Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-02-01 | Page 9 | Cost of Living Low in Salt Lake Oranges Sell High in Los Angeles

Cost of thing Living Low in S Salt lt Lake 4 N r. r Y V First in h G OC Y Pi Price ce List Oranges S Sell High in jn Los Angeles Angel s List November a abill bill bilt or of or gro grOceries groceries groceries ceries ceries' consisting of a oa pound of ot round steak aleak ak a a p pound und p o of sliced sic s 4 bacon bacon ba ba- con a quarto ot milk milka a pound poun o of butter a dozen strictly fresh eggs a. a of of potatoes for forthe the sake of argument t a a- sugar sugar and a pound of co coffee fee would have costin cost in eight representative cities of the United States as follows New ew York York- Chicago 2755 Denver Denyer 2559 Los Aig Angeles An An- g geles geles les 2779 San Francisco 2 2806 2 Seattle 2 2678 Portland 2 2665 Salt Lake City 2 2546 These figures fig fig- ures urca hiving giving alt Lk k ke e an rid advantage 1 tage on that particular bill bm of nf groceries of ot cents over over- nearest Its rival Denver are are from the monthly bulletin bulletin bul bul- letin leUn on Prices and Cot o t of ot Living fo for January 1928 Last available figures in the bulletin are for tor Nov November No No- v ember vember 16 15 1927 Which showed not only that Salt SaIt Lake had a slight edge over over- Denver which prevails generally I p tle Ie list of of c commodities covering oy practically every evely in in but that the talk abo about abott t the high higi cost best pf living in in- NewYOrK New NewYork YOrK Is is' is not riot all romance San Fran Francisco is 9 the o other gre great t seaport on the opposite shore ranks second high to New York Its bill of ot 2806 lor tor or the above men- men sustenance Salt It Lake is the smallest of th the cities mentioned but Denver but Denver over twice as large as Salt Lake asked last November only o one e and nd third one-third cents more for those thos Iro groceries eries than this city Items ems Interesting to the tho formed are that beet beef Is higher In Chicago than elsewhere re excepting New York bac bacon n is higher there than in Gotham oranges h in Los Angeles were 58 5 cents a dozen which was third highest in the tile of ot cities and sugar at 8 S cents in Salt Lake was as higher than n any other city In Sn the lIs list one list one one and anti sev- sev tenths Sen-tenths above New York which p. p le the J least st pfahl I nUt