Show I I LEAGUE AND PAPERS CONSIDERING Tho following editorial from the Ogden Ogen Og- Og den en State Journal on food prices in Salt Lake City C ty will be bo rea read with moro more than passing interest b by those who ho have I watched the fight which TIlE THE TELEGRAM TELEGRAM TELE TELE- ORA GRAM has bas been making against t th the outrageous prices charged in this city Returning to Salt Lake Saturday wt was wasa a certain man of or prominence in tho the capital l. who carried beneath his arm several ser sev eral bundles Inquiry disclosed d tho fact tact that this Salt Snit Laker had been doing Ins his marketing in O Ogden He HI declared that after paying railroad fare tare of or he ht had boon been able ablo to f save avo th the sum of oC 2 S' 10 by purchasing goods to the tho amount of or 6 5 I or 9 In Ogden Ogdon This was but on one onA instance mother Another railroad official of ot Zion returned to the capital with teal duck uck meats and groceries groceries gro gro- ceries tucked und under r his arm Wh When n questioned ho hI asserted that by making hi his purchase in this manner he ho had been heen able to save sate a a. considerably considerable amount over tr what these same flame purchases Would have hc cost east in tho the capital city This shopping in Ogden h by Salt Lakers has coma como to ho he a a. common occurrence nce Many men of or Zon it hat has been b n learned make a practice of or purchasing supplies a weekly In this city When It t is realised ed d that Ogden residents must needs pay pay near exorbitant prices on many staple articles of daB dally consumption because of oC tho the Retail Butchers and Grocers association association tion which sets a standard price in n any particular r article and sticks to It tt wo 0 o can but sympathize with Salt alt Lake residents real resi den dents ts I If a a. Salt Lake Lako man b by purchasing necessary necessary essary foodstuffs In Ogden n can save e In ro than 2 after attar paying his railroad fare and expenses what what then must the prices bein be bein in the tha capital Can Tho Tribune and Telegram b be blamed for tor taking inking up a n fight against what they ther are arft pleased to term tho the retail merchants merchants' combine Is It any nn wonder won cr that there thero Is gnashing of teeth when the monthly bills for tor running running run run- ning the thc average Q household hold are aro pi placed aced upon the Salt Lake business mans man's desk Associations of retail merchants In any I city are good things if It not carried to the point where competition Is destroyed end and endI I prices may be set sel by hy Otis one man and ond upheld uphold up up- hold held while buyers are arc held up b by all aU of oC the others It Is a deplorable condition that the two largest cities in Utah should bo be thus afflicted II Exorbitant Prices of Food in Salt Lake Lako City is ig t the be subject bicet lacing being dis discussed discussed Ii cussed at the tho December meeting of tho the Women's 8 league at Unity hall this aft aft- Following a short address by byJ W- W J J. J Sloan Saturday a general dis discussion cu cession sion of the prices of food supplies in this city is beiJ being conducted |