The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 144, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 26, 1919 Page: 7 of 16
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CONSUMERS OLASfr
WITH BUTCHERS ATi
V: FAIR PRICE MEE
btcw - and Uoe Meat
: Technicalities Bring Q
) r-lMfArl Tniniiartsria .l .'
SMILES AND
wins votes
Statements that the butcher wri not
making a living that those mefl dealt
reri selling the cheaper meats wffe nelf-
pg a pour auu uuui grnuo oi Uiff I mat
(he American public today dcraa aied. only
the choicest cuts and would' wf be aat-
jsiieu who any piuer sua a nenpu cross-
- examination by a couple of rwepaper-
- men marked the retail meat d ulers'
'meeting with the fair price committee
- of the United Btates food adiuuistration
: Monday afternoon in the assrftbly room
of the Houston Chamber ofpomraerce.
The jneeting resolved islf iuto
.spirited argument when tba inquisitive
' reporters made an effort to act the cor-
rect meaning of the rather ague state-
ments made by the meat tad. -
v One butcher stated that was jippbs-
sible to sell the cheaper qleat-terming
it afr'stew" meat. - Thishe said - was
old as dog meat or throw away. When
asked - by reporters how pis meat-was
rii.nnari -fit h retraptpfVand Raid tnai
it was sold as dog meal. In the argu-
ment that this statement started one
butcher stated that It could sell all
grades of meat as lova 20 cents to
25 cents pound. This statement
brought out a numba of insinuations
from other butchers pfsent '
i One butcher in a Jfngthy statement
implied emphatically hat meat sold at
this price would bavf to be washed off
. before it could be sold. Upon being
asked what hi .medt by this-be said
that it was unfit to eat and reliable
butchers woull not handle it
Butchjlra Eva Qvettloa.
' This insinuation It-ought W E. Car-
roil secretarV of theLabor Trades coun-
cil of Housjon- to his feet with the
Question of vhetheror not poor and un-
it meat waa being sold to the Houston
"'public. '
While tie. buteiers evaded a direct
answer to his cot mued reference to the
cheaper meat wai made throughout the
meeting.
The meeting v is called to order by
Garland 8. Brick district food adihin-
' lstrator. I E. A. 'eden state food ad-
ministrator told he butchers that the
purpose of the fJod administration was
not 'one of persjeutioa or prosecution
but profiteers weald be punished to the
fullest extent of fte law.
"High prices art 'not unnatural at this
time" Mr.. Pedenjaid. ."After every war
there has bee ue same result Many
reasons have Mia advanced for the
high cost of hwg but I believe that
no single cause as to felame. I think
instead that the i are many reasons (or
it and that is w at we are after.
"There are' b I two courses open to
you men. On s to prove and justify
your prices if y i can; and the other is
' to explain who i really (responsible for
them and make l effort to reduce thcra.
Geaeral Take to Follow.
There is a feat unrest among onr
people today ai the best plan for driv-
ing this unrest nt is to let the people
know. We are akin up the necessities
at this time bit such things as rents
hotel costs andiother expeuses will soon
follow." .1
W. D. Cleveland chairman of the fair
price committed said: 1 think that we
nave made a Mistake in laying the full
blame on- the retailer. We should go to
the source of fie trouble. Retail values
have advanced pi per cent on food prod
uct. 4
"The conmmer ia responsible for some
of the high Wices. I'eople mutt have
the best of eVerything and will not be
. aatlnfietf-with anything else
"Four tniljon men have been taken
from the production sources of out1 coun-
try and mani of them have not returned.
I..... ... t.
- luxuries and get -them.
Tne foreign demands mane : on our
markets ar largely responsible These
deminds hare created a kteh market. We
. can not sol only our surplus but must
sell in a steady trade or else) we shall
soon lose the foreign trade.
"Newspipers have made a mistake in
publishing accounts of food hoarding in
storage plants. There is a difference be
tween noarmng and storing. l e must
Mr. Cleveland said! -
People Toe Choice. (
A number of butchers then entered
into' lengthy statements regardtig prices
and past expenses. Every JButcker stated
the consumer demanded the choicest cuts
and that it waa next to impossible to sell
the cheaper grades. They alsoj said that
the price of wrapping paper ice bags
labor and tent had increased jo a great
extent. I
Some of the butchers stated demand
for choice meats from the consumer was
so great that it' was often nedessary for
the botcher to btiy an extra hind quarter
from the packer; excessive prices being
charged i for it All agreed these prices
were paid .because they knew turn that
It was possible to make the consumer pay
a still higher price to get thi meat re-
tail. In answer to the wail of th "butchers
that fcoimewivea demanded tbclbest Mrs.
George Timmons of the ijousewtves'
league said it was true the kousewives
were buying a higher grade of foods now
as a rule but' thia was largfly due to
the fact that men of the family were
making nrbre money and demadded better
grades of food.
