The Glenwood post., 1919-08-09
in DISCUSSION OF
HIGH LIVING COSTS
Subject Given Attention Com.
munity Meat Market Ap.
parently Not Popular
is NOT THE SOLUTION

What is the solution of the high
cost Of living SO far as Glenwood is
concernedf That is just what We have
been trying to find out, but without
success. Surely it is not municipal
meat market, if the temper of public
meeting called by Mayor Darrow and
City Attorney Beardsley at the Cham
Der of Commerce rooms Wednesday is
to be taken as the proper community
criterion.
The meeting was the outgrowth of
lively discussion of the subject at
the meeting Of the city council last
Monday evening in which Mayor Oar
row said he believed it would be the
part Of cowardice for the authorities
to remain quiet under the present ten
sion born of prevailing high prices.
The result Of that discussion was
the appointment by the council of the
mayor and city attorney to investigate
the matter and do what they deemed
to be best in the premises. They there
fore invited several of our citizens TO
meet them Wednesday evening to dis
cuss the matter in the hope of finding
some remedy.
Mr.. Darrow addressed the nesting
by referring to the prevailing high
prices and the great difficulty which
some people, especially wage earners,
found to make ends meet under the
present state Of affairs. He referred
to what he termed a combination of
grocers to prevent the Dildine sisters
Of the Williams hotel from buying
their meats direct from the packers
and at Wholesale prices.
The speaker said the conditions had
become intolerable and he wanted 800
from every man present with which to
start a municipal or community meat
market. He said the city was without
funds to embark in the enterprise and
the aldermen were not in favor of it,
but such store might be opened on
cooperative basis II those present
favored the movement. He wanted
this money put up and q competitive
market started without regard to
whether there was any chance to get
the money back or not. He said his
hundred was ready and he woud take
pleasure in giving It II the others
would 60 in with him. He admitted
that the movement would probably
prove failure, but he said he beloved
we should struggle anyway. He was
strong in his denunciation Of. Armour,
Swift, Morris and the other packers,
but said that the fact that they had
us down was no reason why We should
not struggle to FREQ ourselves from thu
bondage.
| In NO portion Of Mr.. Darrow's ad-
dress did he refer to any exhorbitant
profits being charged by any local
dealer, nor did he sppssr to offer any
relief, even through . municipal mark
ct, from the present unsatisfactory con
ditions
Austin Gavin, representing Swift 4
Company, was present, and upon being
called upon he said he very much
doubted the ACCESSIBILITY Of municipal
store Of any kind - such ventures al
most invariably came to grief. In
fact he said he felt very sure that 9
municipal market could not be made
to succeed in Glenwood, and then he
proceed to tell why. He said no man
had ever grown rich selling meat in
Glenwood, whereas several had gone
broke in the business. He thought the
present dealers were entitled to liv
ing from the business and>said It wal
not fair to take the money Of the tax
payers to fight these men who wert
also taxpayers.
Mr.. barrow replied by saying Gavir
was the only man in the house whs
was n better talker than he, but SAID
he did not propose to put the taxpay
ers' money in the venture, but he want
ed to make up . pool from the mol
WHO were there, evidently forgetting
. that some Of them had not yet ben
! sbls 10 pay tAsir tazss.
Joe Hum and Harry 0Witgor boil