The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15

make IL nlSO mere nave the SAME S1eCl
elsewhere.
High Price of Meats.
"The high price of meat has occupied
a good deal OF our attention and we
have not found a satisfactory explana-
ton A considerable proportion of
the fresh meat used here is shipped In
from Omaha The production In this
state is not sufficient to supply the To-
cal demand, with the result that from
one TO three carloads per week of east
ern meat come into this market Only
the finer parts, such as loins and ribs
of beef are shipped. No. loins sell TO
the retailer at 16 cents and No. ribs
at Il cents. This meat cut up and de-
livered is sold at retail from 1112 cents
to % cents per pound, and at that price,
taking into consideration the close
margin at which the rough meat must
be sold, the profit to the retailer is not
excessive The local meat in July,
1907, sold as high as cents per pound
for a whole animal dressed, whereas in
July, 1905, ii was sold at Az cents. And
for the butcher there is more profit
when he buys an animal dressed at
AZ cents per pound and sells round
steak at 1914 cents, ct" bones at 10
cents and porterhouse at 10 cents, than
the animal and sells round steak at 10
cents, 'T'' bone at 25 cents and porter
house at % cents. The price of the best
cuts Of beef, such as ''T bone and
porterhouse, vary at different shops and
there is no uniformity in price. As a
rule, outside shops sell considerably
cheaper than those in the business CEN
ter. because the expense of operation
is less.
Among manufacturers of flour there
is no organization at all. Occasionally
representatives of different mills have
met at the Commercial club to discuss
matters of interest If their business
but they nave no articles of agreement
and the evidence taken before us clear
ly shows that the companies are COM
peting among themselves. each trying
to make the best grade of flour and sell
it at the lowest price consistent with
fair profits. The I rice of -four here
must follow the price Of wheat east
and west. IL the local mills will not
pay what the wheat ia worth on the
market it is bound TO go east to Kan
sas or Michigan, or west to San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles in which event
the local miller will be short.
Bunk Methods in Salt.
The Inland Crystal Salt company. a
Utah corporation, was until recently
the only company manufacturing re-
fined salt in this state. The salt pro-
duced by it is sold to wholesalers IN
the Salt Lake City market at $500 per
bale with five per cent off. The same
article is shipped to Spokane, Wash
ingtOn, ct a cost of So cents per bale
for freight and tn ere sold to the whole
saler at $1.15 per bale. terms the same
as in Salt Lake City: that is, the Utah
company demands in TIE home market
Sc cents per bale more than it accepts
from the wholesaler at Spokane. The
freight to Denver upon a bale of salt
is As cents and The selling price there
is $50. The freight 10 Portland. Ore
gon, upon bale IF salt, is IS cents and
the selling price there is S1.70. About
20 per cent of the output of the Inland
Crystal Salt company is sold in the
home market and the balance goes to
points where it must meet competition
THE Utah-Iiaho Sugar company
the Amaisamated Sugar company and
the Lewistown Sugar company are
Utah corporations. Their product
marked extra fine standard graduated
sugar is sold in the home market at
S5.55 per sack f. o. b. cars Salt Lake
City, cash in ten days. evidence
taken November q. 1909 The freight
upon a sack of sugar from Utah to Chi
cagO, Ills, is about IS cents and this
sugar sells in Chicago at s4.77R per
sack. terms the same as in Salt Lake
City. To Kansas City the freight up
on a sack of sugar is IS cents and the
selling price there is s479 per sack.
About % per cent of the product OF
these companies is sold in the home
market, to wit; Utah. Idaho, Wyoming
end Montana. the remaining rs per
cent goes to other markets where com
petition is such that il is sold at the
prices above indicated.
Discrimination ExnIained