Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-21
Committee to Investigate the
High Price of Living Files
Initial Report.
POINTERS FOR THE FARMERS
Can Get Better Prices if They Sell
Their Prlduec Direct TO
The Housewife.

The farmer who thinks he has TO
sell to the middleman under main of
being arrestd and thrown in fall II
he attempts to hawk his goods to the
housewife direct can get some COM
Tort from the findings of the special
committee appointed in the Interests
OF reducing the high cost OF living.
This committee asserts that the farm
er requires no license to peddle his
goods.
here IS the report OF the committees:
The committee appointed by the
mass meeting of the citizens of Salt
Lake on Jan. Is. 1910. has investisat
ed the ordinance OF the city relative
to the sale of farm produce without a
license and has ascertalned that said
ordinance contains proviso permit
ing the sale by farmers in Salt Lake
City. of their own produce, it is more
over the opinion of the city attorney
and other lawyers, that any ordinance
prohibiting such sale would be un,
constitutional
We therefor ask the newspapers OF
salt Lake City and OF the adjoining
towns to make this fact known to their
readers. so that the farmers OF the VI
cinity may take advantage OF IL ana
sell their goods and produce direct to
the consumer in Salt Lake City. with
out the intervention OF mddlemen-
OSigned) f. j. Daughters. S. B. Wood.
r. Is. Scott Rudolph Marti. John Beebe
Grace MacSay- Smith. Edward JarroS-
chek. r s. Lund. p. ] Donohuc W. ).
kohlberg, w. f. Hubbard F. j. Har.
Vey. Committee.
INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY.
At the citizens meeting held in Labor
hall jan Is, gen cral committee w7is
appointed empowered to appoint sub
committees on various matters pertain
ing to 2 thorough investigation and T.
possible rectification at least in pale
OF the present high cost OF living TnGe.-
committees consisted OF Legislative.
commercial. an executive and Il Ia0c
committee. "They are made up of PEI
pie whose hearts are in the work, Says
Mr.. Daughters. Already these sa5-
committees are meeting. and getting
their work we'll under way. The fore
going letter Ia the first public step taken
by these workers. This committee
meeting instead of as usual having bur
4 small number on hand for the WORK,
was so augmented by interested citi-
zens that the rooms were fun. not less
than so people having been present
while the committee proper numbers
but 12.
Next Wednesday evening In the
Hooper block the general committee
and the four sub b-committeeS will meet.
when the subcommittee Will report.
Some decidedly interesting information
Is looked for and 1t is thought the
work will be very materially advanced
before its dismissal.
SOME EXPERIENCES.
In regard to foregoing communi-
cation, Mr. Daughters says: II met Il
farmer on the street this week who
has 500 bushels OF potatoes for sale
All the commission merchants would
offer him was 30 cents n bushel. while
the retail price in Salt Lake for pota-
toes is 20 cents This farmer had the
general impression that he would be ar
rested and fined II he attempted to sell
to the citizens his own products unless
he first paid for q license. Another
farmer told me he was offered but Is
cents for his chickens. while the Salt
Lake consumer is taxed 25 cents for the
very same article.
Part OF our work. and we thiDs
influence in assisting us along this
line. Is to enlighten the farmers and
others on such matters, and TO dig up
information that will rebound to the
general good. Now, don't you think
when the farmers, fruit growers. poul-
try men and others, find out that they
have the right and privilege of selling
I'm Salt Lake anything they raise, that
they will be glad to accept a reason
able profit and sell to the housewife
all these necessarles at much reduced
prices2 OF course that will be the re-
suit. This will cut out the middle men.
whom 1t VIII be seen from the fore
going two instances must receive q 80
per cent profit that should be saved
to the consumer, or at least a goodly
portion OF 1t.
I'VE want the people 10 lend US all
the help they can and the success
of the work Is assured.
Already we have had offers from
prominent people to erect a suitable
building for the proposed cooperative
stores. and that such an institution VIII
be in operation in Salt Lake City before
long is almost certain. With such ?
place open here 1t Is hoped that larse
number OF the common necessarla- 81
life will be offered To the peopln I
prices for below the excessive prizes
OF today