Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-20 | Page 8 | Travelers Urge Hotel 'Strike'

TRAVELERS URGE HOTEL STRIKE' OMAHA, Neb.. Feb 19. Letters' have hnon sent to the 800,000 comnn u - 1 r.il travelers urging them to Institute a 30-dav strike against hotels that i harsje what the organization terms ex-1 orbitanl prices for room and. -rood. Jesse James was a piei in hlj' pa I rarest dus when compared with the prlc B Home hotels are asl;lng." s;iys the letter. The letters have been sent out by ths Hotel Committee of the International Interna-tional Federation of Commercial Travelers. Trav-elers. Organisations and says in putt: "Traveling men all oer the country coun-try have reached the conclusion that the prices charged by hotels for rooms and meals have reached the pk. The traveling fraternity has the same weapon with which to wage warfare upon the hotel proprietors and hotel corporations that the general publli us, .! in refusing to purchase wearing appafel and shoes at prices which they thought unreasonable and out of pru-portion. pru-portion. Therefore, the Hotel Committee Commit-tee of the International Federation of Commercial Travelers organizations urges th recipient of this letter to re-; fuse to patronize such Hotels as are j h.irg-iUj; or- asking exorbl'an; prices! tor rooms and food. This letter Js, be-j ing senl Id ilx hundred thou.s.mu i;nit.-( linn tr i Hing men and ea h ami . i mah must do his part for only In unison uni-son is the-o sitrength. and only by the' concentrated efforts- of the arm) ot sis hundred thousand ol your craft can it' In. i a'i. i ted to Eft resuKs. "A thirty days' 'strike- along the line herein suggested wtll cause hotels toi soon offer more lavorabje terms and induc ements. When ou step Up to I hotel register and you are told the price o:' a room, if you beltev. ' .- corbltanl after laking no considers tien the service offered and the Inves -' meitt of t"he hotel, do not hesitate to WIS f t am J -1 - 1 ' lLsbbbbbbI I 1 J J to 10M , 'V? hfciVj