Show BILLIONS ILLIONS AT WAR ITH FOOD TRUST president taft threatens to get in the same game fSR ECIAL MESSAGE MAY BE SENT TO CONGRESS ten millions of people are enlisted in the boycott on meat nd other high priced foodstuffs government prepares to in estl esti gate the meat trust end mrs airs anna comfort brookes cading club woman of new ork lork calls on million house ives to strike against high priced priced foodstuffs cleveland 0 wins first blood n the fight hotel mens association in vest est will plin nation il anti meat eat association in chicago Cli lengo next ext week fight now in approximately a core of states t petitions circulated in iti many aties american federation of la bor or may act president taft takes a hand land rand nd may send a special message to 0 congress on the subject I 1 Paugh daughters of the american resolution get into the fight balew YORK jan 22 with the states government silently preparing a brand new crusade against tho foodstuff trusts and with social Jindu industrial and charitable organizations big cities pledging their to boycott meat abid other ligh mah priced commodities the fight for I 1 caper W coat cost of living has now spread spead MW coast to coast and the country araas ds upon tee verge of a commercial revolution this city today took the heed lod in the fight with club women dr cir Tut Tu eting lating a petition upon which they hapa they can get the signatures of ond end million housewives protesting against the skyhigh prices of living first blood for consumer en million people are in the tight 55 while the battle Is in the inita initiative tive i StAge e the tile first blood has been gained chicago and cleveland here the meat eat trust reduced pork and lamb approximately two cents on the pound IP aident tatt taft will take a hand in itis I 1 diw fight according to a deport and rumored that unless prices are reduced materially mathin a fortnight send a secial message tu to congress that legisla legislative tle relief be ap fl died not alone foods but the weir wear vax apparel of women Is being ad I 1 priced in price stockings and MW underwear have hae now been ros Ached with underwear Near 50 per cent hielmer hf pl I 1 g r alian it was this time last year additional 23 25 per cent increase in lit p J price r ce wip will be put into effect nt at once by lb 0 manufacturers shoeb have also algo with a graded advance t line ug 50 60 per ier cent armous In increase trease in price title congles con gres greas ij ii projecting an in somo sonic of the states notable awo and new york are preparing for tJ same course coure A careful estimate ip tied toda shows nn an enormous in ase c in prices in the last few years ii laithe past eighteen years prices havo have advanced 75 per cent the ules en L ti blaed against the beef troika are lenn alvania syl vanla vania ohio indiana 1111 iowa town Mu St ryland aryland D connecticut michigan naw Nc braska brask kansas SIls sorrI iasa wisconsin these states are not a fating feting as its institutions but contain wherein have caged ged their members to become ten ry vegetarians labor unions mape male fight bor unions stand in the tile vanguard dinst ast high prices in st louis louls the jabors advised workmen to eliminate wt t in ili connecticut workmen are eluding butter and eggs in the tilt boy ett t cleveland has tasted first blood the battle for the price of pork has a pady fallen two tuo cents per pound mike mace the boycott went ent into effect were tore in cincinnati club women have haie it ill up butter tn in wilmington del SC 8 of made house to house toda hen the pledges ask the people lie to sign the baltimore faw ration of labor has opened a cam earn paran n bureau and Is sending out liter itter JW e and 11 giving vins away anny buttons bear the inscription R cut out the met T he e bricklayers union of kansas la Is leading the anti meat flight in t city Club women in pittsburg no meat for mine until march I 1 marion marlon albot of the university of chicago declared dodty that the present movement would mould result in a new department of the university sity which would teach shopping and sparing buying in tills this city mrs anita comfort brookes v ho belongs to fifteen clubs started her tier movement toda to enlist one million housew housewives iveE in greater new york under the anti meat banner mr air comfort brookes in a state statement meni said men afen will go ahead and pay high prices without saying anything but if I 1 succeed in ili getting the names of one million upon petitions I 1 think I 1 can force action against prices I 1 land and others want to make popular we shall enlist the aid of other clubs with nith their branches of ei every ery state the movement will not stop with mith meat for we ne have learned that when the trusts cant overcharge us on one thing they will on another we auant every necessity of life within the reach of the ordinary working ma man n will fight to end mrs frederick nathan president of the tile ers league of this city to day joined with mith mis ills comfort brookes A meeting will nill be held next ne t thurs thursday d ay the object of which Is to further the campaign we shall not cease until wo me see victory Ic tory said mrs nathan you doubt