| Show I MEAT BOYCOTT AND ACTION OF COURT COURTw a w 9 k ki I kI i 4 I Do tat J eal D DoYi Y r n b F I FAIR PHILADELPHIA BOYCOTTER Philadelphia Feb 10 When a Philadelphia gets downright mad he immediately hangs a card on himself telling the world about it Such has been the case time and again as for example in the street car strike stake last year when half the population were wearing cardi cards promulgating the fact that they were walking instead of riding Now conies comes the meat boycott with its I 1 Dont Eat Meat Icat sign The meat boycott in Philadelphia is being carried to a finish and so society society society leaders and working girls alike have given up the meat habit cl lESS liVESTOCK NOV NOVi SENT TO BIG MARKETS I t Contributing Cause to High Prices According to Report Prom Front Washington Washington Feb fb R lOOne One contin conti i cau cause auae to the high price of meat a aing alna hug ing to a report of e the he department nt of u v i merce and labor issued today toda i j t i tact fact fa t that livestock Ii stock receipts receipt for th 11 d a 1909 1009 iI at seven leading interior mark ma rk ts is is the United State States were the low i l 1904 The total livestock receipt rP for ir th tj M 1909 1009 in thee hese I e markets market aggregated 4 head Particularly did dW time the receipt re pr hogs hog foi fol the time last jear ar tan fall off Fur Fr a af I If 4 f the tour four our years previous to Im lO j I 1 5 log hog receipts re had been in of or i head totalling more than n nU U 1 0 falling to lat last year Cattle Tattle receipts receipt in these markeis r while comparing fa nr a hi hith with th those of the previous years yearn t II low the totals total for the three years vean U Io I 11 S Sheep fell below those thos in i III l to but compared favorably whim 19 Receipts at the Ie Chicago market 1 r I show how a decrease e ot or f as t i with the time year ear before fore or a decline o j JJ J per fr cent ent receipt at Kansas fu Ity i d 11 crea creased ed 17 37 per c cent nt receipt at Omah per J fr cent at St JO Mo Io 10 28 31 2 r t u while the decline delIne at St Louis was wa waI 01 j 1 I per Jr percent cent While the total number of r attl at lit th these BE e seven point was lal br than the year tar ear before the lie 1909 1509 i at Chicago head fell feU 1 low the mark for the first firs n II III I since I nee 1902 constituting lew lesa Ie than 33 13 ir 11 r cent of the total for the even markets market l a all as contrasted with pr per perthe the average proportion for the pre five fhe year er ears Packing House Shipments The annual aggregate shipment t f packing house hou e products from front Chicago Chicag Continued en paie Page Two 2 MEAT BOYCOTT AND ACTION Of COURTS Continued From Page One pounds were below those reached for any of at tho the previous five years says sa s the report All the items in the grand total with the exception of pickled beef and pork show large declines as compared with the figures for the previous years The lar largest largest largest gest losses since 1903 1905 appear under the head of ot canned meats the loss amounting to about 70 per cent and of lard the shipments of which declined about 33 per percent percent percent cent since that year The report also shows that grain re cl at fifteen of the principal mar markets markets markets during 1909 1903 were bushels which was lower than for any year since lOOt 1904 0 |
