Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-27

arrived at the newer towns that the
hotels have been unable 10 accom-
modate them. At Bassano. on the
Canadian Pacific. the Dominion govern
ment has erected tents Travel out OF
Strathmore by land seekers has be-
come 80 heavy that IL was found nee
essarv 90 buy a large motor bus cap
able Of carrying IS passengers. Farm
ing operations have been carried on
without intermission for several weeks,
even the blizzard which tied up trains
I'm Colorado having failed to make any
disturbance as far north as the Domin-
ion lines.
HIGH COST or DYING.
The high cost OF dying also will be
Investigated i'm Chicago. the city club
having named a committee 10 probe
into the matter and particularly into
the merits of the three-cornerod "un-
dertakers' war" which involves the
merits Of the factory 10 consumer"
plan versus the big retail profits Of the
time honored undertaking business.
The inquiry was prompted by tho clubs
decision that in general the cost Of dy-
ing was prohibltive and that I'm par
ticular funeral expenses have been OK
orbitant. Among the wage earners the
death OF "a member OF a family has
been a financial setback from which
families have not recovered for years.
the workers Of Northwestern University
settlement. Miss Harriet Vittum. The
recent verdict OF municipal court
jury cutting In two the charge Of a
Kenwood undertaken ou the testimony
OF W. T.. Gerry, general manager OF
concern which has cut out the middle
man. the Western Casket q Undertake
ing company, has aroused keen public
curiosity as 20 the relative cost and
charges OF Coffins and other Items that
appear on funeral bills and usually are
paid unchallengcd. one casket that
cost $3.50 was billed 10 mourning rcla-
tlves at S4O0. according 20 the admis-
sion under oath of the undertakers.
The officers Of the uudertakers' assoc
citation are indignant that prices are
cut and advertised and declare that
the ethics Of their profession are. vio-
lated The city clubs committee Of in
quiry will report May g.
MOVES EAST.
Tho west has lost another Insurance
company which dehed that money pow
cr of the east which Tom Lawson
dubbed "the system the removal OF
the Consolidated Casualty company
from Chicago 10 West Virginia being,
according to those made the scape-
goats, part OF the sudden lightning
which has struck others who had "a
like tomerity The president of the
company, with an honorable record as
assistant secretary of the United states
treasury, president of the Casualty
company of America la New York and
OF "a Philadelphia company has been OF
ficially enhuadcd iu a report calculated
10 crush him. and issued this reply.
THE report OF Mr.. Roche reflects tho
hostility which the company has en-
oountered from It's inception. For praC-
tically two years there has been de-
termined and apparently organized
effort TO assassinate tine company.
These guerilla methods Of the COM
petitors OF the company were eucouut-
cred on every side and enormously in
creased the expense OF Organization. l
have been warned scores OF times I'm the
last two years that the Consolidated
and myself would be put out OF busl-
ness The president Of one surety
company. member Of the surety
Trust told me that the only hope that
the Consolidated had i'm continuing IN
business was TO join the Surety associa-
ton, otherwise known as the surety
Trust" More reCeutly 1 have been
warned that the failure % maintain
rates would mean the humiliation ut
the Consolidated. This warfare ~
combined interests on the Consolidated
prevented il from being licensed IN a
number OF states where IL had spent
money and time TO secure stockholders
and complete agency organization
BUTTER CONTROVERSY.
The threatened expulsion OF Chicago
members OF the Elgin butter board NJ
trade has led 20 the charge that South
water street dealers have attempted %
control the Elgin prices This the Cni-
cago dealers declare to be ridiculous.
However. the controversy has given tho
public a glimpse at methods hy which
Elein prices are made. Joseph New
man declared concerning the Chicago
members. ION their way out from
Chicago they take a straw vote ana !
decide what the price viii be. and then
II they are i'm a majority they make
that price prevail by taking advantage
of the new ruling which allows any
member TO protest from the floor the
price OF the quotation committee. such /
was their action last Monday. when
the quotation committee after care
ful study OF the markets OF the country.
proposed a price OF 30 cents. The CHI |
cago mebmers voted IL down and fixed !
the price At 81 cents. although they
were selling I'm Chicago at 33 cents at |
the time The Elgn board OF trade |
was formed to establish prices that !