Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-10-14 | Page 11 | Mayors Propose Hicost Boycott

MAYORS PROPOSE I HI COST BOYCOTT SACRAMENTO Cn Cal Oct 14 1 I Mayor John Q Brown of ot Sacramento has sent invitations to the mayor in I I each of ot cities iff in California Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington Arizona Oregon and Nevada to meet in Sacramento October 30 to consider means to institute a boycott boycott boycott boy boy- cott against certain commodities in an effort to reduce the tho high cost of ot living The invitations were sent Mayor Brown said after atter consultation with Mayor James Rolph of San Francisco and Mayor John L. L Baker of ot Portland Mayor Brown has been conducting public hearings to determine if It pos poe possible possible sible the reason for high prices of ot foodstuffs and other commodities and I has concluded tie he said that the best methods for reducing certain prices was by means of ot a boycott boycott- by the tha I consuming public