doubtless les r remember member C the c r result Cs tilt of 9 agitation when the barill was as under tinder consideration well we yc hope to be as successful in this fight 1 1 lite he omaha central labor union eight thousand strong Is waging war mar for lower prices on foodstuffs by the strike method in indiana the jew jeas have haie put the tile kosher butchers under jan nn foi high iricea american Pede federation ration too the thol american federation of la at which already has tins its hands full with industrial difficulties IF Is expected to the bugle for the workingmen the united mine atine workers of america are assembled in indianapolis and are discussing a general boycott it will when the federation of western ho ilo tel keepers meet in chicago take steps to n lower loner prices and discourage the eat ig lug of meat A mass meeting at boa bos ion on will mill be held in diemont temple monday alonda to pledge further boycotts A national meat boycott and association Is to be forme in chicago next week the iron city trades co acil of pittsburg Is waiting for word mord frore samuel gompers Go ropers before declaring a strike against sirloin thice hundred union workmen in hill have e signed the antt antl meat pleda alel n president van houten of the geigla federation of labor N 1 urging workmen ork throughout ills state to boycott the beef trust the movement mo ement Is weak meak yet on oil the pacific coast but sentiment Is persons ho are fighting for lower loer prices by the people for the people from front washington Wasi lington tonight the information came that the daughters Dauch of the american Relo revolution lution would get into the fight mrs mary alary lockwood oil said slid the members of the D A it will go without meat ineat to help I 1 believe the organization will take any action for or the benefit of the lite people nt large for we me represent the spirit of 78 and that spirit Is essentially by the people and for the tile people the moral example of going without meat Is n good one we all remember the tile patri patriotic otiL lesson of the tile boston tea party and the patriotic features of the tile days d a y S when 1 he 11 the colonists went ment without tea rather than pay duty on the teas imported here that same principle Is involved in the present fight will become poor I 1 mis its robert oliver wife of the as distant secretary of war said 11 un less some remedy Is applied at once our people will become as poor and miserable as the downtrodden peas antry of europe grocers here today declared that eggs would retail at seventy cents a dozen next week meek cranberries Is the only fruit which has fallen in price view of farm paper apropos of the movement the orange judd farmer says 1909 was the most prosperous year ear ever known knon in ili the livestock Indu industry str according to ane annual census lewlew of farm stock the total value alue on oil all classes I 1 of live stock in the country countr on Jani january vir 1 1910 m was as 4 SSU says s that paper the increase during 1909 was aas the greatest ever recorded in twelve months amounting to there Is an increase in the tile mini b bers ers of nil all classes of animals except beef cattle and hogs showing an increase in ili numbers and a he lie ivy ad vance in n average values allies pei pet head at the samo tine cattle other than cos cols total head worth orth on oil an average 2076 each tho the number of sheep N Iti increasing creasing rapidly and now s stands ands wol woith tit 4 07 each aings sli showed oed a marked decrease in lit immar imm br r reaching only hilt but the price per head 9 15 Is the high est on record with the exception of beet beef cattle every class of animals showed the highest average price ever eer recorded are striking against skyhigh priced meats there the whole town of mingo junction a it big ind estrial coin munley of eastern ohio is striking ng and the butchers are getting ready to assign according to the tenor of dispatches there today Ilous housewives etves in that section of michigan adjoining canada are doing their shopping across the border tho the most cletu esque fight Is being male in chicago stationary stores there ore are displaying picture postal caida and buttons bearing the inscription comparative SCALE OF RETAIL PRICES OF foodstuffs ON SALT LAKE CITY MARKETS JANUARY 12 1900 AND JANUARY JANUAR Y 12 1910 commodity 1900 1910 0 pei per cent increase itic rease apples 0 0 1171 75 bu bit 2 fit 60 bu 33 0 11 1 ac c lb chickens lb ac lb 50 eggs fresh case doz doz 80 butter creamers 1 5 C 11 lb ill SO 80 butter 0 lb 25 ac lb 50 I ird home rendered r lie lb lb 82 ham sliced ac lb ac 11 lb 50 beef 70 I 1 d lb lb 12 pork loin 1 ac lb 0 lb ga 62 pork sc se lh 35 lb 87 97 03 stera 6 0 47 qt soc qt 14 salmon and white fish 0 11 lb ib ili 0 other varieties 1 21 alac 11 lb potatoes i 55 me bli bit soc bu 25 cauliflower 0 lb ib string beana 11 lb iga 1 lb lettuce 0 0 ac head I 1 lc rc head 20 flour high patent 0 1 8 sa s1 5 cwt 1 50 cwt 78 flour straight krade grade 1 70 60 cwt 3 20 cwt cat 1 78 68 flour bakers 1 60 cwt 3 00 cwt 87 bran and shorts 90 cwt 1 40 lt 61 what wh at c catt t 20 cwt cat 83 sugar r 0 14 lbs lisl 1 14 ibs ills 1 bacon miley breakfast 13 lb 35 lb iga |