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Show 1 tl TRUSTS li L pinst Food Combine Is 5 Waged in Score J of States. " I ENT PREPARES &VESTJGATE MATTER - ifraft Takes Hand, and ? Id Special Message Etft Congress., fiRy DEVELOPMENTS 4-'Jf&B 4-'Jf&B AGAINST HIGH PRICES. Millions of tfeoplo arc cn- -r f. the boycott on meat v high-priced foodstuffs, v Jfuhcnt prepares to mvcsti- -I-Onieat trust. f W Anna Comfort-Brookes, y Sflub -woman of New York, y "vfSmillion housewives to y cainst thigh-priced food- y uUli" - ' Sid, Ohio, wins first blood -r '? rbt. . . ' . ,7 a tfonls association in west v 1,1 fnufional aiiti-mcat asso- lj) ifChicago next week, y ' uoiy in approximately a y i itates. . . y is circulated in many y X ttk Foderaliori of Labor 0, ;nt Taft takes a hand and IV dj'ft special message to y j ,on. the subject. r Si erf of the American Rev- y ji et into the fiht. y ciKvirc to The Tribune. 5gRK, Jan. 22. With the Mes pommcut silent!' prc-lid prc-lid now orusade against the Jjriisia and with social, in-fKcharitablo in-fKcharitablo organizations in Igtiies pledging their members Jpncat and other high-priced f"thB fight for cheaper coft Wp now spread from coast to 'jiic country stauds upon tho ijiipommercial revolution. This Hwook the lead in tho fight, jjromon circulating a potHion ihev hope thej an get' the jwf 1.000,000 housewives pro-ifeist pro-ifeist the sky-high prices 'Blood for Consumer. cjJBoh people npc in ilic ngbt, j3fc& baltlo is in tho initiative j;tBrst blood has. been gained irfSind Cleveland, whem the .'reduced pork and lamb ap-cents ap-cents on the pound. giTaff, will take a hand in cording to a report, and it jJJthat unless prices are re-crially re-crially within a fortnight, Mjvspecial message to congress S lpgislative relief bo ap- ut the wearing ap-1 fcpien is being advanced ju iWKcn'ii stockings and under-')ecn under-')ecn reached. "With uu-eSffer uu-eSffer cent higher than it was )'.Jst year, an additional 2;7 rferease in price will bo put iljj'at once by tho manufae-IoSICS' manufae-IoSICS' have also risen with a ixWnce approximating 50 per ?bus Increaso "in Price, frfiress is projecting an in-ifcbmd in-ifcbmd of the stales, notably Yoik. are preparing for sj9iirsc. A careful ustiinato "w&' eno;vs an ouonnous in-;rfjes in-;rfjes in the last few years. aolil1001 3"carfi prices" have ii ImP? ccnt slates en- . hfl1 hci'f tnsl' ro Penn-'i"o' Penn-'i"o' Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, rtawaro, Conuocticul, Mich-'Wtork, Mich-'Wtork, Massachusetla, Colo-l Colo-l Kan8aa, Missouri and Mktl-S80, sl atcs arn "ot acting but contain ritics wlmre-.'ia:!S?vas wlmre-.'ia:!S?vas havo ' hedged Ihoir "bepomo temporary vogo- t plgjfJnions Make Fight. --33ns stand in the vanguard "gjpneos. In St. Louis the indeod workmen to eliminato .nnccticut workmen are iu-tl()r iu-tl()r and eggs in thg boycott, ".-.s tasted first blood, in tho u'pncc of pork has alrcadv daySfePi? or Vound since tho 0 'Winto effect, there. In Cin- fomen have given up but- jlUngtou, Del., scores of wo-i.6j1.9so wo-i.6j1.9so to house canvasses ( pledges askinc t ho poo-j poo-j jjtfvTho Baltimore Federation ; ,w? opened eampaigu bu-fhlrStpnding bu-fhlrStpnding out literature and lofSrSbultons bearing tlio in- JWpOut the Meat." 1 iOTill bo forwarded to the nrtSrylau(1 nskinsr f?r action. tfWors nn,on of Kansas C'itv anti-moat fight- in that ... sliomcn in Pittsburg are noon'jwc SK.Y'bigu priced meats r f3t Pi,0 town of Mingo June '0l"f((IfidU8tnal couinmnity of t WltS'Btriiki,?ff ?l,ul lho lilch-" lilch-" -ife!lCa -v afcK'C, accord-rI,e accord-rI,e fl&59r f'f dispatches from net Sjyf,URe .'ives in that scc-d scc-d llra adjoining Canada arc ,rtn 4?PPng across tho border. a?Mt?fce?9U0 fiCll; s being mide tim -.ijlationery stores there are pliP"?110 nosll cards and but-l but-l bf.'SlP0 mscription: jfnJMino Until March 1." Ij.ffpt