Show WILL MEAN MEANA A PRICE REDUCTION Some Declare People Are Living Too High and an Creating the Cost t Sat Lake meat and grocery t do not VIew with alarm the thet tl t boycott on meat and aad aB a 11 by the Corn Coro 1 on Cheap Living Lhing On th t contrary the they claim to welcome i 4 the movement In that the they believe t Bitch auch action will brinK n a re reduction t In the price ot Of 4 auch aB a the people peole demand It I 18 not so 80 much mach the price with Uh retailers os a It l Is the question of 4 getting It In 10 belte word the thet of of the local ye rc yep t p on the situation l Is ex expressed 4 pressed of t eq H Retailers and wholesalers alike aUke are unanimous In their belief that little wm will come ot of the threatened boycott but say they would gladly welcome any con concerted concerted movement which would bring about a reduction In meats and farm 1 They say there thero Is less profit for wholesaler and retailer under cur current current rent prices than with the commodities procurable at reduced figures and tor or this reason any cut In consumption consUmption tion that is any material reduction would speedily result In drastic reductions reductions in prevailing prices So far as the butter situation is con concerned corned the grocers and who handle handlo the product are convinced relief Is 18 In sight With a reduction InThe in The price of butter yesterday and a further cut anticipated this week the outlook is materially Improved Most bt the local dealers yesterday gave their customers the benefit of the lower price and aU all of them expect to swing In line Une by tomorrow Meats are still going up and nent dealers can co nothing to war warrant rant any speedy reduction In wholesale and retail prices T J Nipper proprietor tor tol of the Palace market South Main street said that no matter what action the tho Salt Lake consumers decided upon it would be out ot of the question for the retailers to make any cut In prIces Pork veal mutton and lard products he saId sald are it Is true aU all high but so 50 tar far as beet beef is concerned there Is little material increase al although although though there will be Rough beef bul bullocks bullocks locks cost the same e as seven and eight years ago but you must muRt figure three times the cost of that class ot of beet beef for forthe the tho best cuts All Foodstuffs High I I dont care to say much concerning the agitation aroused because of the high puce of meats but I will wUl say that the consumers should not overlook the tho fact that flour eggs and other food foodstuffs foodstuffs stuffs are higher in proportion than Is meat or butter The people of today are living too and instead ot of eat eating ng moderate priced wholesome meat they Insist on the Very best of cuts said C J Cot Col Collins lins proprietor and manager of the Eclipse Grocery Meat company East First South street yesterday afternoon By this I 1 mean the people In moderate circumstances They are not satisfied with the cheaper grades ot of meat and provisions but insist on having the cuts so that It Is but natural they are forced to pay correspondingly corre correspondingly Butter Li is today selling at 40 cents a pound here a drop ot of 6 5 cents a pound and next week it will be reduced to two pounds for 75 cents This ap piles to th the best grades of creamery The price is no now at about the normal Hla ann n th 4 v hut LUW Wi u u v UL V LL should be some improvement from now on How do I 1 account for the high price ot of butter eggs and such like products I wm will tell teU you The whole difficulty lies Ues In the cold storage business As soon as there Is the slightest surplus In but butter butter ter eggs or other farm products it commences to go Into cold storage What Is the result There is a shortage In the fresh product and soon the tho cold storage article is on the market at the advanced price Then the people too are much to blame They Insist on liv livIng Ing above their means They create a demand for the better grade of food which sends the price up and ro re reduces duces the tho supply whereas many ot of them should be content with the lower priced commodities which are just asgood as asgood good and equally equall as wholesome Says People Wont Quit J M Marriott who has a meat and grocery store at 2224 West First South street does not put much faith In the threat to retrain refraIn from eating meat for fora a 5 period of thirty days or more It Is ridiculous he said to say the people of Salt Lake wIll cut out meat eating It If the people of this country were a people they could easily get along wIthout meat as wine Is a substitute for the flesh food tood in foreign lands But here conditions are entirely different and there Is very Utile little like Uke likelihood of any such steps being taken There are four