The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-08-09
Cavaness Tells Of Meeting at Ok
lahoma City; Relates Evi-
dencc Given at Extended
Session.
SAYS BUTCHER KING
PRICE HIK En- OF LOT
Declares Druggists, Grocer and
Retailer Also Busy; Says
Public Can Help the
Situation.

Charging that The retail meat deal
ors and the retail druggists were the
+ kings Of profiteers, d. NJ. Covaness,
4 county attorney, issued the following
written statement pertaining to the
meeting Of the county attorneys OF
! Oklahoma in Oklahoma City yestcr.
day;
Upon the call Of tho governor.
practically every county attorney In
the state met at the capitol yestcr
day with committee from the boar'l
of agriculture, the governor, attorney
general and representatives of vari-
Gus organizations of the state inter
estod in the fight begn waged
against the high cost of living, every
person present at the meeting had
spent considerable time in an earn.
est effort to learn the true condition
existing in his particular locality and
reported his findings to the convcn-
ton
These reports showed conclusively
that the star offender, the person
most responsible for the high cost Of
living and who who Is rapidly fore
, ing this country into q state Of boil
sheyism and anarchy, Is the retail
merchant and that the retail butcher
heads the list as being the profiteer.
par excellence ana without close
rival
"Tho evidence showed that No. [
beef was being sold by the packing
houses at Oklahoma City yesterday
to the retail butchers at approximate
ly IL cents per pound and that tho
butcher was selling the beef at an
average price of 40 cents per pound
or at a profit Of some $50 per cent:
the evidence further showed that the
class Of beef received by the butch.
ers at. ChickaBha was costing the
butcher between II and 12 cents
and that the local butcher is charg.
ing from so TO 60 cents for the same
beef
"Tbo evidence showed that the
packing plants are at this time full
of beef, that they are unable to dis
pose of ii because the consuming
public is unable to cat beef and pay
the butcher $50 to 400 per cent
profit, that the farmer and stockman
has an abundance of cattle he wishes
to market but that the packer will
not buy 1t was further suggested at
the meeting that if the consumer
would buy meat by the pound and
would see that he got the amount
that he paid for, that considerable
saving would be made When your
butcher tells you that he is paying
the same price for beef now that he
was paying few months ago don't
believe it for It is not true; he has
increased his price to you but he is
paying about 20 per cont less for his
beef than formerly
Your druggist, your grocer and
your dry goods merchant is prof
itcoring in the samo manner. Tho
investigation shows that the drug
gisls Of Chickasha are charging from
20 to 40 per cent more than the
of Oklahoma City and some
other towns Why should your local
druggist charge YOU 3Jc, Csc. and
$L15 for articles that you can buy at
other places for 25c, soc and Sion?
What is the real object of the fire..
qucnt meetings Of the Retail Mer
chants association? Is it 20 protect
the merchants from bad check artists
and persons who do not pay their
bills. as advertised, or is it for the
purpose Of fixing uniform prices to
be charged you for your goods? II
you don't know then you ought to in.
vestigate
at is the opinion Of the attorney
general Of this state and the opinion
OF the county attorneys of the state
that we have no law upon our statue
books at this time under which We
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