| Show rAL Lr T L LAI LA KE OMEN I FO FOR BIG S. S DRIVE 0 BICOS sT 11 Meeting of Local Local Ho Housewives Called f for Mr purpose Purpose of Increasing T TaX 7 of Living iving Eg Eggs s Butter an and l Potatoes C Center riter of I mt f I Attack tack Gr Grand d Jury Br Bie be Sough Sought We mean busin business ss this time 7 r t and Comb combines ne have imposed o ortIs long long- nough enough hus bus spoke Mrs C. C W. W Rah n president of the Salt La Lake e eb b wives wives' league in g t at fhe of f this city 1 all plans completed o to joi joiST with in lii o other er centers t down the hl high h cos cosof of li ii f InK ing Ib by the effect ot th of r. r 1 t tt t on butter which bas res res d d breaking of ot the market the thet t te Ecu en of t Salt Lake Jake will make their this week against high I i tum to all an responsible paris par par- is exorbitant prices on ties of ot life lite will win not be tolerated long long- has been delivered and a campaign t parry the battle on to victory is un- un J way woman in Salt Lake has has- ti-s ti 1 I Ij participate in jn a mass j feting at U tile e Newhouse hotel l when the plan on Hi Cost will be an- an l ced llie be meeting has been arranged by Housewives l league and according fIs I S. S will result in some some- Imore than han a mere adoption of t ft 01 protest f I Concentrate d. d toes butter Utah sugar other commodities which are now Sanding unheard of prices will be bee beethe ethe e the point t f t principal attack I with the movement on ony r y among the women of the East the will make a fig t for a to exceed 35 cents for stor- stor Leggs eggs potatoes S will be put on the blackI black I and rice indorsed as a substitute substituted Butter while showing a little weak weak- Ill JIl effects of ot the boycott alaY al- al aY n a force will continue to be bete te an object of attack until the 8 drop within the reach pf pt all I A 4 q J league says that the pe pep I are being held up when Tomes lomes to buying Utah beet sugar this commodity also will go on list of luxurious necessities with I sugar receiving favor articles of food which are lare re sky high prices will wll be is estimated that not less than of the most active public wel wet I workers will attend the meeting otest lotest and action there will be an imp sing legal talent and speakers on who will assist the women their campaign I I L a-L Kids Invited ct Attorney E. E O. O Leatherwood Wilson Wilson McCarthy district F elect lect who already have been con- con th the matter have been asked intend and it is the purpose of the ento demand that a grand Jury be bet t lUto dl to conduct an investigation to mine irmine whether or not a food food trust to ascertain if it possible possible- the reason for the steady climb Inon in rion on Bone special agent for the dement de- de nent ment of ot Justice of the United Ies es also will be asked to attend as fell all city county and state oUt oUt- y g women have their fighting Lies cs on from all and insistent that they will not cease fight eight started until victory is theirs here Is in keeping with being conducted by women in the rand and which has resulted in the of prices Tactics adopted Eastern astern women will wUl be followed MR 0 o purpose of ot the fight is to reduce sigh cost of living and to promote economies Figures com corn Ilby by the women folk font show that been an average advance of s 25 per cent on all aU commodities have Jave advanced per cent since sincer ear car r while others only 10 per peris is tern stern correspondents of the local been in Itlie- Itlie the Salt Lake women and have that the shortest cut to reedy edy reduction in food prices is a on page 2 I SALT i LAKE LA KE vr gat Fp over over- from J P d' d t- t donned donne th I Continued f fr r 1 I sweeping SWeePing iny mv ee he col cold d storage f Vl jIH A V VI I One writer m LUne he secrets o of f I these j ife's fes necessities s were bared ty v age w wage ge earner earne r and housewife might be shocked li Date te All Ail Eggs It has been suggested that one goo good d way to break up the custom of placing g eggs In cold storage is to enact a la law requiring that every very egg thus takeout taken take n out of the channels of trade b be e stamped and marked with date it i Is s placed in stor storage ge Suggestion also has come como from th the e East that the establishment of municipal municipal municipal mu mu- coal yards and potato an and d produce markets would to a large me measure sure reduce the cost of living Jiving an and prevent the creation of monopolies an and d combines Another idea advanced for the consideration consideration consideration con con- of ot the women here is th the e establishment of state conducted d market to which every fa farmer mer ma may y be able to consign a crate of produce e for sale direct to the consumer an anthus and d thus thu bring about the elimination o othe of f the middlemen who at the present presen ft t time is looked upon with suspicion a athe as s the one most directly responsible fo for tor r existing conditions In backing up their demands for a probe as to the causes of food tood prices price s the women will point out that cities and states slates reg regulate late the distribution o of ot w water ter gas and electric power and that tha t It is Just as Important if not more s so o that the food tood supply come in for some som e regulation Fight to Fir Fir- Finish sh I Why should the necessities of ot life be allowed to go through the hands bands of irresponsible speculators speculators' the women ask The women at their meeting Wednesday will adopt a plan of action and then set their machinery to work to force down prices They contemplate calling a strike on o Potatoes eggs f es will will be banished from their homes An embargo will be put on butter Beet sugar must bear its it 11 burden of ot the attack as will every other commodity com com- Once the campaign is decided a a systematic attack will be carried out The fight tight will be carried into rito every home and according to the leaders in inthe inthe inthe the movement the boycotts and embargoes embargoes embargoes em em- and black list will not be betaken betaken betaken taken down until the high prices have tumbled to a point within reach of all aU Blessing in Disguise The high cost of living is is a blessing ing disguise says Dr R R. W W. Ashley city health commissioner Dr Ashley declares the necessity for economy Inmany in inmany inmany many homes has taught valuable lessons lessons lessons les les- sons and increased the health of ot the city Many housewives have learned how to buy now that economy has become fashionable says the doctor Formerly Formerly Formerly For merly they bought whatever er the famIly family family fam fam- ily suggested would be acceptable forthe for forthe forthe the meal Now they buy with an eye to food values and with the idea of ot getting the most for their money Some think It a great hardship to I pay big prices for fot meat Why eat eo so much meat The ordinary business businessman man of sedentary occupation eats too much meat as a usual thing Potatoes Potatoes Potatoes Po Po- are high but we can easily do without the usual quantity con Con- The food value of potatoes is not so great as many imagine One of the foods toads which is Js reasonable reasonable reasonable reason reason- able in price yet greatly neglected is rice Rice Is highly nutritious Many oriental and other tribes live Jive on it Not that I woul it as I a single article of ot diet but with other foods it Is very good The high cost of ot living has caused many families to cut out the very foods which were being consumed in too great a quantity It has taught the housewife to read up on food values alues and many have come to pasting up a list of the most nutritious foods in their We can learn some great lessons from foreigners The Italian peasant with his hia great loaf small of bread and his amount of meat is do not healthy They waste much food in any time Americans Europe at are the wasters In ire the world greatest r The garbage dump reveals the true extent of the wasteful habits tice One great lesson the we practice of ot food stuffs high price has ta taught will not be forgotten and that Is how to both in buy and economize the table preparing food for |
