Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-01-11 | Page 15 | High Costs to be Cut, Says All Nebraska

uGH HIGH COSTS TO TOBE TOBE BE CUT SAYS pt 1 ALL NEBRASKA Women Women Organize to Reduce Expenses Clothing i Fight Planned International Kew service S Lincoln Neb Jan 10 When Whon foodstuff food food- stuff prices went soaring out of or bounds in Nebraska thousands of or hOUS housewives throughout tho the state tato contented them U themselves em- em selves with verbal protests Over their c Discussed cd tho knitting knitting- nn and sowing vinS' they high cost of ot living living blamed blamed tho wholesaler whole whole- saler sa-Ier tho and tho the producer made mado tho for lor conditions and utI frequently high cost of living tho the topic of ot special special cial papers road read at their club meet meet- ings Also they exchanged cd recipes for or orm making m food do double dut duty But Dut tho prices continued on their merry wa way mounting higher and higher each day until until until- Tho women were discussing tho the ever ever- Important question when ono one of them brou brought ht the problem to a L head What bat I enables the merchant to charge unheard of or sho she asked I Ill Til toll tell you yon Its It's demand Take demand keeps eggs reDS'S SS for tor Instance The pace Uca with prices There is no let up in the Increase in egg prices Neither Is there thero any In letup in the demand nd for tor eggs es Stop that demand and you yon will atop the mounting prices Right then and thero there the C career of or ortho tho the food profiteer In Nebraska received a a. death blow Tho The women decided to organize In Union there thero Is th they pointed out Gut Tho The women of or the tho et to represented tho the buying power of at tho the state They created the the- demand They could coull not control prices directly but they could control tho the demand and la In this way control prices indirectly Tho The next day they l launched their ati att at- at i t tack on tho the high hleb costs They organized r f Tho The womans woman's clubs of tho the dato put all allF t F their strength into the fight I ht A general gent gen gem t eral cral committee a a supreme council of ot ott t r I war was war was appointed On this committee committee commit commit- tee tec were cre Mrs E. E F. F Bell Ben Mrs F. F A. A t H Harrison Mrs N. N E. E Hildreth and anel Mrs rC C c. S. S Clayton The first step in tho the fight was the tho boycotting of or eg eggs 8 Tho The housewives of or the state were appealed to Thc They were F E asked to stop buying buying- eggs Thousands e g of letters were sent out b by various omens women's organizations throughout the J 1 state Newspapers wore enlisted In the j I fight and within a n few te days tho the demand de- de I mand for tor eggs cobs weakened and In some I J localities dwindled a away to nothing I Within two weeks the price of or egg dropped 30 0 cents from 95 93 cents a dozen p to 6 65 cents the price fixed by tho fair fairI I t l. l price committee composed of or 1 of women's clubs Cheered on by their success the women are aro now planning t to attack tho the prIce of or other commodities especially commodities especially clothing Mona clothing along the tho same lIne lines This may y not bo be cheering news forthe for tor the dressmakers and nd milliners but the ladles ladies promise to make last year years year's hat and gown do until prices reach a a. sane nano ne level le In tho the meantime meantime- the tho boycott on high high- priced d foodstuffs goes merrily on ou ln in Nebraska I