The evening world. Newspaper, May 1, 1902, Page 5

‘ BEEF TRUST BOOMERANG. So Many CattleShipped to Chicago that Meat Is a Glut on the Market. CORNER HAS A TUMBLE. Attorney-General Knox Ad- ministers Severe Snub to Packers in Connection with the Investigation Being Held by the Government, ‘The people have won a aignal victory @rer the Beef Trust by abstaining from the use of meats, and vegetarians, per- @ens who believe that many eat too Much meat, butchers, boarding-house keepers and house wives are happy. There are prospects of much lower prices in the immediate future. Ice-boxes in Chicago are so full of meat that not another quarter can be forced in, and of 18,000 head of cattle received there yesterday but 8,000 head were sold. This leaves 10,000 head to be fed and cared for until there is demand for more meat than Is now dressed. Packers admit that the demand from tho East has fallen off one-half, Stock- yard men say there has not been in twenty-five years so much beef, dressed and on the hoof, carried over night as ‘was carried over last night. United States Attorney-General Knox has refused to meet the packers of the Beef Trust. He had agreed to meet the members of a committee of the Repub- can Club, of this city, appointed to make efforts to bring about some solu- tlcn of the meat problem. The mem- vers of the club avotified Mr. Knox that they would bring several members of the trust to the conference. Knox Snubs Trust. Mr. Knox replied In a sharp letter in which he wrote: “Your action, requesting representa- tives of packing companies to meet me fs unwarranted by my letter of April 28 and was without my knowledge or any intimation to me that you proposed do- ing so until the receipt of your letter of 2th. © * * I regret that you have as- sumed to arrange conferences which | misrepresent the Government position.” Glut of Beet, Many thousands of cattle are now on the way to Chicago and cannot be headed off. Beef offered at from three-quarters of e cent to one cent a pound less than was asked on Tuesday finds no buyers this morning, and commission men say the bottom has fallen out of the market. | @ Members of the Trust expected until to-day to meet Mr. Knox to-morrow, Their representative said the Attorncy-|— General ws to hear the strongest »ro- Cegts ever made by business men were doing e' the Government in its Investigation re- | garding the meat trade. | ———— FAMILIES IN PANG HT MIDNIGHT FRE. Blazing Curtains in East Side Tenement Drive Men and) Women in Mad Rush from) Fire Escapes. | Members of tweive families _ were |f awakened from sleep by cries of Fire!” fn the tenement-houre, No. 2 Hall place, of Bixth street, at 1 o'clock this) ry nic followed. Men, women and ed to ow we and saw om ndow in the) PUKE ULE A FEW AME SPER Two Neg oes WhoWereTrying Hl Doors 0) Fashionable Resi Bh dence Becton Pui Under Ar reet Atier Bacting Chase THE WORLD: THURSDAY €VENING, MAY I, i902. THE MEAT QUESTION! AND ITS SOLUTION “For ebery evil under the sun, there is a remedy, or there is none; If there ts one, try to find it; if there isn’t, never mind it.”’ The people become aroused, when they think a great injustice has been done. They seek a remedy, and they generally find one. The agitation of the meat question is just now uppermost in the minds of the people. At first, they thought it necessary to denounce the Meat Men, On second consideration, they began to think that perhaps an advance in the prices of meat was a good thing after all. It is an old saying—and a true one—that every evil has its accompanying blessing. With the prices of meats advanced, the habit of meat eating is diminishing. This means the upbuilding of the health of the people, for it is a scientifically known fact that our excessive meat eating endangers our health. Prot, Atwater, the highest American authority on tood, says: “You should eat less meat.” Fat The New York Times utters a profound truth when it says, ‘‘A consensus of medical opinion would show that conditions inducing the average American to eat less meat would be beneficial, rather than hurtful, in its influence upon the public health, especially in summer.” Presto: This is the blessing in disguise. Maybe the high price of meat is doing a greater thing tor humanity than anybody imagines. | At any rate, the high prices have made people think, and their thoughts are turning to a substitute for meat. Quaker Oats is the substitute for meat, which has in one package, at a cost of 10c., more nutriment than a piece of meat that costs $1.00, Quaker Oats is an absolutely natural food, and, for breakfast at least, no other food is needed tor complete bodily nourishment. It puts its whole strength straight into your systen Less Meat and More