Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-30 | Page 12 | Butter Prices Are due for Reduction

0 BUTTER PRICES ARE DUE FOR REDUCTION Retail butter prices In Salt Lake will drop from 1 l to 3 cents per pound as ns tho the result of oC regulations received yesterday from Washington by State Food Foo Administrator Armstrong Until the new rules were received the only basis that the tho local authorities had to control the retail price of or butter buller was that the retailer must not make more than a fair fall per cent of or profit To decide Just what fair e was as was r difficult matter but the new ula feg-ula lions state definitely that the tue maximUm maximum maxi maxi- mum profit allowed shall not be over overt t 5 j or 6 cents The wholesale price of ot stan standard ard grade grado butter yesterday was 4 4 cents to which la is added the maximum of 6 cents profit making the tho retail maxImum maximum maximum max max- price 5 55 or 56 6 cents