Evening journal., 1922-05-12
MISS M. E. M'KAY
DIRECTSLEAGUE
Consumers Association
Elects, Then Hears Mrs.
Costigan Speak
COOPERATIVE
BUYING FAVORED

Miss Margaret f. Mckay wa
elected president of the Consumers
League of Delaware at the ffteentl
annual meeting held last evening a
the home of Mrs T. Coleman dupont
Other officers elected were: Vice
presidents, the Rev. Charles l.
Candee, Mrs. William Staniar, Mrs
Robert L. Holiday; treasurer, Miss
Helen A. Cranston: recording secre-
tary, Miss Elizabeth Patterson;
members of the executive commit
tee (for a term of three years.. Mrs.
Robert r. Tatnall, Mrs. F. b. Man
chester and Mrs. william S. Berg
land; (for a term of two years to
fill unexplred terms) Mrs. Donald S.
Ashbrook and Miss Mary Marvel
Mrs Edward P. Costigan, Of
Washington, d. c.. chairman Of the
food supply and demand committee
of the League OF Women Voters,
was the principal speaker OF the
evening. "The Consumers Crisis"
was her subject. She urged coop
erative associations for both pro
ducer and consumers as means Of |
reducing living costs.
She told how this would do away
with the many middle men between
the producer and consumer and
used as an illustration a certain
community where this was used TO
great advantage.
She advocated government regu-
lations OF prices for all large or
ganIzations. However she declared |
that in many instances where prices
seemed exorbitant the government
could do nothing as it often turned
out upon investigation that the pro-
ducer and the middle men
who separated him from the
consumer were each taking only a
air profit. This she used as an ar &
yument for doing away with the
middle men or reducing them TO a
minimum. The solution. she felt J.
ssured, was the cooperation sys- |
EN-.
Miss Clara Southwick. executive
scretary. made a report of the work
the executive council from April. v
921, to March 81, 1929. .
The report showed a constant ac- !,
tvity on the part of the League 4
the interest of industrial workers,
women and children. q
told OF the Community Course on !,
ldustrial questions held recently a
ST. Andrews parish house under I,
lie auspices OF the Labor Laws =
ommittee. q
The children are being kept in I
.hools by means OF the Scholar +
lips Committee. Mrs. ]. Edgar
hoads, chairman. The report show 2
that the scholarship committee :
as undertaken a study OF the ex- =
mt OF retarding among Whining
n school children. A large amount
clerical work Is Involved in which 4
e committee IS being assisted by
lunteers. The final report Will
completed in June.
Miss Edith Spruance, chairman
the Research Committee, has
.hered much data relative to the
n cost of coal and the cause ",
reof and has urged Congressional "
lon to remedy the situation. She
also co-operated with the Ma
lal Consumers League in a sue
sful effort to have continued the
nthly Labor Review, a publica-
, of the United States depart s.
IT Of labor. Miss Spruance has
secured the opinion of Della
e lawyers in regard TO the pos
e effect on protective legislation
women of the Equal Rights
sndment to the Constitution of liv'
United States which has been tio
,osed by the National women's the
" wo
le report showed that the league my
done all that was possible TO hee
sr and encourage the summer E
holiday and early closing move IL
I among mercantile establish rs
IS. The Delaware League IN S
with action Of the National Con- M
ers' League has become a CO. E
'ating member OF the recently W
inized Delaware Council for E
Reduction of Armaments. Iks
nance has been the serious
~HNAAA Va AAAN year N#t
n spite Of repeated efforts they
'e been unable to find any one
ing 10 assume the chairmanship
the finance committee. As a re-
nnance work has been done from
ONCE by the president and the
e secretary, assisted by a special Y
iance committee.
The report concludes: "Outs,aa
scholarship payments our income mo
IS been less than s35O0. That we To
ave closed the year with a small wi
alance is due to the fact that we
ave curtailed our expenses in every ac
ossible way. In September. with T
Try sincere regret we dispensed 81
ith the services OF our assistant ", w
cretary at the same time moving -
to one Office. Bills have been re- -
iced to a minimum, but in doing -
is contact with our members and h,
tn the general public have been cc
ssened or entirely lost. We offer ot
is explanation that our members N
d friends may make allowance
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