Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-11
FIGHT ON PRICES
SPREADS IN WEST
Denver Joins With Salt Lake,
And the Bio Coast
Towns.
OGDEN ALSO IS ANXIOUS.
Dist Att, uahor-cn give. out let
tor from Ntt,. General Brccdcu
ON subject.

Thu defensive ulrrar. ,u break tbe
odtJr0ua market ou 1u toodstJ1a and
provisions which De- nNns the form OF
q grand jury investigation In salt Lake.
is bciuc varol iu every other western
city. and u each some distinctive paas.
OF o. forms tuc ccuter of attack
Todays Denver visitors are frank in
their expressions about the operation of
tho Rouu Butchers g. Grocers' associa-
ton 60 thar town, and OF thc 0nal act
which precInitatrd an explosion of pub
Die Indignation coupled with demand
Tor immediate investigation and re-
dress. The thing thcrc w8s CO raise in
tho price of coal Co the consumer The
raise was only To- 81 per ton, but the
An Hog coal trust as 90 is called.
Immediately became "a thing 90 Dee mcu-
toned with scNu. and "a municipal coal
company is being demanded now. f9
sen without the retail commission of
81 pbr ton. plus the cost of hauling OF
s5 cents per ton. this price having rec
Gently been boosted by the teamsters
union
From San Francisco the papers ar-
irving on each mail are filed with Wig
orous assaults ON the short weight deal
ers. and they are being printed with
the names 20 prominent firms where
crates are prepared short Of The STAN
dard weight and in Portland the agl-
tation for q public market place con-
tIuucs. the success of the Seattle mar
ket bcing pointed 20 as precedent
DENvERs TROUBLES.
The Denver Post in Analysing the
causes for the outbreak OF public in
dignatiOu in Denver summarizes the
situation follows.
"The tendency Co screw up the price
of staples Del not peculiar 90 Denver
but ID is worked harder here than
elsewhere. 10 Is worked along the de-
liberate line that everything ought 20
be- high here. This idea does the city
much harm. The thought comes very
seriously Where viii 10 end2 n may
be said that the proposition Of raising
the price OF coal Is the last straw
breaking the back Of public patience
Indeed, IL Is a case lustityiug retalla-
tory measures by the organized public.
What Is the real origin OF severe and
positive railway legislation Railway
folly and arrogance and greed, What
is the origin OF the idea Of starting
municipal trading over here IKE that
la Britain Combines sCreWlug up the
prices OF staples and necessities, --
Denver does not enjoy the salt Lake
problem OF what TO DO with butter
concern which will try 10 buy up an
the butter Fat lu the south part Of the
state. and then give the north half 90
its rival while complying with The de-
mand OF the state law that the full
weight OF each package bee printed
upon lt by printing that the pound rs
only supposed TO contain 1874 ounces.
boosting the price meanwhile when
grass and feed are the cheapest OF the
year and the most plentiful, but Den
yer seems 10 have a plenty OF very
similar problems.
OGDEN ALSO BUSY
ogden too. Is coming into the chorus
Of western cities in protest against
combinations IA restraint OF trade
Dist Atty. George HaNorsen was re-
Gently In salt Lake TO interview Atty.
Gen breeder on the situation. MI.
Breeder was not ln when MT HalNnl-
sen called. but ne has addressed the
following letter % the ogden official.
George HalNorsen. District Attor-
ney, Dear Sir-l regret that l Was
otherw Sc engaged when you called ttd
other day 90 discuss with me the trust
proposition. II you are satisfied that
there are any pools, trusts. agreements,
combination or federation OF persons
In your district organized with the OBJ
iect and purpose OF fixing prices or
lcssening tho pIodue tiou OF cOmmodl-
ties. articles OF merchandise. on any
other article or thing In which an
rubu1 IS interested ] request that you
bring ife matter to the attention or tho
district judge gnd request him 10 or
der "a grand jury to Investigate me
same. We as public officials inuuatel
with the interest of the people, mus
use our best tudclFors 90 protect ana
guard such interest The cost of hv-
ing 1oWadays seems Co be out of an