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Show Butter Prices Have World-wide Gauge 8AM PRAV0I8CO, April 23 By A. !' Huttrr, like gold, has a world-wide atandard of value. It la pointed out In a reVlew of the 123 market by the California dairy council. Tha review aay a: "Milk may be produced, manufae t tired Into butter and anld to a housewife within a radiua of ten mllea, but the price of that butter la determined by condttlona In the four cornera of tha world. "No other article of commerce, except ex-cept the prerioua metal, la ao uniform uni-form tha world around aa the produce prod-uce of the dairy cow. of which butter but-ter fat la the foundation. Whether tt cornea from New Zealand or Nova Hoot i a, Ienmark. Wiaconaln or California. Cal-ifornia. It la almply butter when It rearhea the market a of New York. Chtrajro and Han Kranciaco. and th prices in all elites, with due allowance allow-ance for alls-ht freight rate differ, entlata. are practically the aame. "During- 1 fit avers re prices of dairy product a thronchoutrthe country coun-try Increased butter 17 per cent, cheeee IS per cent, condenaed milk 10 per cent, and marketed milk It per cent." The dairy council aaid butter In-creaaed In-creaaed In almost the aame proportion propor-tion everywhere, from aa a vera (e of 40 centa a pound to an avers; f 4 7 centa. but In California the Increase In-crease waa ella-hUy -leaa, be in; from 43.7 to 47. centa. Conaumptlon of dairy product a In thla country increaaed faster than ! the supply, accord inf to the review. |