| Show s r I t i i i F r rI t I j f r v 1 r F r 1 I IT-IS IT IS GENERALLY CONCEDED THAT I II THE PRICE OF ANY COMMODITY IS UNIVE UNIVERSALLY UNIVERSALLY SALL I FIXED FJ D THE HE WORLD WORLD- OVER BY ay THE DEMAND AND AVAILABLE SUPPLY THIS HAS H S BEEN BEEN THE r W r j s s k I RULE JLE EVER EVER SINCE PEOPLE BEGAN TO SELL OR TRADE WITH EACH OTHER OTHER 4 i A i J J i i. i l s tJ I i 1 f e r 1 t-f t I I J. J P ril 4 r j tr t f C l i j I r rL 1 li LABORa LABOR LABOR- B OCR ORv OR f I i I THE FARMER S' S 4 y V S JI t a I. I V J l 1 i j i f. f 1 J. J v i T r J. J t k f jJ VB t a y X ft t i 1 v 6 i T i 14 r i l tt L Z The farmer fanner f r raises i j wheat l at the wol world l. l P crop g is large 1 l g the e r The The laborers laborer 1 r. r ll and t the mechanics mechanic's x 1 f 9 c w wages ag at atone on one t time as everybody ery od f- f t price p ice of wheat e t is is necessarily lw low low because because w s the supply is is g greater eater than tha s i rt realizes realizes' were were efe away wa below L what yh they are re getting e ting t these ese d days ys' ys Again Agam t 0 i j. j jpe the q demand L an When wheat is s scaT scarce ehe the price soars The low p price rice s' s t is supply u p pl and demand arid ri idema su surel surely they he y cannot canot be classed classed as profiteers may be be 40 cents rits per bush the bushel l the high price as s. s much fluch muchas as perr per I f. f L f r I I 7 b bushel Potatoes Potatoes s are r rAC AC now being being eing sold from 7 to 10 cents its per pound tI MANUFACTURER r r t. t w whereas s erea-s in in y years 1 rs gone has g bythe r.- r. the f farmer r er Chas f frequently p been een obliged oblige to to to- K J V V 7 When hen the the call all for l sp O t iS is slight his g 1 V 1 s' s pr price i is J. J low rJ But when whet t j acc accept less s than than 1 center k Butt But the farmer cannot canot be consI consid considered I trade is S brisk and eV eVY everyone e I is buying up up goes es e the he price fi rI p. p pound j ut the 4 J Y J lJ F- F Cereda C ered ereda a profiteer because he e sells sell at t a a. a price aprice rice f fixed xe by the demand for s t L s' s r SECURITIES SECURITIES- 2 j i w J v rA r- r V. V potatoes The he same saBle r rule le applies to his corn his hay his fr fruits Its a and d i f A i his vegetables all of of- which are how now high because t the t d demand ma overshadows over over- Who will dispute the at the val value e of stocks stock or 1 bonds in any I shadows the supply l. l 1 commercial mercial or or corporation on depends upon supply p f vand and d dei dej de- de i I i r J I 2 k fit f j mand n d r W When h ent the h e mar market k et is IS weak due 1 in mos most t. t cases t to o. o the th the com e corn com V rr HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES SUPPLIES' AND WEARING APPAREL APPAREL V p pany's failure to make a fair return on the money invested the price I Is Is' Is there an article sold old by the the ther r retailer t er- er eror or tile the wholesaler th that t has has has' has has' of bf its stock stoc or its bonds bonds' declines When it is prosperous the the public i i not very materially adv advanced n ed in pric price These advances es in price pric are 1 is anxious anxious- to buy its securities s then the ni market r becomes es st strong ng to the which closed do down ii and I I largely chargeable great war industry f ro destroyed estro man man- power man pow r t thus creating re t the h shortage t of f S supply E ft 7 UTAH IDAHO AH 0 SUGAR CO COMPANY P ANY 0 y v V corre correspondingly les lessening tl the demand t. t t rhe business of this Company is IS to manufacture and sell sugar t t 1 t. t I 1 t 11 0 J f 1 fl 1 i JP I j t 11 J j o 4 h t ill It has been o. o in In business for almost thirty years Its commodity until h r J k r j j tn- tn l r r fI THE MERCHANT MERCHANT- t t i r YI l' l Sl t J ty th the v beginning of f the war var was always sold at the the market market price based Who Who doe doesn't nt r remember merr b r when n the e p present rit