Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-06-10

are not getting it, hence this kick.
The cost of living in this section of
the country is too high. Don't say it
is not, for the intention is to prove 1t.
we have had a few words to say be-
fore in relation to the cost of com
modities, and are going to say few
words more. For instance: Eggs are
quoted at Wholesale at $5.35 per case.
They sell at retail at % cents per
dozen. There are 80 dozen in a case,
and the profit thereon is $3.50 for the
retailer, while the wholesaler has put
$1.1O down in his jeans as his share
OF the deal. SO that the middlemen
between the consumer and the men
have taken off $40 per case; it may
be more, but we are assuming that the
wholesale man told us the truth. Cali
fornia cabbage sells Wholesale at 2
cents per pound, but when the house
wife goes to market she is charged 5
for it, That's a wide margin of pro.
fit surely. Caulhower WHOLESALERS at
10 and II cents per pound, but sells
at retail for 90 If that isn't a whackng
profit, show up. Cucumbers Wholesale
for so cents per dozen but retail for
sells Wholesale at Az cents and retais
at 121Ac. How is that for getting it in
the neck? Dressed beef is quoted at
I6R cents and 7 cents per pound. 1t
retails from 8 to % cents and some
cuts cost 25 cents. Try buying ten
derloin steak and see how short of C5
cents you come when you get an ordi-
nary one. Dressed veal sells at s
cents per pound. 1t retals at Is and
20 cents. Dressed hogs sell at ~
cents per pound; pork is quoted at
| liz cents, and when you get tender
loins, such as mother used to put in
the sausage, you pay more than that.
| Spring lambs sell at 1925 and retail
at $1.25 to $1.50 per quarter. The
fore-quarters are $1.25, the hind quar-
tiers $3.50. That makes $3.50 for the
lambs quarters, to say nothing of the
other portions, such as the tongue, the
liver and heart, and the lamb stews
cut off the aforesaid quarters" Mr..
Butcher makes a very comfortable pro
fit on the lamb. Mutton sells at 7 and
| 8 cents Wholesale, but when you buy
chops it is Is cents and leg of NUT
| ton at So cents per leg is a cheap buy.
Fish prices are no better. Salmon
WHOLESALERS at 10 cents, but retails for
II cents per pound. That price for
salmon is outrageous. Salmon ought
to be laid down here at 10 cents. Hall
but WHOLESALERS for 10 cents and re-
tails for Is. Striped bass WHOLESALERS
for Is and retais for 20. Catfish, com
mon old catfish. that in other coun-
tries is regarded as the cheapest sort
of fish, retails for Is cents per pound
and pound isn't much at that. Stur
geon, that are held in distaste by the
citizens of most communities, sells
for Is cents per pound. Think OF
that!
| Poultry is only within reach of the
well-to-do. Dressed hens wholesale al
II cents and are quoted at 20 cents re
tail. Twenty cents per pound for old
hens Lord of Israel, deliver us from
the pirates who charge 20 cents for
old hens. Utah broilers weighing from
three quarters to pound and hall
sell at So to $3.50 per dozen and retail
for 40, so and 60 cents each.
| Cheese that is rated at ~ cents
Wholesale, sells for 20 cents retail
Sweitzer that sells for IS cents whole
sale is quoted at 40 cents retail Lin
burger that WHOLESALERS at 20 cents Is
sold at 60 cents retail, and yet there