| Show MEAT PRICES DROP GOOD RESULTS ALREADY OBTAINED OB-TAINED BY NATIONAL MOVEMENT MOVE-MENT AGAINST TRUSTS Proceedings to be Instituted Against Beef Trust After the People Had Demonstrated Efficiency of Nationwide Boycott Chicago The movement to combat com-bat tho high prices of meat has spread rapidly and is assuming a national na-tional character Coincident with tho growth of the movement came announcements an-nouncements from Milwaukee and Cleveland that the price of meat had dropped In Milwaukee two retail butchers quoted porterhouse steaks at 10 cents a pound a sirloin at tile same price and other meats In proportion Tho wholesale price of beef fell oft 15 cents a hundred pounds in Cleveland Dispatches from Kansas City Baltimore Bal-timore Milwaukee Omaha Memphis Plttsburg and other cities told of the rapid growth of the movement Cleveland Cleve-land credited with being the originator origina-tor of the scheme now hall 30000 names enrolled In the crusade while Kansas City reports that it may soot have 80000 The heads of the leading packinghouses packing-houses of Kansas Clty and Chicago refused to discuss the effect of the movement upon their business From Denver comes the report that tho growing movement to boycott meat has aroused stockmen of the west to a protest that tho effect of the boycott will bo against the stockmen stock-men rather than against the packers Proceedings will soon be instituted by the department of Justice against tho socalled beef trust with headquarters head-quarters at Chicago IB the latest from Washington Complaints charging operations op-erations In restraint of trade have been Investigated by the department Suit probably will bo brought under the Sherman antitrust law |
