The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-29

Continued from First PaEe-1
I gin the work Of organization in their &c
! spective States J. a Bsteman. GeOr-
STA B. r Loos. Iowa. Mrs. George N
Flick Oklahoma r. w. Thomas, North
( Carolina The league received this
morning a letter from Columbia Lodge.
Z No Ia Of the International Order Of
+ 1Iachluis,s, iEdOrsiuE the principles Of
the league, and expressing the desire
Of the lodge to affiliate with the league
The committee from the Chamber OF
Commerce and that appointed from the
Board CT Tra.5e were both particularly
active yesterday. The former held ]
meeting, Allen d Albert, tr-, presiding
The feature of the session ives the read
ing of q table of figures prepared at
the request OF the committee by the
ONCE force Of the Chamber Of Com
rlerce. This cable shows the increase
Of prices Of food during the past ten
years. in which time eggs have in
creased from - to - cents. -four from
S-s 10 Sc 80. and gwen grade Of meat
Che same Erade IT the same season.
from l. To > cents pound During
this time the prices Of tea. coffee and
sugar have remained constant. Cloth
ing has increased - per cent in cost.
Wholesale Prices Cut.
According 10 tie testimony given by
James N HuEe- an influential farmer
and commission merchant. before the
meeting Of the Chamber Of Commerce
subcommittee the agitation on high
food prices has brought down whole
sale priC2S-
J. Lynn Yeagle, testifyinE at this
meeting from the standpoint of the con
sumner, referred 70 ETadstreets reports
10 snow that labor wages had advanced
- per cent, while the cost of living had
increased l0c per cent IN the same length
Of time
Secretary Wilson's charge that the
1 local meat dealers make 4 profit of over
E 20 per cent were refUted in a letter read
before the committee from r RogersCu
& Co. who offer their books for eNami-
nation by the committee
The high price the retailer continues
to charge for butter, despite the action
OF the Elgin trust in lowering Jhis COM
modify cents q pound, IS one Of the
. chief topics OF discussion among the
members ef the Political Study Club,
one OF the most active wOman'S suffrage
organizations IN the city At meeting
OF the Study Club at suffrage headquar-
tiers, IS23 II street, TO take action
with regard TO the nigh cost Of living
agitation. il was declared by one house
. wife that she could not AFFORD to pur-
chase butter any more than meat" and
that the alleged reduced price OF this
article was, SO far as her experience
proved, merely newspaper talk Other
members of the club asserted that they
| had paid lit e, If any, less for butter
/ since the lowering OF It's price by the
/ trust
Suffrage Urged
The placing OF the ballot in the hands
Of women is declared by the Political
/ Study Club to be the solution OF the
| cost OF living problem.
''Inasmuch as legislation, and not a
/ temporary boycott Of food articles, IS
I the only lasting remedy for exOrbitant
prices, We need better legislation. and
more of Il. Therefore, let the women,
I who are the home keepers. and the pIr-
! chasers Of food, Iegislate-" This IS the
/ consensus Of opinion expressed, and al
! 50 embodied in the form Of a resolution,
by q number Of the suffragists who
/ comprise the organization.
At the meeting they declared them
/ selves on the side Of any movement
which aims to lower the cost of living
and 10 be in full sympathy with the
/ protest Of the meat bOycOtterS-
/ The ma jority of the women present,
! however believed that the taboo Of GER
/ tain food articles would be only tenn
! Porarily effectual; that IN few months
/ the cold storage houses would be un-
I loading uuOn the boycOueTS. az prac-
/ ticalIy the same Old prices, the same
meat butter, and eggs, which thee
/ bOycOtters refuse to by today. and
/ that the only effective Weapon IS lesis-
I lation
Resolution Adopted
/ In accord with this opinion. the fol-
/ lowing resolution was adopted
Whereas. The ballot Is the Teapor