Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-11-22 | Page 3 | Small Flouring Mills Disappear

Y MAll FLOURING MillS DISAPPEAR Said to Be Toward Concentration WASHINGTON No 22 A 22 A strong j I tendency toward c concentration of ot the wheat flour industry in a number number num- num ber of ot large concerns was noted by the federal trade commission in a report to congress on its investigation of the of-the the in in- in The Inquiry was made in conn connection con con- n Uon wUll the general food tood investigation investigation investigation gation undertaken by the commission during the war The trend toward concentration In inthe in the industry was was attributed to the in industrial industrial in- in industrial development of the country and the demand for standardization of brands of flour from flom the large centers of population This condition has largely large large- large large-I ly eliminated the small capacity mill millin millin millin in the last decade it was vas said as the large concerns are better able to supply supply sup sup- supply ply a uni uniform orm product Teri Ten of the larger milling companies the report said now have nave a productive capacity of ot more than half halt the flour consumed in this country B Basing sing its figures on sales of thirty- thirty seven companies the commissions commission's report re report report re- re port shows that In the five years from 1913 to 1918 the average price of flour increased from 4 15 to 10 1022 per barrel barrel barrel bar bar- rel or per cent while retail prices Increased only per percent cent and the farmer rece received ved an increase of ot percent per percent percent cent for his wheat