Show mss OLEO I OF BUTTER The cItizens of Salt Lake are in dan danger danger ger of contracting the oleo habit But Butter Butter ter shows blows no Inclination to come down from Its lofty perch and a substitute Is to be put upon the market It Is an announced announced that many federal licenses for forthe forthe the sale of oleomargarine have been taken out recently b by dealers who have been handling dairy butter the said dealers being forced to this step by the high price e of the real article There any use ot of beating around the bush in this matter butter costs too much entirely to grace the poor mans table It has been forced up to almost prohibitive figures and kept there There Is seemingly no prospect of re relict relief lief The dealers who formerly handled butter b are embarking in the oleomargarIne rino rIne business in order to supply the de desire desire sire of their customers for somethIng they can afford to purchase Of course no man man really hankers after oleo If he can get b nevertheless it If it be becomes becomes comes necessary to use the substitute or chew dry bread the oleo will be used and even relished Salt Lake Is situated In a rich valley vaHey and there are many other rich valleys tributary to it ft It Is passing strange that not enough butter Is made to sup supply supply ply the wants of the city and at a moderate price Butter prIces here are based on those of the combination with headquarters at Elgin Ill The cold storage question has recent recently ly come up in Cincinnati and the DIs DIstrict District of Columbia Congress is about to make an Investigation which Is ex expected expected to dIsclose what if any corela tion there Is between the cold storage warehouse and the high cost of living throughout the United States Just what will result from the congressional Investigation it Is Impossible to state It Is possible to state however that the price of butter Is very high here In Salt Lake and that many concerns are putting oleomargarIne upon the mar market ket as a substitute Sooner or later the dairy interests of Utah will suffer in inconsequence inconsequence consequence which Is much to be re regretted regretted |