Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1919 — STATE NEWS HEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS HEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. REMEDY FOR THE H. C. OF L M. C. Shelton, State Purchasing Agent, Urges Women’s Clubs to Put Ban Certain Foodstuffs and Force Prices Downward. Indianapolis, Aug. B.—General boycott of basic staples for two weeks will force down prices of these and all other supplies and release vast quantities of foodstuffs with which he says warehouses Are crowded, is urged by Maurice C. Shelton, state purchasing agent, as the best means of combatting the cost of living. Markets in which speculation is rife would be forced down if all women’s clubs and organizations took concerted action to eliminate butter, eggs and bacon from their tables for a short period, he declared.