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-02
GRILL HIGH PRICES
COLLECTIVISTS 4STIR.
Romans Way Defended and
Problem Still Undecided.

Are women to blame for the increased
cost OF living2 Who orders the fancy
packages from the grocery stores? Who
wear the necklaces OF pea green pearl2
What does a million dollar necklace have
TO do with the high price OF pork. any
way? 1t is a big subject-toO big TO Dc
settled in dollar dinner evening Several
things must be considered Automobiles.
the tariff, increasing value of farm land.
the per capita consumption Of nutmegs
must be mentioned along with women. and
IL all takes time.
The Collectivist Society grappied with
the problem until late hour at kalifs res
tauraat last night. When the count was
taken the three orators were blowing hard
but the problem was still almost as fresh
as a daisy.
The speakers included two men and one
u,or,ar II remained for the woman 10
produce theory that in any way involved
her sex as responsible for the present high'y
unsatisfactory price conditions she had
deIved into the subject. she said Sne
talked gIibIy Of the decrease in the value
Of gold and its consequent effect upon pur-
chasing power Her talk proved her 70 De
the sort Of woman who would be content
only when she had struggled with any q'les-
ton long enough TO solve IT. The deeper
she deIved into the problem OF the nigh
cost of living the more she struggled. said
Mrs Anita e. Black
Taking the flats in New York City. Mrs
Black found them tiny. closet room absent
or cramped- The present system of packing
crackers was exactly what such lack OF ac-
commodaticns made the workingman's
housewife desire. But. because Of the fancy
box. making such tidy appearance in the
tiny fiat, the groceryman charged a highe-
price than formerly was demanded for the
musty soda biscuits when sold in bulk THIS
was one reason for the increased cost %
living. said Mrs. Black. but the fancy boxes
made everything 50 much easier for the
women Of to-day that she at least would
cry out for the maintenance of prices At
the existing altitude rather than that Ons
housewife of one workingman should be
compelled again TO carry her crackers home
by the bulk
This touches the poor women said
Mrs. Black How about the fancy pack
ages that The rich women have delivered
at their homes at all hours? We will call
her Mrs. Montmorency- Her husband is
in the pork business. we'll say She holds
u Mr.. Montmorency for million dollar
Montmorency do? He holds up the public
and pork jumps sky high The parasite
female of the capitalist class has had a
lot TO do with increased cost Of living But
can we leave this question here Socialists
are never satisfied to leave anything any
where" she said.
The Rev z. 4 WATSON, OF Newark, y.
J., presided
Professor Edwin Z SIosson. literary ed
that housewives formerly helped their
husbands more than they do to-day. He
said women seemed TO want more and
more to get out of doing work: that they
10 longer made their husbands clothes,
very few of them even pressing their hus-
bands suits And so far as rocking the
cradle was concerned. when there was any
thing to rock in cradle these days. some
one came forward TO say that. under any
circumstances. il was wrong for the cradle
to be rocked.
Byron W. Holt, former editor OF Moody
Magazine" read statistics that struck the
only sOmbre note OF the evening. He said
he looked at the whole question OF the
trend Of things in a serious way and did
not know until he had listened 10 the
others that the COIlectivist Society believed
in taking everything joke His eco
nOmiC mind, he said. had not included
woman among the alleged causes Of the
present reasons for regret. Women were
out OF II. he said. because advances had
not been in Injuries.