. The balance Of the meetii r resolved
itself in an attempt by botcl ts to ex-
plain just what constituted do 1 meat and
a few - more inainuations regarding
'washed off'raMat . -
A committee consisting of It. L. Terry
chairman; J. B. Warren Q F. Curson
Ous Kliper and W. D. Red waa ap-
pointed by the butchers toJ confer with
the fair price committee I rexardinc a
fair profit for retail meat dealers and to
in
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THE HOUSTON POST: TUESDAY - MQRNINp AUGUST' 26 1919;.
a -
Lloyd Funeral Service '
Held at Montrose Home
Fnneral ' services for - W H. Iioyd
Harris county commissioner wha waa
killed . Saturday at . Corpus . Christi
Texas were held at 10 a. m. Monday
. from the Iioyd- residence . 716 Oxford
street Montrose: A large number of
friends and acquaintances of Ml. Uoyd
were at the services including L T. But-
ler of Carpus Christi who accompanied
i the body to Houston (Sunday v ' -
Judge Chester II. Bryan and other
members' of the comraiasiodere court and
ntany ot Mr. Lloyd'a ' associates yit the
'court house attended the funeral and
accompanied the body to Glenwood cem-
etery. Many offices at .the court house
. were closed Monday morning out of re-
I spect for the dead commissioner.
j - The service at the residence waa con-
j ducted by Iter. Frank-'Wncher former-
i ly" pastor of the Second Presbyterian
church.. . Kev. M. incher spoxe oi the
loyalty and devotion of Mr. Lloyd and
HOUSTON PROPERTY
OYfllERS. WAR1IED
THEATER OraOHS
Fxlrrj Cjmpanj; Threatens to
Build to Force' j
.'.Contracts :'vA'--v.
"V
loyal
of h
bis untiring activities for the better-
1 . m i . ; i ? i l i. I CKU11MUKU
mnt ot ine community m wnicn ne "veo - of M t out by n -f the Dig
I Vfwol unlet ftwina luctrA conHnpaH -anil Hiji I 1 . .? . . ""v. . VM- .
I .i it Mm ulst
" Houston sand other cities of the-iSouth
will soon ' experience a "theater boom"
according to a message received by Ed
A. Greenblatt manager of tife Isls the-
ater from the riaenger Amusement com-
pany of New Orleans. Optionr and ru-
mors of options on theaters and business
property to be converted intovtheaters
will be the order of the day following a
campaign .01 "Dung" to he ataged by a
funeral ritual of the Houston lodge
i liiiks was spoken
distributing syndicates bent on in-
timidatinr ' local theater owners accord-
The oallbearera were: Aetive-H. ' ..v
Bnldwin Kice. Kenneth Womack J. H. j XMantaMntut between 20 and SO
i men last Friday into all the Drincioal
r"V. V-SS. JSl tie. of the 8ou to get option to build
ri. t.w.. v t...ii 4u "1 t or DU7 tneaiera me telegram states.
Olere James Fitjgerald Robert L. .Thii g .aotb frnd boninxa of bunk."
f tJZ.' 0r:-?Vi"nKep' .'Give this pubUeity in your city
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A averts iL.mii r reoencas jaaae unes
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another grand bonanza of bunk'
Rpv.1 Father?; 6. Plomer
Given Farewell Smoker
.V; . . . v.v v
A amoker and farewell ' reception In
honor of Her. "J. C Plomer a S. B
who leaves thia weekto become a member
oi tne tacuity or Assumption couege ai
Banawica uol waa given pionaay uigni
by the Knights of Columbus at the
Knights ball Crawford street and Walk-
er avenue. Father Plainer haa been a
resident of Houston for ibe"bast 13 years
and for three yeara has been president
of St. Thomas college. For several yeara
he baa been chaplain of Houston council
No. 803 Knights of Columbus. v
Aa a farewell gift Father Plomer was
presented with a handsome English trav-
eling baa hv the Houston Council of the
Knights. His name and that of the donors
were engraved on a gold plate on one
aide of the bag. Ed. J. Byan made the
preseatatipn speech expressing the ap-
preciation of the Knights for the service
that Father Plomer had rendered the or-
der and praising his work at t. Thomas
college and bis constant labor in minis-
tering to the soldiers at Camp Logan
while they were stationed there-
Other addresses were made by John
Mcdeary Kev. J. M. Crowe and O. A.
Mistrot. Father Plomer responded ex
Dreaain annreciation for the valued rift
and thanking the Knights for the many
Kind thinrs said about him.
The K. C. orchestra furnished music
ter H. Bryan and County Commissioners
Hare Cortley and Barker.
Burial was in Glenwood cemetery.