of the University of ,itd tiP- t(I'iiy ,ll!lL tIjo pros. would result in a new 0,hrt lnf. university wliich lirtCbSf-ppi-i,rfi! au(1 snnrinir buy- AnUil Oorafort-JnJrou!s Oorafort-JnJrou!s to fifteen women's ff tiSod 0,1 PaK ,J,wo. ? MILLIONS ENLIST IN WAR UPON TRUSTS Continued From Pago Ono. clubs, Btartcd hor movement today to enlist 1,000,000 housowives in Greater Now York under tho anti-moat banner. Mrs. Comfort-Brookes in a statement to day snid: "Mon will go ahead and pay high prices without saying anything, but; if I succeed in getting the names of 1,000,000 upon putitious I think I Can forco action against prohibitive prices. 1 and others, want to make vegetarianism popular. Wo shall enlist en-list tho aid of other women's clubs with thoir branches of every state. Tho movement will not stop with meat for wo have learned that when tho trusts can't overcharge us on ono thing thoy will on anothor. We want ovory ne-cossiti' ne-cossiti' of life within tho reach of the ordinary workingmau." Will Fight to End. Mrs. Frederick Nathan, president of tho Consumers' leaguo of this city, today to-day joined with Mrs. Comfort-Brookes, A meeting will bo held next Thursday, the object of which is to further tho campaign. " We shall not ccaso until wo seo victory." said Mrs. Nathan tonight. "You doubtloss remember tho result of womon's agitation when the tariff was under consideration ? Well, wo hope to be as successful in this fight," The Omaha Central Labor union, 8000 strong, is waging war for lower prices on foodstuffs by tho strike method. In Indiana thoJJews havo put tho kosher butchers under ban for high prices. , i American Federation, Too. The Amorican Federation of Labor, which already has its hands full with industrial difficulties, is cxpoctod to sound the buele for tho workingmon. Tho United Mine Workers of America aro assembled in Indianapolis and are discussing a general boycott. It will when tho Federation of Western Hotel Kcopers meet in Chicago take stepsi to lower prices and "discourage tho eating of meat. A mass meeting at Boston will be held in Trcmont Templo Monday to pledge further boycotts. A. national meat boycott and association is to bo formed in. Chicago next week. The Iron City Trades Council of Pittsburg is waiting for word from Samuel Gom-. pers before declaring a striko against sirloin steaks. Three hundred union workmen in Memphis have signed tho anti-meat; pledge. President Van Houtcn of the Georgia Federation of Labor is urging workmen throughout his stato to boycott boy-cott the beef trust. Tho movement is weak yot on tlui Pacific coast, but sentiment sen-timent is with persons who aro fighting for lower prices. By the People for tho People. From Washington tonight the information infor-mation camo that the Daughters of tho American Revolution would got into" tho fight. Mrs. Mar3r Lockwpod said: "Tho anti-trust move is a right one. The members of the D, A. R. will go without with-out t moat to help,-1 beliovc. Tho organization or-ganization will lake any action for the benefit nf the pooplo at large, for we represent the spirit of '76 and that spirit is essentially 'By the people and for tho people.' The moral examplo of going without meat is a good ono. We nil remember tho patriotic lesson of the Boston tea party and the patriotic fontures of the days when tlio colonists colo-nists wont without tea rather than pay duty on the teas imported here. That, samo principle is involved in the present pres-ent fight." Will Become Poor. Mrs. Robert. Oliver, wifo ;of the assistant as-sistant secretary iof war, said: "Unless "Un-less 60 mo rcmcdj' is applied at once our .people will becomo as poor and miserable as the dowu-trodclen peas-milrj' peas-milrj' of Europe." Grocers hero today declared that eggs would retail at 70 cents a dozen next week. Cranberries is the only fruit which lias fallen in prico. |