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Show RETAIL STORES UMJjCRIIffl Federal Agents Investigate Salt Lake Groceries in Food Inquiry. War Department Plans Reducing Re-ducing Prices to Meet Competition. Salt Lake retail stores which deal in foodstuffs aro coming under the eye of the government iu tho federal food-btuffs food-btuffs investigation now in full swiug hero in connection with tho sweeping inquiries being carried out throughout the United States, according to an an-nouncement an-nouncement made yesterday by Dave Gershon, special agent for the department depart-ment of justice. M r. Gershon said that yesterday the entire efforts of his department de-partment were confined to the inspection inspec-tion of retail stores, groceries and meat markets. Although scores of stores in tho city have already come under inspection, thore is yet no indication that hoarding or profiteering is being called on, Mr. Gershon said. Tho inspection of cold storage plants in tho city has .been completed. com-pleted. Sales of government food being conducted con-ducted by tho Salt Lake postoffico continued con-tinued to fall off yesterday, according to au announcement made by V. L. Illock, a.ssislant postmaster, and it is not anticipated that the Salt Lake allotment al-lotment will bo disposed of. The officers offi-cers iu charge of the sale are awaiting the decision as to whether a carload or the groceries can be shipped to Salt Lake in order that tho poorer class of peoplo can be benefited through immediate im-mediate delivery of the goods. SaleB yesterday were ,fSo3. There is a large stock of all foods except canned cherries. cher-ries. Competition Discounted. Heductions in price of tho foodstuffs offered for sale will bo made to conform con-form with prices prevailing on tho local market for such articles. The communication com-munication on which this forecast is based, received yesterday, follows: "Prices on certain of the commodities commodi-ties of surplus foodstuff s included in the price list announced by the war department depart-ment aro now being adjusted to make them accord with reductions which have since occurred in tho retail market on similar commodities of the same grade. "Influenced by the prices at which tho war department is offering its surplus sur-plus of foodstuffs to tho general pub-lie, pub-lie, retailers handling commercial liues of similar grades have, iu many instances, in-stances, lowered their prices to make them square with tho quotations established estab-lished by the war department. "Thorvar department will coutinue I from time to time to change prices fixed on its surplus foodstuffs, and as the- aro made the lower quotations will be communicated promptly to the surplus sur-plus property officers detailed for duty at the thirteen zone supply offices, and those offices will be instructed to ehango their quotations to municipalities municipali-ties and municipal selling agencies. Lower Prices Assured. "This information will also be communicated com-municated through the postoffice d-e-partment to postmasters throughout the country, and orders booked by the postmasters post-masters with the inauguration of sales of foodstuffs through the parcel post will bo taken at the revised figures. "It will be the policy of the war department de-partment to fix prices on all surplus subsistence commodities which will be lower than the prices at which similar commodities of like grade are selling in the retail market. " Through the postoffice, the war department de-partment has announced the sale of 10-1, 27S yards of brown denim, which is to be disposed of from the Omaha depot. Sealed bids aro invited for the cloth, the bid to be accompanied by a certified check for one-tenth of the' amount bid, and inspection is permitted at Omaha. The denim is described as "double twist." |
