Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-04-14

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 Hotel cut steak --------- .13
 Spare ribs ------------ .12k Pork sausage --------------- .121a Bacon - 12h California hams -------------- .11h Pork chops 121h Hamburger steak -- .12h Brains. per set .12h Rib roast ------------- IA
 Bump roast ------------ .12
 The markets. which advertise the foregoing prices and which stick to them are doing good business. The Housewives league led by the way with dealer who needed an idea. and the others followed.
 After Fish Dealers.
 The Housewives league didn't rest
 on it's oars when it had brought meat l prices down to living schedule. Houston had been good fish market But the price of the various kinds of gulf fish ever remained at a standard ] of about 15 cents pound. That is, j, it remained at the 15-cent standard
 until the housewives got busy. The
 first dealer-one of the big men at ] the central market-refused to listen
 to the argument of the women. albeit
 he is listening now. The league got
 the ear of another fish dealer induced
 him to reduce prices on the theory
 that moderate price. with a close
 margin of profit, would double the de-
 mand for sea food. and the theory was
 sustained. This dealer advertised his prices, as did the pioneer in the meat field, and his business has been enor-
 nous. One can get all the fish he wants-and about any kind he wants
 now-at prices ranging from to 9
 cents pound. The business is on a
 cash basis.
 Of the other problems which the league has taken up none has been
 more important than the inspection of
 dairies. bakeries and shops of various
 kinds to determine the sanitary con-
 ditions in these places. Fair weights have been established. too. and in most stores there are guaranteed scales on the outside of the counters
 where customers may weigh their goods to make sure that they are get
 ting all that is coming to them. And the league not only urges members to weigh their purchases but it also has
 rule that there shall be set of
 scales in every kitchen. to guarantee that goods delivered by carrier wag-
 on shall come up to the standard. Bread Dealers Too.
 The Houston housewives were get ting the short end on the bread prop J, osition prior to the advent of the F league. It was revealed that some
 dealers were selling loaves weighing as little as ten ounces. Twelve-ounce loaves were common. There is no law , in Texas standardiZing the weight o1 a loaf of bread but laws are unnec'
 essary when the housewives get to- l sether. The weight of a loaf of breaC should be fifteen ounces when |
 leaves the oven. The housewives f were instructed to weigh their loaves If the loaf didn't meet the required weight the housewifc's instruction
 was to get on the telephone and noti' fy the dealer. If he didn't produce the right weight in loaf or oreae the housewife's course was simple l she went to dealer who would de V liver the right kind of loaf. La" 5 or no law. Houston dealers fount [ that they couldn't combat that sort o l an argument.
 l In the leagues sanitary campaign . the efforts were not confined to deal l CTS alone. Members themselves were t hauled over the coals.' Clean Own Kitchens, Too. ) "We cant command perfect sanita l tion from dealers" said the league 9 "unless we show them an example 5 i've must have clean kitchens il !, Houston. It is imperative that the X members of this league, by their ex !. ampla. show the dealers that cleanll . ness is most necessary and greatly Q desired in the handling of foodstuHs l When you are through with milk t bottle for instance, wash 1t thorough 2 ly before you return it to the mllt : man. Housewives in Houston nave |. been guilty of sending unclean mlii 0 bottles to the dairies. You can't eX g meet the dairyman to reform unless
 you give him an incentive to do so.
 "As a result, the housewives ar' s engaged in clean-kitchen contest t which is to involve the making o t GOO photographs of kitchen interiors a and the women arc striving heroicaii. l to attain to that degree of kitcher cleanliness that will stamp her as lh ' housewife of excellence.
 = Democratic League.
 j. The thorough democracy of tn }. Housewives league is the one thln e that impresses the visitor at the week r ly meetings. These meeting are hel' d each Thursday afternoon in the GU. k auditorium, and here the committee
 renorts are read and the new busi F ness is promulgated. The best faml