The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-08
CONTINUED
FROM PAGE I
WOMEN ARE ANGRY
OVER "S0FT SOAP"
FROM FOOD KINGS

visitors do most ~ the talking.
We gave them the rope and let
hem hang themselves Mrs. Red
sheton said. and kept quiet How
ever. some OF the men. believe.
gave US some sincere answers
Butter Man Fasors Embargo
II. r. Turner. OF Turner 4 Pease.
big butter middlemen. frankly told
the women he thought an embargo
R necessities was the best solu.
ton OF the problem.
buyers have purchased car loads
OF butter from me. he said.
land shipped the stuff TO London.
even after We mede the price for
100 cubes higher than the rate for
q single cube"
City MIX Inspector \. y. Hen
derson and W. V. :. Robb. OF the
Northwest Dairymen's association.
urged the women not TO boycott
butter.
Fear for Industry
1T may lower prices. hendsr-
son said. but II will react on the
second biggest industry In the state
and tend to diminish the herds Il
hits the farmer. and not the manip
uiafor. whom YOU are after. lie
doesn't care n the price goes down.
because he'll Just cut down on tho
price he pays the farmer for his
butter fat"
The women asked him why deliy
I'd milk prices remained the
lame. regardless OF supply and de-
mand.
That's one thing cant under
stand he said.
A. TO Storage
How much cold storage butter
IL there in Seattle
II don't know. but would Judge
not over 200. 900 pounds
The women decided that there
was probably great quantity
which has been exported at fancy
war prices. altho II was purchased
last June at a low figure TO the
dairymen.
III the farmers who own the
cows could organize. and regulate
their selling" he said. 1T might
tend TO solve the situation.
6iames the War
He said the war was responsible
for the high prices. too. in that the
canned milk people are paying
high price for raw milk. and selling
10 a vast demand at fancy figures.
The manipulation OF the market
on the basis OF demand. rather than
cost OF production. was what the
women bewalled. and Henderson
greed with them.
Ali agreed that high feed prices
made the farmer and the consumer
each goats"
Asks for Farmers Xmas
Donald McGinnis. who operates
big dairy farm. said a boycott
would keep the farmers wives
and farmers children from having
a Christmas In many homes. He
said wages had gone up on the
farms. along with prices for feed.
and receipts for products.
II. J. Miginerey. potato king
from Western ave. asked the wom-
en- why they didn't investigate the
high cost OF other things beside
foods.
We are shipping potatoes. he
said, ito feed people whose crop
failed. II the crop failed here. you
would want the stuff shipped here.
Protecting the Homes
Mrs. Garfield. representing tho
- 10
Teachers association. said the
women we're merely protecting
their interests In their homes
We want women TO feel that
they should be proud. rather than
ashamed. to make Johnnys suits
and underwear from dads these
DAYS" she said It isn't matter
If living on 40 cents day. as the
~hIcago diet squad Is doing. but
what we are interested in is learn
ing how 10 live on 10 cents per
capita per day. We are thinking Of
the thousands of families that must
survive on from SO TO si5 a week
for big families
Reid Won't Preside
The women decided not TO have
Secretary J. &. Reid OF the Com
mercial club act as chairman of
their Hippodrome meeting.
We've decided he was too par
tIal 10 the business interests" Mrs.
Redington said. Our organization
IL founded on the idea that the
homes are the real bed rock eco
nomic basis Of the community.
Without the Seattle home. and
homes We export TO. there would
be no demand for anything"
Members Of the women's com
mittee in charge OF the mass meet
ing are Mrs Redington. Mrs T.. VI.
Higgins, Mrs A. NJ Smart, Hrs. T..
w. Sankey. Mrs. A. +. Henby, Mrs.
a. J. Porter and Mrs. j. y. Prather.
in letter 10 the Homekeepera'
H. Postmaster Edgar Battle urged
sBmen 10 take advantage Of the
Marcel post scheme Of buying direct
from producers. G. o. -.
Producers lists are furnished
quarterly by the postofficc depart