Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-08-13 | Page 2 | Lower Prices are Being Asked in Chicago Markets

LOWER PRICES ARE BEING ASKED IN CHICAGO MARKETS CHICAGO, Aus. 12. Concerted attacks at-tacks by federal, state and municipal officials of-ficials on the high cost of living resulted to'iay jn loer prlce3 of many articles of produce to Chicago consumers. It was the first definite benefit to result from the attacks on food profiteers and hoarders. hoard-ers. With the decrease in wholesale and retail prices there came a substantial increase in-crease in receipts of various articles of food. It was said that r reducers were rushing shir men ts to the Chicago market mar-ket in fc-ar o! a further reduction of prices In the near future, ar.d !ar'e quantities were heir.? tar: en out of cold storage war-houses and offered for sale. Yesterday the f.r.t sale f-f armv canned poo-Is at two dowr.town depa-tmrji .tores resultr-i in ti;e di.P'jsal hi 1 0 cans of corn and peas at a suvins of Sj per cent over the cirrT.t rt-.;I ..-i;c-s. To meet this compet'tir-n trre was a general re-d'j'-ti'jn of prir-f-s ty r--:n:'.er. The pr'vai;ii.e rct.iil rrice f jr f;nr was 12 and 1'i cents a p ur.d in a m;cr;"y of Mores. A fe'.v days ar su-ar po'.d as h!sh a -y cents a r''!.r.d. potatoes today to-day dror-'oi $ l p r 1 " j po-Jr.- in retail prie and ihere was a correpr d r,? re-d''iun re-d''iun in neariv all ve-Lilee and fr::'. The federal bureau of markets on cold storape war-? hoi; today showed cen- eraiiv a larc: ir-r-:i?e in .-Krd f-.ous on Ami: u s t 1 . h : c r. . ; a r d w , t h the same dnt. a y.--?r nc. N--ar:y i-.:ce ps rr.y.h t'Utter. L'.' 7er cent more ecus and a con-"id-rali3 ir.'Ti'ase In meats were shown to he on har,d. The ir a .verity of re'ailrs tdny wer -i; i r-.if Fiik-.ir ;;t 1 r.nd !? c--r.t a pound. f d'-ral auihorif.- havii i; acr ed on 12 cert's n s a fair price. rotator ft'U II a h un Ire 1 r"und at retail today, and pear-hes ur.d me tons rirot-ped sc ;r wh.at. wh.i.e Fhipm'-r.ts wre inor. .i.r.c, but iowcr reta.k prices were not p-neral. S'-'r'', nf 1ettr al'oc'rc prrf'tecrir.if wrr received today hX tin; ffd-ral iii5-tnrt iii5-tnrt Hfornry' off: e. whero preparations are makinp to j.rocute )ioardtjrs ami profit"'-rs. All sueh information is turned over to the bureau of invs;icat ion of the d-partme!it of Jupt'.re. The crrt agents aro fpete! to have a report ready for the d.Mrli-t attorney on coid storage waro-hovs waro-hovs ly Saturday. That the b!r prodtirr-rs ns-'O'-latinns Rro ppratinif In rrvtraint of trade was charged by a commission merchant, who der'ared mm In his line nctua ly were Felilr.K at a lop tnrau? tl-.c produ-ers I 1 ! were demanding top prices.