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Show PREJUDICE HURTS S ALB OF HOME MADE GOODS If Offered on Market Under Foreign Labels, However, How-ever, Tlicy Go Quickly at Adranccd Prices. Arples, Z1 to.CDc a peck; fl?s, 10c per r kage; lemons, per dozen, 2jc; ' or-a.-o6, per dozen, iOc to 6Jc; bananas, per dozen. 25c to 40c; pears, per pound, 5c. by the bushel, $1 to $1.25; limes, 20c per dozen; grapes, black, 15c a pound; Tokay, 10c; pomegranates, 12Vic per pound. Pineapples, 23c to 40c each; Quinces, - 5c per pound. t The following ' prices are quoted rn vegetables: Celery, 6c a stalk; oyster plants, 6c a hunch: Chinese radishes, 5c a bunch; parsnips, 6c a bunch. 20c b peck: peppers, three pounds for 25c; red cabbage, four pounds for 25a; sweet potatoes, eight pounds for 25c; cauliflower. cauli-flower. 10c a pound; turnips, 25c a peck; green .onions, three bunches for 10c; carrots and beets, 2c a bunch; Utah lettuce, 5c; California, two for 15c: dill. So hunch r chile peppers. 25c a pound; parsley, three hunches for 10c; potatoes. pota-toes. 20c a peck; new spinach, three pounds for 25c: Hubbard squash. 10c to 25c; curly kahol. 6c per bunch; cauliflower, cauli-flower, 12c per pound; cabbage, 3c per pound; artichokes. 10c each; Brussels pprouts, 12e per pound. Fi!h prices are as follows: "Walleyed "Wall-eyed pike. 20c; sturgeon, 15c; sea bass, 15c: codfish. 15c: Idiho trout. 40c: black bass, 35c; halibut, 15c; rtrlped basa, 20c; Mackinaw trout, 20c; soles and flounders. floun-ders. 12Hc: mackerel, fresh. 20c; salt. 15935c; frefh codfish, 15c; lobsters, 20c; brook trout. 40c; blueftsh, 20c: red snappers'. snap-pers'. 20c; pike, -20c; finnan haddle, 1214c Oysters are quoted at 75c a can for New York counts: extra selects are SOc a can, and New York counts are selling at SOc a dozen. The following prices' are quoted on poultry: Hens, alive, 10c a pound; dressed, 13c a pound: spring chickens, dresred, 20c a pound; mallards. 9c each; teal, 25c each. Dairy products are quoted as follows: putter, creamery. cream-ery. 30c per pound; ranch, 20c a pound; ege. 30c a dozen. There has been no change In the price of meats during the week. Boiling beef is quoted from to 10 cents; prime ribs, 13 cents: porterhouse, 20 cents; mewing mutton, 79 cent; mutton chops, 10015 cents; leg. 15 cent; spring lambs, per quarter. $1.001.25; veal. 12H 20 cents; veal, 1214 20 cenfs; veal loaf, 20 cents a pound; pork, 1017 cents a pound. East, under prolest by the way. He could not sell It and I had to take the entire bill back with the requel that 1 f nd him several cases of the Imported brand. -1 did so and charged him 10 Cents more lor every bottle than the California goods coat, and yet every bottle bot-tle was the coast goods with a foreign label on. Baroum was right when ha said that the American people like to behumbugged.' But few changes have taken place In the local market during the week. On account-of large orders from outside points to the wholesale houses the price of applies has Increased 25 cents per box, but no change ls noted In the retail price. Strawberries and grapes are on the market later .this seaaon than ever before. The former are now selling at 20 cents per box and the latter at 60 cents per basket Bananas have dropped to 20 and 25 cents per dozen. Dressed hens have dropped, from 18 to 13 cents per pound. . During the week a shipment of Call-I Call-I fornla crabs was received, also a shlp-; shlp-; ment of blue point oysters In the shell 1 which are going at 30 cents the dozen. A fine shipment of mountain trout was also received during the week. Ornges are arriving mere freely. The quality is better and the price lower than heretofore this -season. During the week the W. M. Bash company received re-ceived two carloads of this fruit, a car of lemons and a car of sweet potatoea Hancock Bros, received a car of oranges and a car of lemons. Martin & Co. received re-ceived two cars of oranges and one of bananas. The fruit prices are as follows: How many pepple are there in Salt Lake City who know there Is a local factory which ls turning out macaroni, vermicelli, spaghetti, egg noodles, German Ger-man noodles and the other products of that character that are the equal of any imported goods and far superior to those of the brands' which are now offered for sale on the local market? Such ls the case, however, and experts who. have tested the goods pronounce them the equal of any in the world. About two months ago two Italians who were thoroughly familiar with the making of this class of goods came to Salt Lake. After looking over the field they decided to locate here and open nip a factory. The first thing to consider was a location; this was secured in Klchards street. The next move was machinery, of which they Imported the best A supply of Utah flour waa bought and on the first run they met with their first and to date only failure..- The flour was too starchy and they refused to offer of-fer the goods for sale. Later a supply of Kansas flour was received and the second sec-ond run made. It was a. success and since then the factory has run full time, with an Increase In the working force each week. From top to bottom the entire concern con-cern a model of cleanness and none need fear to eat the products of the Salt Lake Paste factory. In speaking of the induatry one' of the proprietors said: . "Our goods are being well received. The only trouble ls we find a what you call It? against goods ruade here. "Prejudice?" . - "Yes that is It. People want Imported goods." This statement was later borne-out by the rtory of a local wholesale agent, who said: , - , . "Do people want home-made goods? Not much. They would rather pay two prices for an Imported article, even though It ls no better. To illustrate. About a year ago my house sent me a large shipment-of macaroni which had been manufactured in one of the Eastern East-ern cities. It was sent to me with a guarantee that It was the equal of the imported article, and that In offering It for sale I was to do so under a guarantee guaran-tee that It would give satisfaction, or money refunded. Wrell, I went out and sold ten boxes of the stuff to a local jnerchant, telling- him just what it was and the guarantee.-- A month later . I paid him a visit and he said to me; 'I want you to take that stuff back. I can't sell It, I have sold $2 worth on your recommendation and every package pack-age has come back to me. My customers custo-mers say that it ls not worth S cents a pound. He showed me the return packages and I paid him for them. 'But.' said he, 'I have got to have some .of that rtuff, so if you have any of the Imported Im-ported send me up ten boxes. I told him that we had the Imported goods and that I would send up and take the other goods away. . I did. and when they reached the warehouse I had one of the men remove every one of those labels and in their place I had him paste Italian labels, of which I had had a supply printed. I then sent the same lot of goods back to the dealer, at an advance of 7 cents a package. Did they sell. Well Z wonder. Three months later ha gave me an order for twenty boxes with th remark that his customers custo-mers said that It was the finest lot of macaroni that he had ever had In the store. DiPhonest? No, I didn't feel that way. The customers were dishonest through prejudice." When this rtory waa told to another wholesale agent who has had over twenty years experience, he said: "I can believe every word of it. I was a wholesale, agent when California started the olive oil Industry. I sold a bill of that oil to a merchant In the |