Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-26
RELATES WORK OF
CONSUMERS LEAGUE
Executive Council at Meeting,
Yesterday, Hears Reports OF
Secretaries and Other
Officials.

Y The Executives Council of the Con-
sumers' League of Delaware he'd Its
February meeting yesterday morning IN
its office in the Odd Fellows Building with
Mrs Staniar, first vice-presidens, IN the
chair
Following the reports of the treasurer
and executive secretary, reports from the
standing committees were received. The
meetings committee is planning public
meeting on the cooperative movement for
March. when it Is hoped to have Mrs
James Il. Warbasse of the Cooperative
League of America present this most
important subject,
For the research committee. proposed
changes in the leagues constitution and by
laws were presented, consideration being
postponed until the March meeting of the
Council.
In addition to cooperation with the
mayors committee ON the high cost of
living. MrS Warner reported continued
effort on the part of the pure food COM
mittee to meet the need of hot lunches in
the public schools The publicity COM
mittee reported several items and an
nouncemcnts in the local papers, also an
article in the January number OF the Della
ware State Magazine on the need of a
business girls hotel for Wilmington.
III response 10 Il slut QUIT
Board of Health, Mrs. Robert l.. Holiday
of Dover and Miss Clara Southwick were
appointed delegates TO attend the meeting
called for March 10 in Dover to organize
a Delaware Public Health Association.
The secretary's report, In brief, covers
the special meeting of the executive council
ana an open meeting for all members. At
both these meetings the ten years pro-
gram of the National Consumers League
was considered.
For the scholarships committee, calls
have been made by the secretary on the
principals of nine schools to secure their
co-opcration in the committee S effort to
keep children in school; also, five family
visits have been made and studies have
been made of the vocational opportunities
in two large plants-New Castle Leather
Company and Pusey q Jones. In this
same connection at a meeting at the High
school III. B. Smith of the Federal Board
Of Vocational Education spoke on 'Es-
tabllshing a Community Program for
Vocational Schools
To prove or disprove the statement that
Wilmington food prices are higher than
those of neighboring places. the secretary
has gathered prices from several towns
down the State, also from Baltimore and
New ork and Newark. \. J.. While the
returns werr not complete enough to offer
absolute proof of the assertion, there
seems little doubt that Wilmington meat
prices are unduly high.
The league library of industrial
pamphlets now being completely cata-
logued. borrowing privileges are offered to
the instructors in economies and civics of
both Delaware College and the Whining !
ton High School.
At the request Of the reserach secretary
IF the National Consumers League,
copies of the printed material used in the /
minimum wage campaign of last year
have been sent to the Consumers Leagues
of Kentucky, Maryland and New Jersey,
where minimum wage legislation is now
pending Also, upon request, an outline of
the October membership campaign to the
New York State League and a summary
Of the labor legislation enacted since 1920
for the protection of Delaware women
and children to the Delaware Equal Suf-
frage Association.
In January the secretaries spoke be- |
fore the Current Events section of the |
New Castle Century Club, Miss Swayne |
on the leagues scholarship work and Miss |
Southwick on the subject of Women in |
Industry