New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-05
SHY AT BOYCOTT
OF COSTLY EGGS
Only One Cabinet Woman in
Washington Willing to Join
the Crusade.
rrrom The Tribune Bureau. !

Washington, Dec. Wives Of the mem
beers OF the Cabinet were urged To-Day
10 ioin the boycott against eggs, but Only
Mrs. Burleson. wife OF the Postmaster
General. agreed TO help. the others mere
IS expressing sympathy. but stating th%'
their husbands were too fond OF esSs
a la ham an
Mrs. Ellis Logan. president OF the FED
Grafton Of Women's Clubs. declared thht
she would present petitions To congress
in the near future She was slightly DIS
appointed that the wives o. the Cabinet
members did not join the movement
II shall be very glad 10 do whatever !
can to assist I'm bringing down egg
prices" Mrs. Burleson said. IF a sacr-
flee on my part I'm the matter OF eatnS
egg Will assist. ! shall be very glad To
make II. / am heartily in favor oil
thorough investigation of the high prices
Of eggs and other foods. In common win
other housewives. ! dcplore the present
high prices-and do not mean on eggs
alone, but on all food products.
"A meat boycott would be 30 much
easier" sighed Mrs. Garrison. wife OF
the Secretary Of War. II could arrange
that fairly well. but boycott on ebss-
wlv. Mr.. Garrison would not know what
TO eat for breakfast. But. Indeed a"'
I'm syrnpathy with any movement 10 re-
d,ce the high cost Of living. and reaiiS
do No, think I am hurting the campaign
against high egg prices, for. you See
I have my eggs brought III from w
country and am really not paying cNces-
sive prices az,
Eggs arc pretty high" said Mrs. WI
con. wife of the Secretary OF Labor pu'
I tust do not see how TO get along WIZ"
out them. You may count me WIN NV
boycotters I'm spirit. but We VIII nave "
nay the high price Of eggs suppose
sinpIy because our breakfast table "ou'u
not seem normal without them. am W
svmpathy with any movement to reduce
the high cost OF living.
81 have heard a great deal about the
methods OF the cold storage people sa'u
Mrs Houston. wife Of the Secretary Oh
| agriculture but all I know Is based
merely on reports, and l have no aceu-
rate information. ! am naturally inter-
o.,.d in the high cost OF living and am IN
800 NJ any fair method 10 reduce II. j
III M, advocate any particular plan. ]
A. not bowever. patronize any city dealer
:, hu,.irc my eggs. 4 farmer brinss
them IN TO me, and pay MN '"e mo,
nrice so that whilo ! am interested III
the market price am not tamper'hB WIN
the boycott -,
Mrs. Bryan. wife OF the SecretaIy VI
state. said she was In sympathy WIZ tnc
cause. but did not care TO say any 'n'ie
for publication
,bicaeo. Dec. 4.-Plans for cooperation
between Chicago women ana "oIio" vi
live In agricultural dlstriSts arrnctors of
today at a meeting of the dlrcctoErIs %
tIe Illinois Federation Of women ,'u.o
Wrs Moses l.. Purvin, chairman Oh tno
civics department. said that arrahBeIi'c'i 10
were being perfected TO Drlh6 'oesa .,,,,,ors
! ragn,ar correspondents women consume .
| Ia women producers OF eggs and other
farm products. -. ,,,oors have Joined
Chicago woman club members III INC , vss
hovcott. by which It is hoped 10 reduce
the price OF eggs to 81 cents uo%ei
Kansas CITY. Dec. 4--Placing OF boy -
colt on eggs in every nome III s %
Citv was the announced purpose OF
mass meeting of practically all the worn
nn's organizations In the city caled w.
dav nv the Kansas city Housewives
, I 'espue The women sought 10 place
ban on the home consumption OF eggs un-
IN the present retail price OF 40 cents 10
reduced Mrs. Willard Church presl-
dent of the local Housewives League
was chairman Of the mass meeting
Pittsburgh, Dec. I'm face or the i .ic
| that agents OF the Department or justice
orc here TO Investigate the cause OF the
high price OF eggs, quotations Tor Sc =
lected eggs" as the Pittsburgh Butter
and Eggs Exchange terms them, were ad-
vance6 to-day from 10 and 40 cents to
| IN and 20 cents "A dozen. Dealers declare
that this is because eggs to bear the
! name OF selects" must be not more than
I "a week old. 49,. -.
Alleged price fixing by the Butter and
! Eggs Exchange Is one OF the things the
e1Vernment's agents are investigating.