O suit suiL of v of clothes loth supply on on 1 s supply and cie demand and Pric Prices s some sometimes J have ave been up up and some some- sold for 2500 and arid the 12 1200 1200 0 p pair ir of shoes for or Overalls Over Over- tunes times J es have been do down n. n Many years have been lean years from a alls s that once n retailed for for 7 75 per cents 5 cents cents' per per pair pair- now cost f four ur times times that gf profit fit standpoint Others have been p profitable The company's sales uch jl-uch much while much while Q bacon con that sold fo for foi 15 ce cents p per r pound now now sells for r for r the fiscal ye year r e ending ding February r 1920 a amounted ou ted to 1756 7 6 And ordina th that t sold in ba bags s on which it made de a profit of per per bag There isn't sn t a ait I 70 79 cents ordinary y cotton g ginghams in g hams ever every y store in iri inthe n it r Fair Price Committee in the land that has named as low a price for 1 the thO 1 land d at t 10 10 t. t d and d 1 less in worth thO 6 e an a cen sa a yar yard an ess In some cases now are wor 60 0 f 1 I J. J r wholesaler the the wholesaler or retailer retal er Even the Attorney G General n ral of the United a ar r to 75 cen cents An And so o it goes with e every e y article article of commerce commerce ce and nd it is s t States in his latest statement says that the retailer r is entitled to a ar r I all all chargeable to rS supply p y and demands rm nd The merchant mercha t certainly lY cant can can- margin of per bag for handling sugar From the st standpoint of not be e clas classed as as asa a J profiteer r ft r If the he is s' s then th ri the whole t l- l world j is prof- prof I f fair fair isn't the manufacturer of entitled to much h as clashed play sugar as m t profit as 1 i t. t r J. J I J t. t SS S'S h v I ir t t J ic L J MC II t y the middleman who who distributes his g goods Y t i i i L f f I y f i 4 j. j t. 4 L. L y i I 1 r i t If l. l r f L S k t t The eUtah Utah Idaho Idaho S Sugar gar Company Compa y has always been fair fai wit with the people of Utah During the past si six six t f r J rc 1 i l I months t h s it has h as s sacrificed crI f Ice d a I lot ot 0 of f money I in in or order d. d to retain su sufficient ff sugar f for h home me const consumption H Had a d. d it not t 1 if I done clone so sugar today might have been s selling in In Utah at 30 to 32 cents wh wholesale and rom and from 33 to 35 cents retail z l I as asit- asit it is is in in scores in-scores scores of cities in in the land Duri During g the past year it has distributed in in this int intermountain country more c r a I. I d r l' l than OO O bags bag of sugar or nearly one half of its entire production In n ordinary times i it Chas has as never been en able abe i I to sell sellIn in in this market more than 15 per cent ent of its output which demonstrates beyond question n of cavil that in In ina a sP spite t of all th the Governments Government's eff efforts ts thousands and tho thousands of bags of s sugar have been picked ed up at the prevailing pre pre- j ti low price prIce in In Utah and shipped to eastern markets where the manipulators have enjoyed a profit of r.-i r. r from rom to 1000 per bag Failure of the Government to pr prevent vent this sort of profiteering made the rec recent n tt 1 I p advance necessary in m order to stop the drain on intermountain sugar supplies Hence the advance in in price price to to rV lo i. i v j d 1 Jj the prevailing eastern a and d western Ve tern wholesale m market ket The Utah-Idaho Utah Su Sugar ar Company has as b been en charged b bythe by r the Department of f Justice with profiteering and yet et this co company pany has never exacted ed one penny penny pennymore more than the o J J prevailing market price which i is is and nd always has ha been heen es est established b by New York N New w Orleans and nd San Francisco Francis Francisco b Y i 11 7 N mar markets k e t s. s t Or I q tV 1 r 4 1 j I SUGAR COMPANY Jo c T. 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