Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-02
Real Estate Association Trying
To Raise $4,000 at
Once.
MASS MEETING IS PLANNED.
Anticipating General Crusade in Fa-
Vor of Better Living Conditions
In salt Lake.

The Real Estate association began
active work this morning towards gath
eriug fund OF 10000 to Investigate tho
alleged local food trust. to bring con-
viucing evidence before the local au-
thorities and 20 go to the bottom OF the
entire situation with "a view Of COM
polling better living conditions, che OPP
cning OF competitive trade channels re-
Gently blocked up. and the criminal
prosecution OF any who may be proved
20 be guilty Of cEtoruonate trade meth
DDS.
The association plans 20 call a mass
meeting az an carly date at which
committee OF three citizens VIII be Sc
lectcd TO supervise the expenditure OF
the fund, after II is raised. a letter
already addressed 90 the mayor and
city council asks them to rescind the
ordinance taxing farmers who sell their
own provisions from wagons, about tue
streets. and thus reopen this channel OF
competition with those ftorckeepcrs
who insist on combination prices.
BREAK BEGINNING
That serious brcaHnway from the
combination that was getting a hold ON
AN commercial transactions. and CONE
pelllug a series of middlamen's rake
OFFS BE- beginning Co occur. Is evident
from "a few preliminary moves since
the exposures of last week. The Mount
Pickle company has discovered that %
can deal directly with restaurants
again It's pickles so Tor $3.50 per barrel
today. where they sold friday 90 Flu
per barrel purchas8ble only at retail
stores.
The Independent Grocery OF Market
row. which saturday advertised It's
schedule OF prices. "a thing 30 had not
done for some time past, was packed
with customers AN day, and other iude-
pendent concerns are receiving heavy
patronage. since announcing schedules
at DO 90 2O per cent below combine
figures.
Guy F1euner. associate editor OF the
Boise Statesman. who Us sending dis
patches from salt lake during the
telegraph strike says that his expert
ence in a rising market is that every
one in the merchant and trades class
tries TO get in on g. and that each
raises his prices dollar for every
nickel raised on him. that when the
break finally comes each one tries 90
blame the other, ana get 90 cover un-
noticed
SOME RESTAURANT CHARGES.
A comparison Of restaurant prices
with the cost Of materials going into
a dinner show that the profit Is from
400 20 900 per cent in almost every
dish. and never so low as 100 per
cent. The item of eggs az 10 cents
per egg. shows profit Of 81 per dozen.
with eggs az 90 cents; tomatoes are
served at 2 cents per order. when
they retail at 90 cents per hushel.
under the combines prices. Coffee
az 10 cents per cup. and warm bread
NJ 10 cents per biscuit cuts OF any loss
through the serving Of side orders
Sliced cucumbers are 25 cents per or
der OF one cucumber with cucumbers
costing I cent each retail The rent
man is not free from the faint that
calls for investigation. the basis OF
these restaurant raises. so the pro-
prietors claim. rests on the rent in
creases. and the coal raises. as well as
the grocery advances. but as Mr. Elem
ner explains. a rising market makes
every handler of provisions try 10 get
in on Il 90 the fun extent Of the situa-
tons possibilities.
THE BUTTER TRUST
one citizen who declares he wants
"a attend "a mass meeting asks the
Faust Creamery aud the Elgin cream
cry what complaint they have TO make
if the people sic up nights 90 figure
some way 20 clrcumvent them when
they are trying % figure out some way
TO get all the butter fat ~ the south
and an the butter Fat OF the north
cOrnored ln their salt Lake cold st0r-
age plants. go that they can then force
another raise on butter in addition Co
their midsummer raise 10 30 cents per
pound. with pound packages averaging
AT from 10 10 l5 ounces. and never up
10 fun weight?
APPEAL FOR pEDDLERS.
The Real Estate associations APP
peal 90 the mayor and city council
calling Tor the removal of AN OBJ
stacles IN the way OF the operation of
vendors wagons, f. a. follows.
"ro the Honorable Mayor and the
Council OF Salt Lake city;
In view n the far-reaching and ap-
pareutly deep-seated conviction OF the
people OF salt Lake that the high cost
Of food stun, hay, grain building ina
tcrials coal and other commodities al
present prevailing here is the result of
commercial combinations which are
conducted t0 prevent honest compeu-
ton, this association has the honor 10
appeal t0 you for such relief against
these unfavorable conditions as ID may
be ln your power to afford
your attention o. called to tho gIr-
Cumstauce that the vendors OF food
products from wagons, once so common