Show NT F fl FiSH HI HITH II TH THREATENS AIN AINT T TO l lV V i h I State Fis Fish C Commissioner Is Now Bringing Tons of Utah Piscatorial Products Products Products Pro Pro- t ducts to Salt Lake City y AI declared b be beV W. W WAR was today i V V K It II H. state fish and aud game commissioner upon POll the retailers who charge 25 and 30 I cents a pound for fish as the official is planning to fill the Salt i i Lake market with Utah fish at 5 cents a pound i lie He entered the camp of ot the tile high cost brigade prepared to battle until the walls wails l of f high prices crumble before be- be fore foro e his attack t i Armed with all the information conCerning concerning con con- Utah fish and declaring it to tobe tobe to tobe be the equal of the product Imported I from the coast Mr has i i started a campaign to educate Salt Lake citizens to purchase the native I I fi fish J There is enough fish in Utah lake lale to I furnish every family ii in this state with witha a meal twice or three times a week weel I according to Mr i r Fish from Utah lake are to deluge the Salt Lake market and what Is Ismore ismore ismore I more will be sold at 5 cents a pound I II Already seven dealers in the city i i I have ha promised to sell the Utah fish at I this price retail and despite the low j I figure it is stated that they will make per cent profit Other retailers must sell Utah fish at atthe atthe attile I the tile price stipulated 5 5 cents a pound pound- with the alternative of facing competition competition compe compe- from the state if it the they continue to sell the imported article in favor of the local product THIS IS THREAT I Mr d says that a this may a be betaken betaken I IV I ta taken as a threat He lie declares r that h unless the retailers take tale steps to re reduce reduce rt re- duce the high cost of living he will take the initiative and establish a state fish market in Salt Lake The price of fish has got to come comedown comedown comedown down in ill Salt Lake said Mr I way It is nothing less than sheer extortion to charge 2 23 cents a pound for halibut which a year ago was be being being being be- be ing retailed here at 8 cents The The- cost of fishing the handling of the fish and the general labor involved ol certainly have not increased per cent in a year ear At the most It has not Increased 25 per cent and there is no justice In Inthe Inthe inthe the present high prices Mr remarked that it was the tile patriotic duty of the people of this state to eat Utah fish He declared that all citizens should respect the order of Herbert C. C Hoover not to eat food consigned from other territories if they could buy similar articles within with with- in their own localities By so doing the they would not only save money but would save freight on railroads the transportation companies being at the present overloaded with other kinds of tra traffic file TONS OF UTAH FISH According to Mr twelve to twenty-five twenty tons of fish from Utah lake are being imported daily dally into Salt Lake The fish consists of carp chubs and mullet Mr Ir stated that the supply would be Increased to meet demands for he felt that with the campaign being started to support home industries in eating food produced produced pro pro- In Utah there would be a bigger call All the tho retailers said Mr way must toe the line Many Ian have spoken of their patriotism and here is the chance provided to show that they mean what they sa say And Ard if they dont don't they ma may consider consider con- con sider that the war is now on to shatter the the- high cost of ot fish in Salt L Lake and Utah generally Further extortion of the public in the tho high prices charged for fish will not be he tolerated willIe while the HIP government is calling upon the masses massIS to conserve anI and to economize It i is not merel merely a local question it i is on one of national importance Utah must rely upon Itself to support itself and here is a splendid opportunity to show that patriotism desired by President Wilson VIJon and the country at lar large e. e |