| Show UTAH P PRODUCERS S lOSE ON SMALL ll cur CUP S Local Men Say California Is Given Edge on Be Berry nY Crop Under the provisions lons of or a s cI city t ordinance nance n effective In hi diy city and acid R tl enforced I b by the various city departments having ha cognizance of or that branch c ci cf municipal control strawberries IDS may not 1 ho he 0 sold old in cups tho 1111 capacity c of ot which Is II 14 less hs s than I one forty ont cubic Inches and th the i net mitt w of ot the tho berries must not bl bo he less tess ss than fourteen ounces This Is h the standard size cup upon which prices ar are based d and Inri n fI violation of or tho ho ordinance Is punishable by the imposition im Int- position of a fine or by imprisonment In the lie city jail the offense being classified as a misdemeanor Utah straw berries are arc now on sale salo in tho the municipal market IHl and in other keta In tho the city and tho the venders are aro re required re re- to ob e ene this ordinance In de- de de tail tall Produce men and others buying Call CaB fornia berries have e found that tho Call Cali fornia berrY cups cup are aro much smaller than those In which Utah berries must be bo sold cold The net weight of ot th the tho Contents of or tho tiro California berr berry cup Is eleven en ounces or three and half ono ounces le less g than th the thenet net weight of or tho the content of tho the Utah berry berrs' cup 11 H. H S S. S former ormer mayor of Farmington FarmIngton Farm Farm- Ington and owner of or Rock Creek ranch who T produces products 5 per percent cent of or the Davis county strawberries says lS that the difference dif dif- ference eren In weight between California and Utah berries in the cups Is 1 17 li per cent Ho says MYA that this ordinance which pro pro- hibits him from meeting California Q com com- competition petition because of or tho the pr privilege o given I en to Ca California r packers acl er to pack In n smaller lIer cu cuP is will cause him a lost loss of or 2 20 O this season season I Mr Ir Danes estimates that the Da Davis count county berl berry growers rowers alone alono will w lose loso 1000 during tho trio season b by reason of or the difference dif dlf- ference In tn tho the sizes of the tho CUP cups and that the tho loss los to Utah Ulah dealers dealer will ass aggregate ga gate to In order to offset tho the difference In content con con- t tent nt between tho the Utah and the California Califor nia berries berries' the Utah dealers are aro forced to retail their berries at 20 W cents tho e California berries are arc sold Bold at nt 15 16 cents centi lane a 11 purchasers f rs Mr lr Daynes ra says pas s. s buy ouy the California berries instead of ot tho the Utah product bemuse because of or the difference 0 of 5 v cents the cup not taking into consideration consider consider- Atlon tho ho greater quantity of or berries de delivered delivered de- de livered In the Utah cups and without taking into consideration lion tho the superior quality of the tho h berries |
