Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-02
- A PNGE F0p THE WOMEN FOLKSB
HN1NHEAPT NND
HONE EAI-KS
EN- rs q q APR PA "a
.J14TB
Have You Joined the Housewives League?

r. ) a result of the present high cost Of living IN organization has been
| A formed in the City of New York which promises to be Of vast service
IL it is an organized effort to prevent sales where prices or foodstuHs
a. ~Dnormany high; to educate housewives along lines of economical buy
ing and to bring the commodities which ire used daily In the household to
standards of excellence which will insure a healthy young America.
But Its work is not confined to the City of New York. In fifteen
States the movement has received such cordial support and such accessions
Its membership that State organizations are being formed.
And this countrywide membership with Its enormous umbers can be
a tremendous factor In regulating the price and the quality OF food. II
a pitched battle comes between 1t and the trusts the probability is that it
decree of the Supreme Court las been able to do. For he tr1sts simply
exist for the profits they can make, and II the women, by shrewd manage
ment and concerted action. reduce these profits the trusts will find business
is o paying enough to continue. Fol- tt is to be noted "a FOODS, such as
meat, butter and eggs. that are trust controlled, though this control may
not be seen, are the same price practically from the Atlantic to the Pacific;
whereas, those things that are sold by the producer himself. varya according
the locality an eos of production thereof 2
The Housewives' League purposes work o a wide scope. One thing
they have n mind is the building of a food exchange. This will be a
to the science Of housewifery; an assembling place where outoftow1
members may meet and confer and a centre of information, om which
the outlying districts may be apprsed by kerserTi OF M state o.
the market
The basement O, the building win be a shipping room. Whenever
conditions are such that produce is being abnormaly withheld from the
market, " that cold storage articles re being forced o n the purchaser.
products right to the headquarters and dispose of them there.
Above this will be a large room given owe to the telegraph, the tee-
phone and the ticker; and from this room will como In and go out AL
necessary information upon prices. quantity and quality O. various food
sturs which the housewives Of the League may need to know.
The entire front Of the second floor Ill 20 given up to a permanent
exposition of articles and products needed for the household. Nothing
will be permitted there which has not been tested and reported o. BY
several members.
will serve to insure fair prices for food products n II VIII rase the
'A It is also planned to issue a daily sheet for the benefit of those who
cannot easily get away from their homes This will give n detail tho
information which the ticker and the telegraph and telephone give to those
within their radius. This little sheet will be mailed to League nembero
who need 1t.
You "a easily see what a vast instrument this League car be for good.
Is 1t not worth Joining? Is It not worth organizing in your community II
there is none there at present?
Rn~Aa4- a~7~.