Salt Lake Telegram | 1945-11-17 | Page 3 | Opa Explains Six Reasons for Butter Shortage

OP OPA A Six Reasons for Buller Bufter Shortage An explanation for the prevailing prevailIng prevail prevail- ing ng butter shortage stating that Salt Lakers' Lakers abnormal demand for forIce force forice Ice ce cream and their heavy consumption consumption con con- of table and whipping cream is responsible was offered Saturday by Mark H. H Greene O 0 P A district price executive Mr Greene listed six points as BB the factors pert pertaining to supply and demand of butter butler in this area arcs The points disclosed In an investigation Invest Invest- gation gatton are as follows t 1 Increased population 2 low production period prevails 3 increased purchasing power 4 abnormal demand for ice cream 5 heavy consumption a of milk table and whipping cream 6 present low prices of ot milk dairy products The shortage of butter is hi an aggravating situation and we re receive receive re- re many calls about it every everyday everyday everyday day Mr Greene said aid In discussIng discussing dis dis- dis- dis cussing the shortage he continued continued continued contin contin- We now arc are in a low milk production period Milk mk production production production tion reaches its peak around May 1 remaining there for tor about one month and then it begins to de decline decline de- de cline dine reaching the lowest point about Jan 1 Mr Greene Greeno predicted d the present present pres pres- present ent shortage would be relieved bythe bythe by bythe the middle of December Meanwhile Meanwhile Meanwhile Mean Mean- while many stor stores In the Salt Lake area now limit customers to one half pound of ot butter per purchase