The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-10
WOMEN REFUSE
TO EAT EGGS At
) CENTS APIECE
Housewives League Goes on
Strike Until Price Reaches
50 Gents a Dozen.
MILLIONS IN STORAGE.
But Dealers Decline to Sell al
Lower Rate Than Is
Demanded.
MILLIONS IN STORAGE.

The women who fry the eggs are On
strike and they refuse to purchase
any more until the fellow who rays
them or the counter reduces the price
Of the fruit to thirty cents a dozen.
At present the dealers ask Ave cents
apiece for them. The best egg In the
world isn't worth Ave cents. the house
wives declare.
The housewives have vowed to eat
German eggs the rest of their lives II
the American dealer doesn't cut his
price. over 7oo,oo0 egg lovers among the
fair sex have expressed themselves
thus. and to prove they are serious
$4,000 Of them were content to eat
porridge Hor breakfast this morning in
stead OF a "rasher and two" The re-
suit 10 that eggs are accommodating to-
day In New York and all over America.
But the hen keeps on laying. Tao
housewives have laid" their grievance
before the dealers, and In reply the
dealers have laid" the eggs back on
the counter with u card stuck in the
essket showing the price to be 60 cents
Q dozen.
'But we'r wtn." said Mrs. Julian
Heath, President OF tho Housewives
LeaRue to-day Il have been IN touch
with our leaders In Kansas City. Buff
f~.o. Detroit. Charleston, s. G.. Provi-
dsnce and oyster Bay. and they Inform
ne that the dealers IN these various
saslss are commanding the same price
a. the New York dealer Is extracting
from us. sixty cents Is too much for q
Aesen sggs. ana II tire price is not cut
70 thirty we will refuse TO buy them.
SAat's all. An egg at its best. Is not
worth such an xorbitant price.
III there were a scarcity OF eggs 1t
might DO different. but there Is no
Asarth In eggs at present: in fact there
were about 2el72,52o of them In the
state OF New York on september I. and
the hens have been laying right along
since then. These eggs went into
storage last April At eighteen or twenty
cents a dozen, and could ne sold now at
"A
margin OF profit. Five cents is a very
good profit on a dozen eggs.
DEALERS ARE NOW SELLING
CRATE EGGS uNLABELLED.
To-day l have ten women who ara
calling on dealers in various sections
.ot the city to ascertain what prices are
being asked and also 20 learn whether
they are selling crate eggs as fresh
eggs. and fresh eggs as crate eggs.
During my visits on Saturday
found dealers were selling crate eggs
unlabelled, which. OF course. is against
the law. A dealer liz supposed to put
sign on the eggs showing whether they
are fresh or cold storage.
Il shall take this matter up with
Commissioner Lederle of the Board OF
Health and ask him to see that the cold
storage law is enforced. which makes
1t mandatory for the dealer TO label
his eggs.
1--WE don't want to make the dealer
lose money. but. If he doesn't put his
price at thirty cents We will simply re-
fuse to eat American eggs and will re-
sort to the German. Austrian and Eng.
lish hen which seem to lay heavier
eggs. as they weigh. from Ave to six
pounds more to Il case than the domestic
egg. They are not cold storage eggs
either. so their price must be compa red
with that Of our fresh eggs.
The Housewives League has over
7Oo. 900 members. and is represented in
every state In the Union. When 7oo. 900
women say they won't eat eggs at sixty
cents a dozen II means something"