Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-14
Diaries Start Ball Rolling This
Morning With Advances on
Milk and Cream.
WHOLESALE WELCOME, GAR.
Persistent Rnmors of tic Raising of
Cost of All Commodities
III b Arc in the Air.

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What appears to be the advance
guard In general movement to boost
prices all along the line for G A. r.
encampment week was inaugurated
this morning, when milk to the whole
sale dealer was raised thl,se cents
the gallon, and cream took on an adj
ditional 10 cents per gallon.
"A single firm, heretofore using not
less than 100 gallons Of milk and many
gallons OF cream per week, without
previous notice, ~ was informed by a
local creamery agency that the morn
ings supply of milk would cost three
cents extra per gallon, and the cream
would be is cents extra. The firm us
ing the milk and cream Immediately
countermanded the order and told the
wagon driver not to leave the milk,
as he would try elsewhere.
Persistent rumors ofbthc boosting OF
prices OF all commodities are In the
air. 1t seems that a preconcerted
movement is about to take form in
which milk, cream, butter, eggs, meat,
groceries, and in fact all sorts of COM
modities used in the household are to
be Increased fully third or more
..fors encampment week" In justifica-
ton Of this movement, 1t is claimed
the demand will be such that it will
be impossible to obtain supplies unless
large orders are given in advance. and
that this cannot be done at the ordin-
airy prices. It&is6further claimed that
as soon as the abnormal demand
ceases, the prices will gravtate to the
level existing prior to the week" for
which the prices are boosted, and that
the comparatively small raise in the
price Of individual articles will have
practicallyino effect except upon whole-
sale dealers
COMING TO STAY.
In discussing this phase Of the mat
ter, the business man whose prices on
milk and cream We're raised this morn
ing, and who for years has been In the
catering business in this city. said:
will the prices go down again after
encampment week? Well should say
no. Since started business in this
city several years ago, the prices of all
foodstuffs and supplies have Just dou-
bled: but can we raise the price of
meals. on that account? What q howl
would go up from the public and the
newspa pers Il If we should double the
price. Rut it would be the only logical
thing to do, II we We're to do the same
as those selling us our supplies have
done. But we are compelled to charge
Lne 6dIIle OH prices as4OI5islieh WAiiS
we pay just twice the amount for our
supplies. No, 1t. ism t fair and 1t is
| not likely that the Increase now
placed on commodities will he removed
after the week Of the encampment.
HITS THE HOUSEHOLDER.
The raise, may, too, materially affect
the prices to be charged in entertaining
| the veterans at the homes ofFthe resi-
dents OF the city who. are opening up
their houses to receive the old soldiers.
] The committee on entertainment of the
womens citizens committee has re-
ceived very gratifying reports from the
| householders of the city, who have
| agreed to accommodate more; than 5000
Of the visitors to the encalnpnlent The
prices given at which these accommo-
dations have been promised are very
reasonable, and Utmost cases do not
| exceed 30 to 50 cents for breakfast. and
not more than 81 a bed. But should
the general raise in prices occur. which
| the above action of the creamery indi-
Gates will happen, then the prices at
which the entertainment Of the vet
| Grams have been announced will OF ne
cessity be. raised; for the fact Is that
| the people who are opening up their
| homes to the encampment visitors are
not in the habit of keeping boarders, or
roomers, and in this case the action is
not done with the idea. of making
money out of it, but purely as a matter
I OF civic loyalty and national patriot-
| ism, to assist the general committee
| to care for the old soldiers who Visit
| the city on the occasion OF the forty
third encampment of the Grand Army
| Of the Republic.