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Show FOOD BOYCOTTS. Observers of tho effort to promote boycotts of high priced foods havo not felt hopeful that much could be dono In this way. Thoy havo argued that the people aro too fickle and disorganized to act as a unit In any such matter. Hut Rome of the results re-sults of tho ThankBglvlng turkey Balo suggest tho contrary. As many householders will recall, turkeys this year wero held at an unusually high price. So far as the public can judge, there was no suf-llclent suf-llclent reason for It far fas as the production of turkeys Is concerned. Expense of raising them may bo somewhat higher than previously, but even at that price seemed disproportionate. dis-proportionate. Apparently tho trouble was that commission men nnd other speculators specula-tors had secured control of a largo part of tho supply, and held It for a high price, believing that peoplo would pay it rather than go without the customary Thanksgiving dinner. Hut people are gottlnp thoroughly thorough-ly mad over tho high prlco question. Thoy are willing to forgo tholr customary cus-tomary habits quite n bit, not morolv to save money, but to beat tho speculators. spec-ulators. And thoro nro a great many substitutes that can bo used for rny given food. Tho householder who did not want turkey at tho prevailing prevail-ing prices could havo a mighty good dinner on chicken. It Is Just tho samo on tho egg question. A good grade of cold storago eggs Is an excollent substitute substi-tute for the strictly fresh brand. If thoro Is speculation In cold storago brands, tho public can use tho many patent preparations by which egg3 can bo bought cheap In spring and summer and put down In ono's own collar. Fish and oysters can bo substituted for meats. An enormous rango of e.xcollont canned goode can bo used very comfortably. So the food dcalors should havo a caro. They can not indefinitely got high prices based on scares nnd panics. Tho turkey dealers lost hundreds of thousands of dollnrj on tho Thlnksgivlng trade. Tho boycott boy-cott Idea Is capablo of very widespread wide-spread use. |