Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-30
A DECISIVE VICTORY

Yesterday was busy day for the sellers Of turkeys in
most of the northern cities AT chicago the plce was
forced down about five cents by the determined action OF
the who refused to buy at the 80 cent price at
which the birds were held In Portland prices as
strongly cut through the influence, and some other
things also took small drop Flour slipped down a
nckle sack, and potatoes shaded OIL Reports from
MANY cities showed that the buyers refusing to stand for
the prices asked forced them down. 1t remained for
Pittsbwg Pennsylvania, to make the record showing
There the women thoroughly organized and their
team work produced unexpected results Turkeys had
been placed on the market at SO cents pound. The
refusedto pay it and insisted that lS cehts was
all they would pay and it was up to the dealers TO take
it or leave it. They left it-for awhile They had big
stock of turks for Ptsburg had been unusually prosper
Gus due her steel and munon plants and thought the
people would stand for it, They probably might have
done so had not the determined house wives who eazed
how hard Dad worked to the money for that Thanks
giving turkey stood pat firm in the determination to get
turkey at 18 cents 90 without It, Along about noon
with the big turks still hanging undisturbed IN the
markets the dealers began to picture what lhanksgV-
ing they would have with their whole stocks OF turkey
on hand Then they got scared and dropped the price to
a quarter Of dollar pound Nothing doing so far as
they could see among the house wives They knocked OIL
another nickle and waited smillngly Tor the rush OF
buyers 1t did not mateIiaize. The women had been
willing to pay Is cents but when they saw the panic they
had started they thought better of and began to enjoy
themselves thoroughly Turkey offered to make sepal-
ate peace fifteen cents but the women were not ready
for peace yet for woman requires little time to-
get over mad SPELL and they had been pretty angry
Then there was things doing the more tmid ones seeing
visions of tons of turkey left their hands, became panic
stricken and threw caution as well to the winds
and their turkeys on the market at whatever they would
bring Big fat gobbers went at three cents pound and
no questions asked There was grand rush then and
the dealers pcked up courage and advanced the price TO
five cents And the women smiled and still bought Then
the price was raised to S cents just what the women had
expressed their willingness to pay but the sales went on
1t was noticed though that not dealer made an attempt
to put his price shaving above what the women had SAID
thav would nav and which they were cheerfuy paying
II was remarkable victory, and one that will mark
the beginning of an era in domestic history 1t demon
strated to the women that they had the power IN their
own hands to stab old High Cost Of Living the mdll
and cut him in two at the pockets.
1t showed them that the remedy for unlusty high
prices was the refusal to buy 1t showed further that
was not an embargo that needed that is national
embargo The only measure of that kind necessary was
the placing of their own little private embargo on the
dealer by preventing him sending anything away from
his shop
Just where the end will be is hard to forsee When a
woman finds she can easily boss things she is pretty apt
to try it often not to forget It, and TO keep her
hand in.
season of unusual hilarity is in sight for dealers IN
many THINGS though oodstus likely to feel 1t most
1t will be no unusual thing in the near future to see the
naughty woman customer ask codly the price OF an
article and without comment pass on and out.
The unapproachable High Cost of Living has run up
AGAINST the inevitable female and his name is Dennis me
next THING these same women will be curling his hair
tynp bows on his neck and making regular poodle OF
him He will eat out of their hands and sit up when told
TO- This being the let US all on this OF all days De
and remain especially thankful: