Show lOW L LOW AWAITS HIGH PRICES A ARMY MJ SUPPLIES I lf l TO l LOCAL CAl 8 BUYERS JR I Surplus Foodstuffs toI to toBe toBe I Be Disposed of Through Postoffice at Cost Plus Postage Get Your Share GENERAL High Cost today received a solar plexus blow that will put him against the ropes for a brief period The government nt will ill sell worth of or surplus food supplies and every American citizen will be permitted to get his share at just what It cost Uncle Sam plus postage With the announcement from WashIngton Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington that the war department will offer for tor sale at cost pounds I of canned goods ham bacon and smoked meats frozen fresh meats and andI I poultry to be disposed of through the postoffice department by parcels post the query has arisen as to how much of these surplus war supplies are now held in Utah A hasty survey of the situation with all data available indicates that the amount of army supplies now held In Inthis Inthis inthis this state Is practically negligible compared compared compared com com- pared to the entire amount and from the meager reports from Washington It is impossible to state whether the local depots will be he called upon to supply the demand or whether th the th merchandise will be drawn from the main depots on the east and west coasts and at Omaha NO SURPLUS IN UTAH According to statements from the quartermaster department at Ft Douglas there are no excess army supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies in Utah There are some canned goods on hand and some meat products products products prod prod- but not much more than will be required for future army uses hereTo here I To offset this report Is another another statement from the warehouses of the city to the effect that more than han cases of canned tomatoes are stored here subject to government orders the I same being undelivered under previous government contracts Canning au authorities authorities authorities au- au say that there are some canned peas being held for the government government government govern govern- ment and miscellaneous vegetables but that the amount Is not in excess of the army's needs According to reports from the surplus surplus surplus sur sur- plus property division of the war department department department de de- de- de bids have already been called for on large of or foodstuffs foodstuffs foodstuffs food food- stuffs held at San Francisco Portland Seattle Camp Lewis Los Angeles Omaha Boston and New York There Is also a considerable congestion at Chicago LARGE STORES ON COAST For instance there arc are 1 cases of prunes stored along the Pacific coast There are nearly half halt a million pounds bounds of bacon cans of or corned beef cans of or roast beef at Omaha and over a million pounds of candy at Boston However since these articles are to tobe tobe tobe be sold direct to consumers through the parcel post Utah citizens will have an equal show with the rest of the the country because the state will be as as' advantageously situated in regard to I postal rates as any other part of the I country Whether orders are to be placed through the local or sent direct to to the main supply depots depots' 1 Is a matter to to be explained when the full instructions are received from Washington within the next five days iI I i |