The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-23
MILLIONS ENLIST In
WAR UPON TRUSTS
Continued From Page One.

clubs, started her movement today to
enlist 100000 housewives IN Greater
New York under the anti-meat banner.
Mrs Comfort Brookes in a statement TO
day said: ''Men will go ahead and pay
high prices without saying anything,
but If L succeed in getting the names
OF 100000 upon petitions ! think /
can force action against prohibitive
prices. / and others want to make
vegetarianism popular, We shall en-
list tho aid of other women S clubs
with their branches of every state. The
movement will not stop with meat for
we have learned that when the trusts
can t overcharge us on ono thing they
will on another. We want every ne
cessity OF life within the reach of the
ordinary workingman."
Will Fight to End.
Mrs Frederick Nathan, president of
the Consumers league OF this city, to-
day Joined with Mrs. Comfort Broo kes,
A meeting will be held next Thursday,
the object OF which is to further the
campaign.
".We shall not cease until we see
victory said Mrs. Nathan tonight.
You doubtless remember the result OF
women's agitation when the tariff was
under consideration? Well. we hope
to be as successful in this fight"
The Omaha Central Labor union, 5000
strong, is waging war for lower prices
on foodstuffs by tho strike method.
In Indiana the Jews have put the
kosher butchers under ban for high
prices.
American Federation, Too.
The American Federation of Labor,
which already has its hands full with
industrial difficulties, is expected to
sound the bugle for the workingmen.
The United Mine Workers Of America
are assembled i'll Indianapolis and are
discussing general boycott. 1t will
when the Federation of Western Hotel
Keepers meet in Chicago take steps to
lower prices md discourage the eating
OF meat.
4 mass meeting at Boston will be
held in fremont Temple Monday to
pledge further hoycotts. A national
meat boycott and association is to be
formed in Chicago next week. The
Iron City Trades Council Of Pittsburg
is waiting for word from Samuel Com
pers before declaring strike against
sirloin steaks,
Three hundred union workmen in
Memphis have signed the anti-meat
pledge, President Van Houten Of the
Georgia Federation of Labor is urging
workmen throughout his state to boy
cott the beef trust. The movement is
weak yet on the Pacific coast, but sem
5iment is with persons who are fighting
for lower prices.
By the People for the People.
From Washington tonight the infor
nation came that the Daughters of the |
American Revolution would get into the |
ight, Mrs. Mary Lockwood said: "The |
antitrust move is right one. The |
of the D. a. r. will go with
,ut meat to help, / believe. Tho or"
sanization Will take any action for the |
benefit of the people at large, for we
-epresent the spirit of '76 and that |
pirit is essentially by the people and |
or the people, The moral example of |
,oing without meat is good one. We
III remember the patriotic lesson of |
he Boston tea party and the patriotic
'eatures OF the days when the colo
lists went without tea rather than pay
luty on the teas imported here. That
ame principle is involved in the pres
mt fight.
Will Become Poor.
Mrs Robert Oliver, wife Of the as.
,istant secretary of war, said: "Un-
ess some remedy is applied at once
'ur people will become rs poor and
as the down-trodden peas.
Lntry of Europe
Grocers here today declared that
'ggs would retail at 70 cents a dozen
lext week. Cranberries is the only
rult which has fallen in price.