Show DISTRICT ATTORNEY FIXES SUGAR PRICE FOR UTAH DEALERS I Wholesale sale Grocers Grocers- Foll Follow Rule Rille Laid Down DoVD in f f S Washington i Beginning today the fair ron L sugar to tho the consumer is 26 cent s. s a a. pound Such was vait tho the announcement announcement- made yesterday by Isaac Blair Evans United States district attorney From toda today until the wholesale price of ot sugar declines that will be the fair price on that Salt Lake eaf said l I Mr Evans after alter ho had been advised by the tho Utah-Idaho Utah Wholesale Grocers Grocers' association that thc they were following out Instructions from Attorney General General ameral Gen Gen- eral A. A Mitchell Palmer that wholesalers wholesalers whole whole- salers wore Were to handle handlo sugar at a marIln margin margin mar mar- gin of ot profit of ot 1 cent a pound As the tho orders from Washington ton specified spec spec- 2 cents a pound be e added to th the tho price by the tho retailer the price now stands at 2550 per sack Tho The factory charges es approximately 2350 2350 to which Is added tho the 3 cents profit of ot the wholesaler and retal retailer r makIn making tho the 2050 to the consumer Mr Evans calls attention to tho the fact that this margin of ot profit of ot 2 cent centa cents a a. pound Is to be bo added to the tha wholesale wholesale wholesale whole whole- sale price of sugar Therefore In other communities of ot the state the prices may vary slightly but In any event where more than the prescribed profit Is taken taleen he will Investigate and f proceedings Another point was raised b by Mr 11 Evans In regard to the price of or the when he announced that In any case where tho the retailer purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased sugar at the old price of or 1450 1 which prevailed previous to May 1 he h.- will be promptly prosecuted If It ho lo sold sugar at a price exceeding 1660 a sack He lIe said he did fd not believe bellev thero was much sugar held In stock In the vicinity of Salt Lake at the old price prIc but In some seine of ot the outlying sections ho he und understood there was some bought at the tho old price These dealers hb said would be lie prosecuted In case caso the they were apprehended selling at nt the new ne price or an any In excess of ot their 2 cents profits I Wholesalers Comply With ith Palmers Palmer's Demand Utah-Idaho Utah Wholesale Grocers Grocers' as att association as- as n at a a. meeting held at at Hotel Utah yesterday decided to comply with the recent or order er of or Attorney General GenE Palmer In which he demanded that profit to wholesalers for tor handling sugar sugar sug sug- ar be bo reduced to 1 51 a hundred pounds pound This morning morning- sugar will sell seU at it wholesale for tor 2450 2 a hundred and according to James Astle of the association Asso isso- isso elation It costs the time wholesalers 2348 23 leaving lea a profit o 0 of Heretofore said Mr Ir Astle we sold at a margin of oC 5 per cent or Clr 1 37 a hundred and thin price had hal been allowed allowe b by the fair price com corn mission Continuing Mr Ir st I-st Astle said I 7 CAnnot cannot CAn CAn- not speak ak for tor the retail grocers but J 1 the they comply with the order sugar suar wl he be sold old to time the this morning mornin at a a. hundred Instead of ot 28 We c old Fold at t a margin of ot S per por cent conf before the lie Ir when war sugar WP r rt nf t tas as rum u a as It I Is row and while i con consider r ld the tite or order r of or the general as grossly h unfair we e have hn- drI de decided dr- dr to comply com ph with the demand I The ThA held wn w wa a regular monthly meeting of or the thi so i c t o- o elation a Su Sugar Oar Prices o oIn In Other Markets l T Telegrams were wele received yesterday es lJ by Stephen II U. Love Loc sales manager or o othe of ot the tho Idaho Utah Su Sugar ar company campan- showing showIng show show- In ing that no hand first sugar Is be beIng being being be- be ing offered In St. St Paul and but t few fw w carloads in either cither Kansas CIl City or Chit Chi cage cago Kansas City dealers reported that the last Hawaiian allotment of or 2275 2276 75 standard la lard granulated sugar sold from Crom second hands yesterday at 2710 71 not cash f. f 0 o b. b New ew Orleans Mexican cube whites and Mexican granulated granulate has been selling at from 21 I Ilo Ito to lo 26 6 net cash f. f o. o 1 b. b border Retail Re ne- tail tall prices at Kansas City are arc from 0 0 to 5 35 cents a i pott pound d. d The rhe Chicago market shows shOtt deals deat from Crom second hands at with no first hand offerings Retailers are gelling belling at 2 cents over vcr yer Jobbers jobbers' prices and restricting quantities x Retail prices in St. St Paul and Minneapolis Minne lInn apolis are reported 25 i to 35 cents a 10 pound U n d. d S |