Show DRAWS DRAS LINE I AT PROBING FOOD TRUST Ga Gathering Evidence for Grand Graild Jury Work Vork Declares Declares De De- clares dares Mrs 1 Rah bar ARE RE WILLING TILLING TO ASSIST V Women Want T ant Farmers to Deliver Butter and Eggs by hy Parcel Post T J l least of oC tho tim housewives of oC A AT Salt Sl Lake havo rallied to tho support support sup sup- UP- UP port of oC the fight against high prices of oC foodstuffs according to those thos who ho havo have tal taken en tho initiative initiative- In lh the thu The rise grocers do not appear worried d to lo any groat extent however r and thoro there has been no reduction In n tho thio prices of oC potatoes potato's and butter butler tho the two articles of or diet particularly under tho thu ban Commenting on tho the that I tho the were gathering ovi- ovi to be presented l to the authorities authorities I ties as ns a basis of ot prosecution against those alleged ed to be Involved In combinations corn com or trusts trusta to force tho prices com I of or food nI commodities skyward L Mrs T C C. tv H. H pi t Ul ui ill LII O- O I wives' wives league loague said sahl last night that this is a 11 false Impression It is out of ot the question to expect tho the women of or Salt Sail Lake to furnish c to a u grand Jury said ld Mrs It Is up UI to tho the county no nG or some other properly authorized of officer tie tie-cor to secure such Buch evl evidence mc an and wh why the commissioners should look hook to tho to do 10 this work I cannot cannot cannot can can- not understand Wo Yo shall do our part of or courne courno but If It any real evidence Is Isto Isto Isto to bo be secured cur l. l it will have to bu be un unearthed unearthed Unearthed un- un b by the officials who aro paid for tor such work worl The women of ot Salt Lake are doln doing a. a L little quiet as to the cause t.-ause of oC high prices arid and wo we will co cooperate cooperate cooperate co- co operate with the officials arid and give them all tho the help wo can 25 r. r Only for tor Turkeys A committee of at tho the Housewives' Housewives league is now bus busy securing tho the namos names o of oC farmers In tho the country tributary to Salt Lake e with a view to mal making arrangements ar ar- ron for a 0 continuous supply of ot butter and e eggs egg's to bo be delivered b by parcel post Tho The list will vIll be furnished to every e woman oman who attends the thc meet meet- ln tug of oC the league le next Wednesday It Is probable according to Mrs Hecl ot one of ot the leaders in the movement movement movement move move- ment against high prices price that tho the lea league will decide not to pay more than 25 cents a a. round pound for tor Christmas turk turkeys ys and thor thora Is some somo expression that thal the price may be fixed lower During their Investigations some sorno o of the tho Isadora In n tho the movement have hivo be become become be- be come como convinced that the retail gro- gro frs fora are no not responsible for tor tho the pre pro prevailing prevailing ailing hl h prices for or potatoes butter butter butter but but- ter and somo some other oUter table commodities and that It Is 18 the farmer who Is the thereal thereal real roal aggressor re Tho The war will continue however howe until tho thio producer finds that hl his market t for tor staple foodstuffs Is gone a to one of at tho the officers of oC tho the Housewives Housewives' league lenue and anel ho he will willbe willbe willbe be forced to accept a a. fair profit on his labor and investment n Ire Ills Co Case Establishing to a 3 certain extent tho the fact act that the retailer Is not wholly re- re blo for tho the high prices on potatoes potatoes pota pota- toes and e eggs gs the tho manager of at ono of ot the thc lar largest est r retail tall grocery concerns Inthe Inthe in the tho city yesterday produced an Invoice showing that ho had paid tho the producer on November No 27 7 per p-cr hundred pounds ds for fot potatoes in a a. carload lot The Invoice showed that the car o of potatoes weighed pounds for which a sight Ight draft dratt 1 drawn for 10 1970 11 To this the freight must be bo add added d There Thoro was no middle or commission com corn mission man to deal wi with tho trading directly with tho producer of ot the tho potatoes The same store mana manager or also produced pro pro- a R letter lotter from tram a farmer at Richfield Rich field riold demanding 60 50 cents a dozen for No o. o i 1 case so eggs tho the freight to bo be paid b by tho tIme consignor The farmer armer has had two years ears of great prosperity ty said tho the store manager man man- abel ager and now ho he is getting his real roal inning If It wo VO wire a farmer asking him if It h ho he has any potatoes for sale an and offer after him 2 per hundred for tor them he at It on once wires back nothing doing Im I'm going g to sit tight for tho top tOl price and If It 1 cant can't ret et tho the price which I havo set Bet Just now I will hold m ray my potatoes po po- po- po until spring and then I can get Set SetI I It t and perhaps more more |