The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 11, 1916, Page 5

| ere >, ae 2er Pa |» é EAT PRICES IN CITY HIT ROOF Beef Goes Up 25 Per Cent in Fortnight; Lamb 50 | Per Cent | DEALERS EXPLAIN IT Meat prices in Seattle are up—HIGH! Beef has raised 25 per cent In a fortnight, hogs 30 per cent and lambs 50 per cent Butchers predict that prices will go higher, but if not, will remain firm until the cheap Grass cattle begin to come into the markets, in August. ~Butchers are paying 20 cents a pound, It is said, for lam and the price ts reported 23 cents for the same animal in Canada. | No Dealers Making Money ‘Three months ago they were buy-| ing hogs on the hoof at 6 to 7 cents! a pound. Today they are glad to} pay 9 cents, | “As & consequence, there Isn't a| retall meat dealer tn Seattle today | who ts making his salt,” Manager Guiseman, of Burgess & Guiseman, fn the White public market, told The Star. “The packers raise the price to| the retatler, but the retailer hest-| tates about boosting his price to the; consumer, because he loses his old customers Hard to Boost Prices ‘It's pretty hard to look the old customer in the eye and tell him he'll have to pay twice as much for lamb as he did two weeks ago, He thinks you're trying to band hi something, and you lose his trade.” There are three reasons for high prices The main one is the European War demand, which tn itself would create an abnormally high market _ in America. Coupled with that ts the enor mous lamb shortage in Australia where drought last winter killed thousands upon thousands of ant mals. Eat More Meat in East Added to these two causes tx th fact that factory hands in the E ern states, suddenly become in funds, are eating more meat than formerly they could afford From New York comes the word that packing houses of that city Chicago and Kansas City are filling orders for Europe as fast as they ean. A Chicago house contracted for) 26,000,000 pounds of meat for the | CONGRESSMAN'S GETS $5,000,000 BY MAN'S DEATH Hiotaise Pacific Coast Dancer Receives Huge Fortune WIFE Mre. William C. Brown, Jr. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 11 Known to theatre-goers on the ifle Coast as Izetta Jewel at the time she appeared in stock com panies here, Mrs. William ( Brown, jr. will Inherft between $3,000,000 and $5,000,000 by th death of her husband, Congress man Brown of West Virginia Congreseman Brown died Washington, D.C age of 60. He waa considered one of West Virginia's wealthiest citizens, was a lawyer, banker and farmer, rals ing thorobred stock He married Iretta Jewel tn 1914 as his third wife. Iretta Jewel Brown attained pop jlarity here by her Interpretation lof the “Dance of the Seven Vets” in “Salome. Broadway debut Your She made her fn 1970 with Otis Skinner in “ Humble Servant.” While starring at Poll's theatre in Washington, she was introduced to Congressman Brown by Post master General Burleson. She retired from the stage when ther engagement was announced allies two weeks ago. ! yment Prompt The orders are more devirable, the dealer asserted. than supplying the demands tn the United States. as the minute a forelen order I» Placed aboart a boat.for shipment, It is paid for in American gold Representrtive Portland, of Mis- sourt, fs after congress to Invest! gate the increasing price of steak to the consumer and the decreasing price —— pay the cattlemen, it 1s reported An investigation also may be made, it Is reported, by the federal | trade commisston. County game consid skool ot! the state are considering, Tuemlay. the proposal of State Game Warden | Darwin to establish an experimental game farm at the penitentiary. it _ Would cost $3,500. BAD BREATH Edwards’ O Olive Tablets, Get at the Cause and Remove It. Dr. Edwards substitute for ca the bowels, and work. Olive Tablets, do the People afflicted with bad breath | mick rellef through Dr Olive Tablets. The pleasant ‘cated tablets are taken for bad breath by all who know them. Dr. Edwards’ Ollve Tablets act gently but firmly on the bowels and iver, stimulating them to natural action, clearing the blood and gently purifying the entire They do that whic omel does, without a ir effects, All the benefits of nasty, ing. sniping from Dr. Ed gerous cal the bad sicken ards Oltve Tablets! without griping. able effects of any k Dr. F. M. Edwards covered formula after 17 years of prac among patients affiicted with and liver complaint, with th fendant bad breath Dr. Edwards he Olive Tablets are purely vegetable compound mixed With olive ofl; you will know them by_thetr olive color Take one or two every night for a week and note the eff. 10¢ and 25e per box 1 The Olive Ta , Colum- bus, 0. ise IRON: Increases strength delicate, ner- yous, rundown people 200 per rent in ten days in many tnatances, $100 forfeit if it fails as per full ex-| planation tn la irticle soon deur in this paper ‘ek your doctor or | druggist about it. Owl Drug Go. Bartell Drug Co.