Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-08-14 | Page 4 | Robbing Prices in This City

I ROBBING PRICES IN THIS CITY News from southern California is that fruits are being left to rot by thousands of bushels there being no market for them It is specially true of ot tomatoes and cantaloupes A veteran from Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver Van Van- couver Wash Vash just across the Columbia from Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon says the tile trees are loaded to breaking with fruit And still potatoes of which there are arc an abundance arc are retailing here at within vi thin a frae fraction tian of 2 per bushel or 01 per acre and cantaloupes at 25 cents a pair Canned fruit of not a very good quality sells at 35 33 cents a can though the railroad freight is r than it was when merchants retailed retailed re re- re tailed canned fruit for 20 cents per can and when the supply of native fruit was but a fraction of what it now is Chickens that not long ago were 30 cents each are arc now 35 33 cents per pel pound Eggs sell at 35 cents per dozen and butter short weight at 40 cents per pound It is a clear case that Salt Lake is in the grip of a merciless f food od trust that seems to be trying tring to se see just h how w much this city ity will stand tand before before be be- fore it announces a revolution While the united exertion i is to build a a great city here a few men have combined to make this the costliest town to live in between New York and San Francisco And they will vill keep this up until they are knocked out Appeals to their sense of fairness do not count The remedy is for one man manor manor or a few men to open a store and sell for cash content content content con con- tent with rith making a fair profit Is there no lo such man mant