The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-23
THE PRICE OF FLOUR IN HUNTSVILLE.

evening gentleman Standard
81 buy per cheaper
s rctailed in the Ogden grocery stores
Inform us rs o your method said.
'oh he replied that is fishing South Fork
and my stepped into Schsde Bros grocery at
Huntsville fellow lay down $275 for hundred pounds
flour. my way Ogden and laid down 81 10 and
bought hundred pounds of Peery Bros best flour
Sure it is Peery Bros. best he was asked
Yep, was the prompt reply
Thinking the gentleman making sport of our effort get
prices Ogden called
up Huntsville aud asked for the price Peery
Bros best flour.
We sell it at $275 answer
When asked how he could afford sell at profit of cents
per hundred the enterprsing Huntsville grocer said
Oh only paid Sc for my flour, but bought carload six
weeks the price of wheat going and knew
what my would paid regular price which any
else could have paid the wholesale of flour the
time | bought
But wha is remarkable all is a
Huntsville bought the flour $3.50 and selling s275
profit of Is per hundred pounds under the that
reasonable profit is being made.
Ogden buying 50 at present
selling 1925 per hundred profit of So
per hundred We viii admit that for grocery
in Ogden than it is at Huntsville but would not the increase
of sales Ogden than make for the increased rcnt2 Here
S question forp pro6tmakerS to figure
Several of good grocery proprietors
talked with the Standard and they claim that
fair grocery Ogden We informed that
last Saturday showed whoesang 1915
pound and retailing % per pound We
formed by Ogden that he paid II per pound for
ham sold had the price
small and The retail price high We however,
the of the Ogden Packing company showing
sold Its best hams for 151a pound We have
the invoice where grocery has realed ham
per pound Seeing advised is believing Having
these things, naturally have right tell 1t may true
however that pound their
hams They evidently do buy their hams from
home enterprises
If this has accomplished nothing other than
established the price of at been
enough for the weeks campaign for better prices But find
the columns of the Evening Standard by
pound. This improvement
pound the prices up week
Now the Standard it distinctly that we
unfair the grocery all an
explanation of the signatures viii gladly
make the corrections
We advised by certain prices oning
down just little that true effort vain
But the toning down of just little enough want
the reduction TO be evident that everyone paper
mas the evidence that there has been effort
sh prices The store propretor don't like say
that but Is fact nevertheless proof that fact
competition the life of trade but when competition hroted
as has been IN the business time past
there Is little opportunity to build up business
Not long this city seeking to establish
mattress factory but when informed taxes were over
ee per cent he asked what the for reduction
" hopes could be held ont TO him in that next question
was the price of labor and he that living expen were
SO mgh that labor of necessity he HIGH cnoo 70
meet those living He said he intended to establish mat
~ oe'o 'hat he could afford to high freight charges