" 'MIns Slnalee Jackson
When Misa Jackson smiles evervboifv
within smiling distance srilffes. It's -positively
captivating. Some folks have at
tributed it to her dimples others say its
just because r-and others don't know.
Anyway that smile is playing a large
part in Miss Jackson's race for -one of .
the automobiles The Post is to award . v . n
after October 4. When she goes among I ne Texas Company a well No. 0
her friends aid acquaintances every-'Arnold was brought in at West Colum-
body smiles and then gives her their sub- bia late Sunday making 1000 barrels of
Texas Company Brings
' mlOOO-Barrel Well
scription to The Post
working' hard -for the Peerless
pects to accumulate thousands of extra
votes on the bia offer which does not
close until tomorrow night at 0 o'clock
offer auggestions for lowering the cost
of meat
More than 30 butchers and retail meat
dealers aX tended the meeting.
Y" Employed Officers
Will Confer at Marlin
Miss Jackson ia ! good oil according to an announcement
auu ex- i h of ticiais of the company Monday xne
well ia in the neighborhood oi cuou xeei
deep.
.This is the Iirst well to be brought in
in the South Texas district in .wore thad
10 davs. The International Oil com
pany' No. 1 Smith ia down to the sand
and the casing has been set but on ac-
count of the unusu&lly heavy gaa pres-
sure the well will be allowed to aet for
about ten days it. waa said by officials
of the company. The drillers recently
experienced a low-out wt this wen tut
it came on the outside of the casing and
the hole was not materially damaged.
The well is one mile northwest of the
A conference of the employed officers
of the T. M. C. A. of Texas will be held
at Marlin September S to 5 it was an-
nounced by General Secretary W. C.j
Paige of the Houston association- Mon-
day. The meetings will be held at the
Arlington hotel.
The conference will take up the. dis-
cussion of membership problems religi-
ous programs community educational
boys and foreign work. Secretary Paige
U Jack Clark and C. W. Whitehead of
the Houston association wil be in attendance.
Twenty-One Persons '
Fined for SpeedingOut of incases brought before Judge
T. W. Ford in corporation court Monday
21 were fined for speeding. Each per-
son entered a plea of guilty. Approxl-
mately.555 was collected in. fines.
proven field at West Columbia and if it
brought in as expected will exten the
field that much. The gas pressure is
said to be the strongest ever experienced!
ill iue xieiu.
City Firemen Discuss
Apportioning of Streets
The subject of apportioning certain
streets for certain fire departments waa
discussed at a meeting of the captains of
the fire department at Central fire sta-
tion at 8:30 p. m. Monday. f
If engines from more than one station
were going to the same fire each sta-
tion should have a different street to run
on and this would lessen the danger of a
collision of fire engines from different de-
partments it was said.
A report on inspection of business
buildings fpr fire hazards was reported by
so property ajwners will demand cash for
their tions whila the pickings are good.
Exhibitors will not fall for thia bunk."
The syndicate ia sending out men to
get these options and leave the impres-
sion that theaters are roinc to be built
using this means of inducing local theater
owners into contractors for filnls notwith-
standing high prices Mr. Greenblatt
said.
Tkreatea Theater Owners.
"The plan of operation when these
agenta reach Houston" Mr. Greenblatt
said "would be for them to call on the
leading theaters and in case contracts are
not signed to threaten to open theatera
of their-own. Thia will be be followed
by the securing of options on buildings
and lots with the announced purpe of
establishing theaters.
"However the acents will have no real
cash to pay for options and since the
plan haa been exposed by the Saenger
Amusement company it s hardly proh1
aoie mat any options w i oe taken.
"The syndicate involved in this plan
desires to change the entire system of
distributing films to theaters in the dif-
ferent cities and to charge iricea that
will entail additional burdens placed on
the theater patron. The leading houses
in Houston have refused to accede to the
new arrangement and theaters in othet
cities have taken the same action.
The principal reason why the distribut
inc company will not erect its own' the
atera Mr Greenblatt aid ia because en-
tirely too much capital wo be required
for them to maintain theatera in any con-
aiderable number of cities of the South
A much larger investment wonfd be nec
essary than. in the distributing business
Fugitive From Velasco
Arrested in Oklahoma
K
Sam Wright alias Clinton G. Parker.
alias C. F. King alaia C. K. Hamlin was
arrested in uaiaooma Uity Monday on
federal warrant issed at Houston. He
was formerly station agent at Velasco.
Texas and ia charged with absconding
wim government money to
of $442.06 in May of this ye
right wiU be brought to Houston
Captain IJ. W. Heath. The need of fire ! by federal authorities. A preliminary
piuga in ceriaiu nccuunn u me cny wasj neanng will oe given nun eitner here or
orougnt up. . i - in uaivesion.
