Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-14
WHY BUTTER GOES
UP EVERY WINTER.
Producers Give Their Reasons
For Advanced Price OF
Product.
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not or does nor supply her inhapltahts
with butter, and thar the local market
,h,at, l., tbe chanea4 and
y eil''o1s sup1e ,
Illustrations OF ti'e east''l ''''i
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down In price During The c0rfeSppllH-
mo soul, lnst vbItr creamery butter Wi,s
az a. ,,e nor, un,,ud
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while at present II cpihulah"S :" wits
4 local creamery man accounts lot
tho bi,,b nriea In hutter this year over
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Each fail when VeGetapies ana t'"te9
leave the market and the cold weather
comes on and the blood must be thick
ensd neople begin to use more butter,
The different classes of fall and winter
foods reoulre more butter. For in
stance fish and nearly all canned goods
require more butter than fresh meat ana
vegetables People begin TO eat heaVy
breakfasts with the coming OF cold
weather Strawberries aud cream and
fruits are laid aside and such foods as
pancakes and fried eggs are the order
OF the public menu. This general
change. from summer to winter FOOD
over the entire western country WITH
rho market control at Chicago makes a
very great difference in the public de-
D1and for creamery butter.
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with tbe ;nrrease of this demand the
,arf,e warehn,1ses in Chicago can regu-
lnte III. ,rice to suit their convenience.
hs IN ,chy butter was cheaper at this
tine last wear, the dairy men say the
financial panic made 1t necessary for
hip butter storers to borrow on their
bift for ana in MANY instances sell,
which created Il supply slightly greater
than The demand. ioWer'is ,,a ene - ,te
panic last wear the price of butter had
risen TO As cents; that was in October.
The panic came in November and with
it n Temporary decrease in prices. BY
December of 1907 butter had again
reached 40 cents.
The question is asked, why is il that
ranch butter can be sold for so cents?
The dairyman answers that ranch but
ter contains not so much butter rat as
creamery butter In the case of ranch
butter a large amount of moisture in
termixed cuts down the percentage Of
butter fat which amount of moisture
cannot amount TO more than 16 per cent
in the manufacture of creamery but
ter according to the pure food law. 1t
costs more to manufacture creamery
butter and the labor employed in the
manufacture of creamery output is ac-
counted as being more valuable than
that employed on the ranch product.
'rhe local market controls the price of
the ranch product and the eastern mar
ket controls the price of the creamery.
The local creamery men say that Utah
falls very far short of supplying her
population with a butter product of any
ioualitv. And that very much of the
butter consumed mere IS lii'pof'eo t'ot''
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The consumer does not answer the
question as to why ranch butter eau
remain at 40 cents and why the price
Of crea mery continues to increase. Ten
consumers were interviewed on the
street and they each had different
oninion concerning the matter but they
ii, agreed that thew were paying 40
cents and All were suspicious of a
combine
The nric, OF milk however. has in
creased since sprine in accordance with
ltbn ratio of blitter fat contained III It.
Du,,ing tha early summer milk sold for
Il rents ner gallon. It now sells for Is
c,.nts shnwinr that as thu butter has
increased in price. 80 has the milk.
Prices on farm products show that
t tha,, w., w.. those ~ last as there has
beer q rre.iter SUNNY during the fan
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~ n,,ces foilowine early roIa weather
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