Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-28
RESULTS OF CONFERENCE.
That Held Between Real Estate
Association and Manufacturers
& Merchants Postponed.
Each Organization Affected VIII Take
Up the Question Alone in
General Meeting.

Last night brought no crisis in the
Investigation of the Butchers and Gro
oers association beyond determined
expression of opinion on the part OF the
Real Estate association that TINS
body Is not entitled to the moral
support a position in the Board
Trade would give 1t, and that II II
should be brought into the Chamber OF
Commerce building, it would be over
IN. unanimous protest of the Real Els
tate men who at present share that
building with the Manufacturers ana
Merchants association.
The real crisis In the situation will
come within the next few days, for the
unexpected public onslaught which the
proposition has precipitated upon the
butchers and grocers has had the effect
of leaving the association for the mo-
ment hardly with a full grasp of the
situation. 1t will be talked over by
these men at their next meeting. The
question will also be thrashed out at
meeting of the directorate of the Man
ufactupers and Merchants and by the
Real Estate associations.
So far the only question brought up
publicly has been the advisability OF
admitting the butchers and grocers into
the Third South street building.
CITIZENS ALLIANCE.
Now it is rumored that the real es-
tate men will go farther, or that GER
tain individuals in the association will
go farther and seek expression possibly
through another outlet, on the causes
for the prevailing high and increasing
prices The information of Il citizens
alliance to thoroughly investigate mat
ters through the coming winter, and
keep tab on each raise in price is being
talked OF today, and with considerable
favor, especially in the classes of peu-
pie not interested in business concerns,
and who live on fixed salaries that are
not capable OF expansion to meet the
new schedule of prices with which they
are being surrounded. President Col
born declares that the Real Estate as
ISOLATION has a legitimate interest in an
investigation. since 1t Is affected by any
influence that stops the growth of Salt
Lake, or retardS IT.
JENSEN is SILENT.
Lorenzo Jensen, who sits at the CEN
ter of the specific case on which the
general subject was opened up for con-
sideration, declared today that he had
nothing 10 say, since the butchers and
grocers had not started the controversy
and had not sought the alliance the
papers are protesting against.
Mr. Jensen feels pretty thoroughly
that there is nothing back"of the pres
ent investigation gut newspaper SEN
satioN ism and the bitterness OF the
Read Estate association, which he ac-
counts for through the presence of a
few disgruntled men in II who have felt
the effects of the efforts of grocers and
butchers in his association TO collect
the bills due them.
When asked what fees went to sup
mort the central Office over which he
presides, Mr.. Jensen declared that each
merchant Joining the association pays
n small initiation fee. and monthly
dues for maintenance of 81 per month.
Asked for a file of the Retail Mer-
chant" which publishes list OF names
''about which information is desired,
ne had only q current copy, but said
that a complete file could be found in
the Offices of the printers or from Jonn
w. Hughes, whose name appears at the
head of the editorial columns
BLAME REAL ESTATE MEN.
The last number of this paper con-
tains a severe ARA gnment of the Real
Estate association under the caption
Of Mind Your Own Business, ana al
so an arrangement of the newspapers
for taking up the matter.
AN OUTSIDE VIEW.
From local restaurants much infor-
nation is secured. on the growing cost
of all provisions. Geo. Morgan main
tains that two years ago he listened to
the pleadings of home producers who
begged him to use Utah asparagus
instead of imported. He let go of his
outside sources of supply and ordered
the home goods at $3.50 per case. A
year ago they raised the price to SIS
per case, and this year they are asking
81 per case, while he is looking again
TO the far away markets for relief
The same thing holds in the meat line.
for he says he is now paying "A cents
per pound for mutton, which never In
the history of business before has been
over l2 cents. Lamb Is costing is
cents while tomatoes are now 1918
per case where Il year ago they were
$3.50 and two years ago s27b.
METHODS WOLFIsH.
Mr.. Morgan favors citizens al
lance which should investigate and
check up local prices with all other
markets and absolutely cut out local
dealers, regardless OF their figures. UNI
I'll they learn how To be contented with
prohts that are less than what he calls
"wolfsh."