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How You Can Be Sure
of "Luck? With Your
Home Preserving
Mny a woman declare to herself eVery
year "Well if I ever try 'to put up fruit
again . ; ; ' '
Sometimes it fs l)ecause the jelly won't
"jell" or perhaps a beautiful jar of jam turns
out tough or "candied".
You will find all your preserving troubles
a thing of the past if you will just make your
- preserving syrup of Karo (Red Label) and
Y sugar instead of sugar alone. -
Even the beginner can put up fruit per-
fectly with this recipe and the most experi-
enced housewife will welcome the advantages '
of Karo in her . preserving . . .
With this recipe there is no danger of jams'
or jellies coming out too thin. "No danger of
".candying". x I f1.;
Karo is a finej clear sjxxcp with a natural '
amlty for the juices -of .the fruit.
It blends the sugai -with the fruit juice-
brings out all the "fruity" flavor. V
For Cooking Baking Wad CaadyMaUag Karo(J?adT
Label) it used in milliona of hotnea. Ia all cooking
and baking recipes use Karo instead of sugar. It
sweet of delicate flavor and brings but the natural
flavor of the food.
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when you have the
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Book handy. Won-
derful recipes
easy to follow;
Beautiful illustra-
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P.O. Bo HI MWraraCfcy
: Make? perfect
jams jellies and
preserves.
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James 3. Bergen. K. F. W. Shearer and
P. A. Angenend Jr. John McCleary lec-
turer who was in charge of the program.
sang a comic song live closing number
waa "Auld land Syne" sung by the en
ty-e assembly.
Houston Electric Report
to Be Submitted Monday
' An - advance
eopy
of the report of
but the other escaped before tie o -cere
arrived. The one who Waa can-
did not disclose the name of his. cat t-
aer. . t . - j
Lamar Lyndon city rate expert on the
condition of the Houston Electric com-
pany will be in' the hands of Mayor
Amertnan Dyrjeptemoer u accoruiag v
a communication received or the mayor
Monday from Mr. Lyndon. The latter
also wrote that complete copies of the re-
port would be in the mayor's hands by
Septembers.' " . '.
f The report will first be reviewed by
B. V. Louis dty aolicitor.and will then
go into the hands of Otis Hamblen maa- :
ter in chancery. v v '
In the petition filed by theeompany in '
federal court a 7-cent fare waa asked !
for it alleging the nresent rate eonfisca- j
tory and unfair. The. city council last I
spring granted a 6-cent fare which was
afterward repealed in an initiative elec-
ktion-ty the people. The dty has left the
matter entirely .up to ue courts to aa-
just ' ' . .
Mexican CaugKt Trying .
to Steal Bolt of Goods
Mexicans one
suit
carrying a
entered a clothing store. Preston
street at a p. m.
to be shown some
Two
case.
avenue and Travis
Monday and. asked
dress goods.
When one of the men followed a clerk
to the end of a counter tie other man
opened the suit case and Blipped a bolt
of goods in it. H. Brooks employed at
the store saw him and telephoned the
police.
Officers Scearce ' and McGrath an-
swered the call and got one of the men
SWErJDMS; E
SOLD EVERYV'lllIE
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This Great Mosquito Eem-:
edySoldiaAUiStoresin
Every Town and on
i Trains. ' '
No matter where you got there's
a bottle of Sweet Dreama awaiUneT
your command.
To borrow the ezpreaakm ef a
well kaonrn Southern ppav "It
Covers DUcie Like the Dtmr
a. And wbyT
Simply because Sweet Dreams ts
the beat mosquito remedy te be
had. If s toe conceded standard
everywhere. It's the favored
among all favorites for It's the
greatest mooqulto remedy ever
made. 'v . i.
Sweet Dreams ;
holds the friendship of-k miDiea
users. ..!.;
Liberal spiinUe-tep bottles.
sold or Burrneim'S' m
HoustiMi Texas aad
everywhere.
Iiansaey.
druggists
'Two-Thirds off the Energy
Produced by the JMliamasi
Organism is Derived ffrom the
Oxidation of Carbohydrates"
Schlitz Famo is rich in carbohydrates.
Another reason why we say Schlitz Famo
is the worth-while cereal beverage.
It is food 'as well as drink. It contains
every essential of food except fats.
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S'J' 1st
FCnEELY!
You will be healthier in body and mind.
When you need nourishment and food is
distasteful drink a bottle of Schlitz Famo
you will be getting drinlT-and food.
The wonderful hop aroma will excite
your appetite too. It is non-intoxicating.
On sale wherever soft drinks
are sold. Order a case from
Gus Japhet
917 Commerce ve.
Houston Texts
Made MihvaiHlkee Famous
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510 TIIAVIS STREET
Has B&n Purchwed by New Owners and
The Entire Stock
Will Be Sold Out
9 . . . .
Regardless of Cost
Sale
Now
In 'Progress
DONT FAIL TO ATTEND
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