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Show IH TOMATO PRICES LESS II E55TE1 WAGES A bulletin issued by the bureau of crop estimates, United States department depart-ment of agriculture, shows that the average av-erage price . per ton paid to growers by canners of Utah for tomatoes grown on contract in 1919 was 14 71, as against an average of $15 the year before. The average for the nation was $19.41 in 1919 and $lft.86 in 1918. In' the four important Atlantic coast canning states of Delaware, Maryland, Mary-land, New Jersey and Virginia, the average in 1919 was $24.57 and in 191S $27. For tomatoes purchased outside of contracts the average given for Utah in 1919 was $11. CO as compared with $15 In 1918, and for the matidn $25.23 in 1919 as compared with $21.99 In 1918. In the four Atlantic states above named, the average for 1919 was $37.80 and for 1918 $29.18. Utah canners put up an average of 19. 9 cases of No. 3 cans of tomatoes in 1919 as compared with an average for the nation of 20.3 cases. Washington Wash-ington claims 28 cases per ton, while the Indiana average Is given as only 17. The range in contract prices in Utah in 1919 was from $14 to $15.33 a ton; in 1918 from $13.50 to $16.67 a ton. The, average high price for the nation was $20.21 a ton in 1919 and the low $18.45. The lowest average price noted for contract tomatoes wns $12.90 in Colorado, and the highest average $30 a ton in North Carolina. Maryland reports an average price of $25 90 in 1919. i |