Show PRIC PRICES ON N T RK t eld othe Ith other las ar l 0 VA VAN N C CE I r w Activity of Women Is Blamed for Eleventh l I-l Hour I ur Jump for Fowls Salt Lake Lako housewives who postponed purchasing the Christmas turkey until the last minute were disappointed to today today today to- to I day when prices suddenly jumped to to 35 36 cents a pound retail Wholesalers are selling their stock at 32 82 cents The price in ir effect today is the hIghest highest highest high hIgh- est quoted in Salt Lake for years The activity of Salt Lake women for price reform is blamed by the dealers for the sudden jump The pernicious activity of the Salt Lake Housewives' Housewives league is directly responsible for tho the eleventh hour jump in turkey prices a local dealer said Turkeys are 35 cents a pound toda today announcement of simply because of the the league that it would take care of the elt city on the poultry question and have failed most signally to carry out their promise Instead of reducing the high cost ost of ot living they have by this failure pushed the already prohibitive prices to the clouds When the movement was started with so much publicity the dealers felt the women would be forced to carry it through or become the laughing stock o of ot the community and knowing how women hate to be the butt of a joke jole they took the stand that the tho stores would have little or no call for the birds Therefore instead of- of contracting for stock as is customary I and the majority of the dealers ke kept t our fingers fingers fin fin- gers gera out of the fire i Now when the Christmas table i is bout about to be bare where the turkey platter sho ld be those who are not content to let that spot stay bare bare- are ed to go to the dealer who in turn purchase stock on the open market aJ et |