Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-12-18 | Page 15 | Prices of Beef in Salt Lake Are Discussed

PRICES OF BEEF IN SAL! LAKE ARE DISCUSSED Several Local Dealers Ex-press Ex-press Their Opinions on the Subject. Tf within tin- next six nrrkii m two nii.iulm Salt lkr-is are fun-til to pay iiUTi-.iwfl'prir.'K f.,r hoef ;i has l.ecii r t.-.I th.-.t th.-v will. ,t .timit jtixiifi. i n. f..r Juki now ih- r-rmrn srmrs rs ..w-rst. irked wTTiT llir;i I This is the aiihstanre of a ettitement rj J'll mailt hy ir. S W. Mi-Oure. eec- I lotai-y of the National 'uulsroer I latlon. teganline Hit reported yMeJT iaisn on bttf on the loral m.irkel. S IxuDito the fact that loral retailer, "f meat My that ly tht latter part of f January there will ht a raise In prior eurh H9 cornea yearly. matiaKtrs of I parkin huuaea in ISalt ltkt fltelart that there la no inc-reane in hiIu to j tht retailere. I Also, tiecrttnry MrChtre declare i that there ahniild he no raise l.rraiiNej of the fact that Salt laker eat Ihirit- ; :rale meat anil this shoulil not rise' im a.."'.. "'In oilii of plnim m ' Salt ljikt carry sei-oroi crarte meats, j while there are utioilt two hamllitiK I first Krailt mcAts. ami ahout two thai j 'leal entirely in third raile product. it is salil. DEALER'S PREDICTION. : loliil I l-.iln.itils o7 TTie lVnti.il , nn-rtt maiket. who has been m the meal business for the past thirty years, said loii.t v t hat there will be an increase in the price of beef after the first of Ui c;tr, for at, that time every year the price of this article soars. He an-nciaies an-nciaies that the prune beef cuts will jxivance 5 cei, is. p attributes the in- it.isp lo the fact that all stock at t ns time must be stall fed. range being be-ing unavailable. The prices will use i. mil May and then go down again, he . sas. choice beef cuts are higher in I the spring because of ihc greater de- maud at that time. i "Itecf I i.is been steadily Increasing ' f"i the past t n years ami there will I Mirelv be an increase toward the last f .hi una ry," a id W. K. hsp of the :is,. market, at Second South end Stale" I am paying 12 and 14 cents f"i- hci'f cuts now that ten years ago 1 bought for 3 ami 4 cents."' I "nf course, there will le the an nual increase in-hetf after the first of' the y.ar. but I believe that it will not j b as big a raise as In former years, for there are huge quantities of meat! on traded for by the (tilted States I got eminent that on account of the J -ndiiig of tile war have been released '' 1 nd I, I! Vnylnw uf jhp Vhv,. 1Mar. k-i. I..J Kast Second South. j OTHER EXPRESSIONS. ' "I have a stock of meat to last for . the coming two months, and local pack- ctm tell me there will be no raise."! iaid Jo Levitt, manager of the Sue- j n.'ii market. In couneclioq with (he j question today. K. l. Itlch of Klcli's market. 13.1 ' Kast Third South, naid that he expected, ex-pected, the Annual raise. ! "We expect beef to rise as usiial this : year, for ft has done so In the past. a ud wh have not yet been Informed i I V packers of any anticipated raise - on their part.' was the answer to the ! question given bv y. Kasband of the ( Hosktjtsot. market, -i J,at Second' pSmith. S. f. Kelnsfmar, mansrer of the Quality meat market, 71 est Broadway, Broad-way, alsu anticijnttes t tie annual rise in !.,. "Tim rise In beef last Tear was a cent at a 4mie, coming about every i two week: but conditions this vear 're so different from those of last year it Is rather difficult to foresee Just bow it will be madf, but of course ihcre- wilhbe a raise," said J. I Wirth-mi Wirth-mi of the Hyland market. 8u4 Kast Sec- ! nd South. ) Tho management of 1he Fanitary ricat market, West Kir st Smith ytre t. does pot foresee a raise In meat. According to managers nf the Kog meat market, 36 South State street, i meat should be going down this year instead of up. and it Is their opinion j that a raise of l'-fc cents will be the rtiavmitm 1nrrfe ea y-,