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Show WIVES INTERESTED - IN FLOUR INCREASES - ' ' . I . Salt Lake housekeepers who have been . Interested in the war between Japan and Russia will probably have a closer personal interest' when they learn that as a result of this war local prices on grain and flour have been advanced to ' tbe following prices: ' Wholesale. Retail. High patent flour $2.60 $2.80 Straight grade 2-40 2.60 Bakers' flour - 2.S0 2.50 Fasten flour 2.90 8.25 Oats 2--50 1.60 Whole corn 1.33 1.45 Cracked corn 4... 1.40 1.50 Wheat 1.00 L10 Advices from the East state that ger-. ger-. made-and cracked wheat have gone 60 per cent higher aa a result of the war. . 1 . Henry Fau. Jr., a well-known creamery man, said today that the alleged al-leged butter war now in progress Is an attempt on the part of a number ; of commission men whohave more than 20,000 pounds of old butter on .hand to bear prices so that they can dispose of - their old goods at the expense of good butter. He said that there is no logical reason for butter selling at 21 cents here, wholesale, while It sells In other' cities at from 25 to 35 cents. |