Show POTATOES ADVANCE Tubers Sell in Salt Lake 17 Per Ier Hundred An advance of 50 cents a hundred pounds for potatoes which had been selling for per hundred on the tha Salt Lake market markel created mild astOl astonishment astonishment as as- tOl a among ong consumers consumers' Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- of last week but hut it is predicted predicted predict predict- ed that it will be the last advance of the season because potatoes which the extreme cold held in pits in Idaho Idaho Idaho Ida Ida- I ho and Utah are about to be thrown on the mal market ket Grocers reflected that with potatoes potatoes potatoes pota pota- toes just half half half-as as expensive as sugar farmers whom they accuse of regulating regulating regu regu regulating lating the potato prices may well afford to live in luxury Though there is a slight shortage of potatoes on the immediate market marlet th the supply supply supply sup sup- ply is said to be quite abundant in farm district pits and were it not for forthe forthe forthe the impassable condition of ot roads to railroad points It is said that grocers grocers groc groc- ers would have an abundance of tub- tub ers ers When Davis county farmers learned learned learn learn- ed that merchandise brokers representing seating Ney New York mercantile houses were offering a hundred pounds for potatoes they complained that the roads leading from th their ir high price pits were in such poor condition condition condition condi condi- tion that it will fie lie impossible to get their crop to distributing g centers for Cor w weeks Meanwhile the market on potatoes po po- potatoes pOI may ha have e dropped The same condition is said Bald to exist in Idaho where the excessive cold has ma made e it unsafe to move potatoes from pits and with relief from excessive excessive excessive sive cold roads have been fOUl found d to tobe tobe tobe be In such serious condition that the hauling of products to railroads may maybe maybe maybe be delayed until the latter part of March Having become precious not only to grocers but cons potatoes mere potatoes mers-potatoes were put up ut in Salt Lake groceries in iii carefully weighed sack lots at the following rates Five pounds 30 cents 10 pounds 60 cents 15 pounds 85 cents 35 pounds and 60 pounds He Republican Herald Salt Lake merchandise se brokers representing big mercantile houses in New York and other big eastern cities entered entered the local market yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- and offered a hundred pounds for potatoes and a case for tomatoes and similarly attractive prices for other canned vegetables It Is explained that as the result of shortage in potatoes and canned goods eastern mercantile houses have started a movement of buying all supplies that can be secured in middle west and western cities cities This unusual activity seems t to be bethe bethe bethe the result of the fact that the surplus surplus surplus sur sur- plus of supplies has been exhausted said Jesse Smith manager of the United Grocery company compan yesterday I have pave b been en offered a case for all the canned tomatoes In the store 1 |