The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-01

The war upon high prices and the food
combines began TO take definite shape last
night when the Real Estate association
issued a call to the public to join hands
with them in bringing to justice the men
who form the combine which has made
the cost of living in Salt Lake prohibi-
tive. At an enthusiastic meeting of the
members of the Real Estate association
il was decided to continue its crusade
without combining with other associations
An appeal was issued to the public TO
raise fund of $1,000 with which to de
fray a sympathetic investigation of the
affairs in Salt Lake, to hire special coun-
sci and to press prosecutions where the
evidence secured would warrant.
VIII Call Mass Meeting.
The association itself voted $500 to head
the list and will call a mass meeting IN
the near future at which three prominent
citizens will be chosen to handle the fund
and other details will be discussed.
The real estate men also issued let
ter to the mayor and city council calling
attention TO the present condition of al
fairs here and asking that an lnvestiga-
ton be made into the matter OF peddlers
in Salt Lake. It is declared that the prac-
tees Of the food trust have stopped the
hucksters and peddlers of the city from
carrying on their trade so that the gro
GERS could reap the greater harvest as a
result Of their closed corporation Inc
letter asks that existing ordinances which
deter the peddlers from operating be
amended or repealed so that new branch
OF competition can be had with which to
break the combine.
Won't Be Whitewash.
Feeling that the present agitation is the
result of their own initiative, the real
estate men decided not to combine their
investigation with any other. A letter was
directed to the NJ x NJ association de-
Ginning to cooperate with their proposed
investigation Of the combine. Although
the letter states that the reason for the
refusal is that the real estate men have
alrady sarted their work it was freely
intimated last night that the real reason
for the refusal was that II is intended TO
make the present crusade an effective
one. limitations that the NJ. K N. mem
bers, or at least some OF them expected
10 turn their investigation into a white
wash for the Butchers & Grocers. while
not accepted as credible by the real es-
tate men caused the action. AS one member
exressed il after the meeting last night.
ssThis has got to stop We are going to
get to the bottom of this combine and
there is not going to be any whitewash-
The people are the ones to force the
fight"
a All communications will be mailed to-
1day. The letter addressed to the mayor
relative to the matter Of peddlers IS as
''To the Honorable Mayor and the coun-
ell of Salt Lake City:
I'm view of the far-reaching and ap-
parently deep-seated conviction of the
people OF Salt Lake that the high cost or
food stuff, hay, grain. building materials,
coal and other commodities at present
prevailing here is the result OF CONNER
cial combinations which are conducted to
prevent honest competition. this assocla-
tion has the honor to appeal 10 you Tor
ouch relief against these unfavorable con-
ditions as it may be in your power TO ar
ford
your attention is called to the circum-
stance that the vendors of food products
from wagons. once so common on our