Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-15

oWn milk and butter. The decrease IN
production has operated to raise the
price of dairy products. and as a re-
suit We have 40 cent butter
PRICE OF FRUIT
In regard TO fruit, the situation Is
the same. / was talking TO a fruit
grower in the country last fall He
said that he would have no apricots
for canning for the reason that east
crn buyers had offered him double the
local price for the fruit on the trees
What IS the result? Fruit Is away
up In the air and canned goods have
gone higher.
Meat production IS also decreasing
and as q matter of fact II Is almost i'm
possible to secure anything like the
supply OF hogs required to supply ths
demand. Therefore ham has increased
in price 80 per cent and bacon more
than 100 per cent. These articles must
so through the usual channels of trade,
and each department must take It's
pro1t. But until Z better and more
satisfactory way of handling products
is devised than that now In vogue, from
manufacturer to Jobber. from jobDer
TO retailer and from the retailer to tho
consumer, this can not be otherwise 1t
would not do for the manufacturer to
deal direct with the retailer, or the
small dealer In the country side would
not be able to live, hence the necessity
for the jobSer, 1t is Just as Idle to
talk of the jobber dealing direct with
the consumer. so the channel through
which the goods now pass would seem
TO be absolutely necessary: and each
one of these has To live. AS to the
just proportion of division of profits,
that is not always regulated as it
should be, but supply and demand us-
ually operate TO increase or reduce this
in proportion to the production and
consumption of the various commodi-
ties. | would like to sec the cost of
living reduced. for it affects all classes
more or less. and is especially hard
upon the laboring man.
RICE AND BEANS.
I'm my opinion. people should use
more rice and beans than they do. In
some of the old countries. rice and
beans form the chief article of diet,
and both contain, in large measure, all
properties necessary for sustaining the
human body. Our people use very little
rice and even a less amount of beans
The prices of these products remains
practically the same as they always
were, and they are within reach Of the
majority of the people"
]. NJ. Marriott who conducts one of
tns ldIScSt Ittdll 6lOCSiy
stores In the city. talked interestingly
on the reason for the advance in the
cost of living during the past 10 years.
"One great cause for the increase iG
the cost OF beef" said Mr.. Marriott, "ls
the tariff of AZ cents on dressed beef
from outside points. and 2 cents on
Canadian beef. This operates to keep
the price of the domestic article UP.
This fact taken In connection with
that other fact that the production of
beef does not keep pace with the in
crease in population of the country and
the enlarged demand for meat, ac-
counts largely for the present nigh
price of that article. The position OF
the cattlemen discouraging small farm
ers from raising cattle also has its eff
feet, and decreases to some extent local
production.
Then again, much is exported to
other countries, and states as close to
the seaboard as is Utah naturally feel
the effects of high prices for grain Of
fered abroad This reduces the sup
ply at home and keeps prices Of grain
and its products up almost out OF
reach.
RETAIL PRICES OF BACON
Take the item of bacon. The re-
tail price of the fancy article Is now
-
is for the very best quality obtainable.
There are cheaper grades of a good
article in the way of bacon, but 30
cents Is the price charged for the
fancy articles wrapped in three layers
of paper Now this paper also has
bearing on the price. I'll explain the
bacon situation to you, so you VIII
| understand that the retailer don't get
the enormous profit on this material
N
| the case. We pay 90 cents pound
| wholesale for this same bacon. we
| are compelled to tear these three lay
| ers of wrapping paper from the meat,
| amounting to nearly pound III
weight on q slab of bacon weighing
seven pounds Then there are the
| two ends of the piece. which amount
to almost another pound In loss, This
| with the shrinkage on the bacon'
| brings the profit of the retainer even
when the meat Is sold out at 80 cents
per pound. down to minimum.
another thing in relation to hog
meat 1t is we'll known that no hogs
ever leave this market or the market
of surrounding states which weigh
| over 200 pounds The hogs are under
| fed. In the east the average weight is
| from 275 to more than 800 pounds per
| hog. and this amount of meat on every
| Dorker would have its effect IN bring
ing returns for hogs But western
pigs are underfed and the price is
naturally higher than for those OF
greater bulk. as the lean ones do mol
make first class bacon.
MEAT GOING HIGHER.
"Then horseflesh Is higher. You
could purchase a good horse 10 years
ago for SIS: now YOU must pay S16o
for the same animal. Delivery wagons
10 wears ago could be had for S95; the
last one / bought cost me $16O. My
employees get from 10 to 100 per CEN
more than they did 10 years ago,
used to hire a driver for Sc or 81 3
week: now pay from s12 to SIT. AL
INV goods cost me from 40 to so pei
cent more than they did 10 years ago
All goods are higher. and l can say
too. that though meats are high now
they will be much higher In GU days
from now
SUGAR IS CHEAPER NOW.
Joseph Geoghegan. local merchan
disc broker who handles a great dea
OF sugar said. Sugar is the only com
modify today In the United State:
which has not advanced In price In tn
last ten years. In fact, all condition
considered, with cost of production AM
cost OF doing business increased. suga
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