Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-14
SLIGHTLY LOWER
ARE FOOD PRICES
Natural Causes Responsible, Not
Generosity Of Handlers, for
Welcome Change.
LOCAL COMBINE FIXES PRICES
Meet Daily az Hotel. Then Go out aud
Tell Consumer What lie
Has 10 Pay.

Eastern papers note tendency 70
fan In the prices OF provisions infor-
nation that al once interests consum-
ers here. as well as In other parts OF
the country Already wholesale prices
Of pork. lard. corn and wheat have
begun 90 lower in the Atlantic coast
markets. with promise Of retail prices
following suit New York bakers have
Increased the size Of their loavos. While
these reductions may be temporary.
they are certainly Tor the present a re-
lief 90 the consumer, and the belief is
that this reduction win last good
while.
With the approach OF summer. prices
are tending downward here. Pork pro-
du'ts have declined slightly. but whole
salcrs are receiving. for instance. %
ana % cents for breakfast bacon. the
retailer selling az 81 cents to make "a
slight profit But beer products will
not fan for a month yet In this mar
keJ by which time the new hay and
grass crops Will have reached maturity.
ana with the cheapenod feed. the prices
or beef VIII decline In California
where the grass Be- already at its prime,
prices have fallen cOrrespondingly.
Prices IN garden and vegetable prod
ucts in the salt Lake markets are
weakening as the Utah crops mature.
Until this occurs this section Is de-
pendent on the Pacific coast markets,
and the prices paid are the Califor-
ma prices plus the express charges.
which are never small. The tying up
OF the san Pedro road for six months
has had "a very unhappy effect on the
local produce market. Increasing the
cost Of transportation materially via
Sacramento. The local consuming
public never realized the real value OF
the san Pedro road 20 Salt Lake until
last new years lemon was handed it
through the unprecedented washout.
hut the road Will be reopened now IN
short time. with easy conditions re
stored The price Of wheat is tending
downward. as there are no exports !
from this country. and Patten does
not seem anxious to indulge In any |
more corners. for the present anyhow |
In the absence OF these two boosting |
agencies. the grain market Is decidedly |
quiet The producers In adjoining |
states are supplying their own local |
demands, and the growers In this state
are doing the same.
Butter and eggs appear to continue
lust So For the present. the hens
are largely occupying their minds in |
incubation and olcomargarine Is bare
~ holding its own. with butter down
10 80 cents Dealers say the market
will be abundantly supplied with fish
the coming summer al reasonable
prices. Produce shipments from Texas
and eastern southern points appear TO
be- cut of. owing 20 unfavorable rates
Luxurious living and unparddnable
waste. the country over. are considered
large factors IN the cause OF high food
prices but there are also combines
IN restraint of trade which have
been strongly potential In this city. a
'ombGation ~ produce men meets
laily at the Wilson hotel 10 FIX
prices" and the local consumer must
iay what they choose 10 charge. Sew
raj commission houses have refused
% join the combine. and are making
fight iu the interest Of the consum-
'r one firm here Is paying express
'harges on bananas from Pueblo.
'harging retail dealers no more than
he combine. and yet makes money
While prices Of produce drop 20
minimum during warm weather.
what shall happen when cold weather
eturns In the late fan. viii be noted
With much interest.