Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-04
The Expected Happens in the
Local Food Situation Today
As Scheduled.
MATTER IN DISTRICT COURT.
Attorney General and District At
torney Concur in Demand
For Investigation.
Conference OF Judges WIN BE Called
This Afternoon or Tomorrow
To Pass ON Petition.

The expected has happened in tho
local food situation. This morning a
document went before the Judges OF
inc district court bearing the names
of Che states attorney-gsnc-al and tho
district attorney both of these Of
Hclals con'urriuE in o. request that n
grand jury be- ompaneled TO "lnyesti-
gate the charges and allegations So
universally made az the present time"
The request urges chat the inves-
uEauan s' 30 the bottom and return
indictments wherever Go is possible
to do so. Another paragraph declares
that The only satisfactory and success
Iul way of reaching and DESTROYING
alleged unlawful combinations IA
through The instrumeutality- OF "a grand
ts1g' anu inal public Interest demands
That one Doe called.
ON the local trade combines the ne
Dupn represents there are certain
com pihauous and declarations of mon
tAls llhE ln the city and county OF san
LAKE organized and confederated to-
be'hef and incorporated for the pur-
pDs', as we believe. OF regulating AMI
fixing the prices OF articles OF meT-
DLandlse and commodities"
me petition was submitted TO judge
Armstrong i1 his chambers this moru-
ing by Atty Gen. Breeder. JUDGE ARM
-'rohg requested that it boz handed 20
Judge Morse So that he could call an
the matter
The request was complied with. and
Judge Morse has the petition al the
present time while 90 is thought that
conference OF the judges win be
eaued thls afternoon or tomorrow 20
I
called
That the demand for grand Jury
mas reached the stage OF official action
| VIII come as a surprise 90 many OF
the members or the butchers and
| groccrs who in their official organ to-
DAY reite1te previous charges that
! the Real Estate association and the
| newspaper scandal seekers are respon-
| sible for the turmoil and that ID mas
no more substantial backing.
ORGAN GETS FUNNY.
I'm a black type Introduction 10 the
principal front page story, which Is a.
Illustrated by Growing rooster. the
newspapers and the Real Estate asso-
citation are represented as making great
/ turmoil over the fact that the "grOcers
and butchers have been discovered I'm
the act Of making am honest living"
The Independent Grocery company and
Levy's Independent Fish Market both
come in for sarcastic comment. and "a
communication from 20. r." Is printed
asking that the butchers and grocers
take action against the papers which
openly advocate the establishment Of
mail order houses" A communica-
tiou from Seattle ON the cost OF fish
giving notice OF a raise is printed with
comment below inviting the Real rs
tate takers Jointly with the ueWspa-
pers OF this city together with their
fellow sufferers OF the insane asylum"
20 prohibit. coerce. compel and make
the Seattle fish concern sell fish az the
old figure. Another editorial column Is
devoted % denounciug the papers for
selling their integrity for money" n
the Real Estate association" the charge
being that it i9 the advertising Of the
real estate men which brought ON the
present series OF articles in an na-
Yers on the causes far the high cost OF
living
THE PETITION
The petition today presented to the
district court judges is ass follows.
salt Lake city. Utah.
Hon. q. @. Armstrong judge Of tho
Third Judicial District court Salt
Lake city Utah
and uio district attorney Of H.
Third judicial district thereof
respectfully represent % your
honor that there are certain c0mbin-
auons md coufeder8tions a. men ex-
istns .n the city and county n Salt
Lake organized and Coufcderated to-
gathc- ANA Incorporated for the pur-
pose of ana object ns we believe. OF
rogularng and fixing the prices or arr
t.Ies of merlhanIisa and cummodh-
ics contrary aud DOB direct violation