Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1916 — Steps Taken For Boycott On Eggs By New Yorkers. [ARTICLE]

Steps Taken For Boycott On Eggs By New Yorkers.

Steps for a state-wide boycott, with the weight of official sanction from the mayors of cities throughout New York state to give it force, were taken Monday. Mayor C. B. Byrne, of Troy, N. Y., president of the conference of mayors of the cities of New York, has stated that he has called upon every city in the state to issue a proclamation to the people urging them not to use eggs for two weeks, except for the aged, infirm, sick and children. “The boycott is the only method by which we can smash the power of the special interests which are understood to control the egg market.” The program of President Byrne is that each commodity in turn shall receive the same treatment, and that in the public interests the mayors will agitate the same proposition with regard to each article. In cities elsewhere the boycott is being adopted with official sanction. It is said that motion picture interests have volunteered to help the boycott by flashing slides in their theatres informing the public what to do.