Show FLOUR HOUR DEALERS DEALERS' METHODS GIVEN RAP BY CITIZENS Protests Are Filed Filc With ith U. U S. S Fair Price Commissioner I 1 SAY ALACRITY SHOWN SHON H ONLY WHEN HEN BOOSTING hy Doesn't Bread Loaf r Weight Increase Is Another Query Quel Formal protests that Salt Lake flour dealers aro are too quick to raise tho the price of ot their products and too slow when it tt comes to a market decline were registered registered regis regis- by citizens of ot Salt Lake yester- yester ster Ua Hay with J. J W. W Funk fe federal eral fair price commissioner In tho the complaints It Is set forth that tin in the last month in Mm- Mm In- In f have dropped 75 73 cents a barrel while there has been little If any tiny change In the tho price of flour In this city t Get Geu J Lighter I ht r Declaring Utah flour Jour was quick to follow tolloW when Minneapolis flour advanced advanced ad- ad the protestantS yesterday a held 4 that flour men here should bo be equally equal equal- fly ly rea ready to follow the decline f I fly f It It la in also pointed i- i f out t that t I. I the Coif weight TikA I UA a. a lj L I- I UL UL Ul tu u v ha decreased rapidly In tho past few months supposedly In keeping with the ho price o of flour lour and the thc complaints sk sk yh why the loaf is not increased in fw weight now that flour lour has tumbled tumble L Lf F Funk Tell rell Policy f It Tt was d declared larel at the office o of the thet t lr price commissioner yesterday that investigation in would be bo made to deter deter- mine emma If it there ii IB 16 sufficient rca reason on for up the local price of or flour lour an and bread on a generally general falling market 4 The policy of the fair price com com- sal said Mr Ir Funk unk Is indicated f by rby Its ruling on sugar permitting margins mar- mar reins gins to be figured on replacement costs Such a policy probably would not ot apply to various other othor necessities ot of life such as clothing an and shoes where an average of ot cost appears to be preferable From the result of the i Investigation In thu far I th think in kit it would alpl apply on flour and certain certainly I If It the dealers are aro going to tako take advantage of replacement costs on a rising market i they should give Ivo the public the same advantage when prices begin to re- re cede |