| and Swift's Pharmacy always carry | it in stock. harticn are derived) pain or disagree-| Cynthia Grey’s LETTERS Dear Mise Grey: | am a close |reader of your letters and have taken particular Interest in the ar- tie! on the subject of “Birth Con. trol.” 1 notice that, so far, all the let- | tere have been si by mothers of one or more children. Then | wonder if |, a married woman who has no children and wants none under the present conditions, might venture to say something for | birth control. As | understand the Neo-Mal- thusian or birth contro! movement, [it means as many children as the | parents want or none, if not want In short, no woman should be- | come a mother against her will, if she in to be owner of her own | body, as Margaret Sanger insists i she must, id eurely any wo | should at least be owner of her | own body. | 1 come from a family of 11 chil- dren; my mother was not strong and | was compelied to care for babies thruout my childhood. At seven years of age | had to stay out of school to help do the family washing. Before | was 14, | went to work to support myself. About lall the schooling | have, | paid for myself, most of which consists of experience and hard knocks on the “Industrial” battlefield. Thus, |learned more about people than boo We were always very poor at home. With children two ye: | apart, mother had no time or Incil | mation to love or care for any, ex- | cept the baby a child, | never | remember of either my mother or father taking me on their lap and loving or caressing me, as | saw the parents of other children do. | do not remember ever receiving a kiss from my father, and how could they do otherwise when their lives were one long nightmare of drudgery to even feed us? Some one may ask why | mar- ried if | did not want children? To that, | would anewer that | found a man who said he wanted no chil. Sir for the same reasons. | want- companion, so | married for love and companionship. | have been told by Mrs. Grundy | and « few preachers of “Prepared. | ness,” that because | do not want children | have not the mother In- Stinct, whatever they mean by that. There are many children al- ready here for whom there |e a very dreary opportunity indeed. 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Is motherhood so narrow that It cannot consider the future of the race before it Is conceived, and why should mother Instinct only | care for its own brood? A mother Is needed for the world that she may be born again. A CHILDLESS MOTHER. Q—l am 22 and am keeping | steady company with a girl, My) friends make fun of me and say! they would not pay for a good time | for any girl; that they have a bet-| ter time without girls. Which do | you think Is better for a young fellow? JuD. A two plans is best. A young man who spends his social hours ex clusively with men fs apt to drift |Into the coarser forma of pleasure He who cultivates the soctety of girls exclusively is in danger of be coming unduly sentimental Q—I! am to be married next month to a man who wae en- gaged once before. He gave the first girl a diamond ring and she is sti/l wearing It. The ring he has given me Is only a ruby. Do you ‘think he is treating me fairly? Should | speak to him about it? | TESS, A.—It all depends on which you value more—the ring or the man. Phe other girl has the ring, you have the man, She probably thinks you have the better part of the bargain, No, I should not speak of it to him. Besides, a gen-| ine ruby {# even more valuable than a diamond. | Q.—Is Is proper for a young lady to wear to @ leap year dance flow- ers which were presented to her by her gentieman escort? Is It proper for a gentieman to give her flowers when she has invited him to the party? FLOSS. There ara few rules govern COOPER’S UNDERWEAR, $1.50 Values .......... ODD VESTS, $3.00 and $4.00 Values, your choice. } A judicious mixture of these STAR—TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1916. PAGE 5 $2.55 $2.95 $1.95 95c 95¢ $2.40 $1.15 ......9§e $2.95 ...95c These are from Suits that the Pants were Destroyed aati ea $15 Value ing leap year affairs. 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