things which will bring about meat They are FI First t Increase the production of livestock second kill klU oft off the population population tion third kill the trusts and fourth take off the tariff on b beef t Mr Mar Marriott Marriott waxed warm on the subject of con consumption consumption and supply giving it as his opinion that until the above measures are arc a reality there will be more or less difficulty experienced along the present lines Oleo Is Gaining Favor FavorIt It has become an fact that wIth the Introduction into Salt Lake of oleomargarine as a substitute for butter there has b been n a material decrease In butter consumption and this It is believed by dealers Is responsible responsible sible for yesterdays decrease and will result in even greater increases during the next few tew weeks There Is not enough oleo In Salt Lake to supplY the demand said C CW Cw W Lietman proprietor of the tho Success market 26 West First South streetA A little additional increase in the con consumption consumption of oleo and you ou will see but butter butter ter prIces tumbling nfl aU to pieces The same with meat eatIng meat and the price Is bound to go down It If the people quit meat eatIng for six w weeks ks prices will be cut in half Un Tin Tinder deE der exIsting conditions It is Impossible for the retailers to make any reductions lions if they desire to exist The action taken by Milwaukee meat dealers In making wholesale reductions Is out of the question It Is folly toUy I 1 cannot un understand Understand how bow they can do It When anything else elso advances in price rice people make little of It but when meat advances then everybody goes wild said William Wood of Wood Co 28 West First South street It Is Isa isa a question ot of demand which at this time Is above the supply Talk about moot meat prices Tho wholesaler Is chargIng chargIng Ing us from 50 O to per cent more for meats than six months ago ngo while we weare weare are getting less than 20 per cent more so you can see where we get oft off When you figure our runnIng expenses and our legitimate profit you can readily see we weare are not making any great fortunes Dee Beef Is Coming Up Beet Beef ts Is coming up Next Week it will be S 8 a pound and what Is Ismore ismore more Jt it Is becomIng more and more carce arce No the meat dealers are not to blame for the high price ot of meats and they can do nothing at this time to re relieve lieve the situation Retailers are now paying from 7 to 8 cents a pound for steers pork costs 12 cents by carcass pork loins are worth 1526 15 to 16 cents veal yeal 11 to llYl and mutton S 8 to 10 cents a pound Many of the retailers expressed themselves as being behig satisfied if they break even at the close ot of the year They claim they cannot make any cuts in prices In fact if prices from wholesalers keep advancIng advancing Ing they anticipate even further in increases Increases creases to the consumers The butter tion while showing Improvement yesterday is a peculiar one Wholesalers believe there is sufficient suf sufficient butter manufactured in Utah to supply the entire demand of the state But a small percentage of the state product Is now being shipped to the coast nece necessitating the Importation of eastern butter with the result the merchants are forced to pay excessive prices and the consumers naturally are made to suffer The price of butter should not be above 35 cents said J M Christian sen at South West Tern Tem Temple pie street But because butter is be being being ing shipped out of the state and we Ie have to get ours from the east the cheapest we can have it set down here is If cents so you can see where we get off Butter is probably 5 to 10 cents I higher than it h hs s been but do the take into consIderation that ito r costs double what It used to that hams are three times as high as they were a year ago and aU all other foods equally high in proportion We have been paying 36 26 cents for butter and selling it to the retailer for 38 who In turn has b been n getting 46 45 cents a pound The statement that wholesalers have hare been making 40 and 50 per cent is isa isa a most ridiculous one to make and I 1 Ido do not believe the consumers have any such erroneous ideas concerning the business The advent of oleomargarine will undoubtedly prove a blessing for Utah consumers In that the more oleo con consumed consumed will mean a reduction In the but butter butter i ter consumption and a reduction nat means a decrease in price An Another Another other thing that must be taken into con consideration consideration is that the dairyman is forced to pay mor more for hay and teed feed than he did a few years ago and with labor demanding Increased wages it Is not surprising that the consumer is forced to pay higher prices than he has been accustomed to in the past |