Show THE t GRAND JURY MAKES REPORT No Indictment Found in Any of The Tho Food Casos Cases In Investigated MR JENSEN IS CENSURED wl II runt n a Mii kM 11 IN t tor II the lw UP nr or Who lur II 1 i 1 ih i 10 11 expected report r por of ot the tit m grand JI jw I WM was summoned to f CHI food td od condition In hi this nil city cIt hue hie hA hAt I t bo b n I and in I Riven In full below I Th Tb n report porI speaks fully for fur Itself and 1 hi h m disappointment on the pert part I Of ot th public mar be I i felt that thal few reme ml I dl dIj 11 UP II a ft a relief from hom the th II high price prk prevailing suek arh II i nn n a u are nude male ou ought ln ht to be In Inthe the tb Ih line hue II of Improvement anil Ind If adopted I bv by b the city t father fth should result remit In Inc iod c Particularly IB Ii this the mm IP ca with i th that the city elty oeta lIh lIha a C place pl where farm ann products w be lit brought In anti and told direct from o the producer to 10 the consumer th COM coat tor or of maintaining the market markt place I to be he beby I Ij j by a ft fee fre charged chr the farm tarm farmr 4 r 1 who cho ho UM uee u It Il The main In I th Ih impart le is directed Air Mr Lo t Jensen J secretary of the i A I association u and nd hi hIa prado c t Mior In 8 for their thet method That ThaI the th Ih was wae w a 1 t out ow HIM 4 N iN t CUStOd by b a portion of 0 o the report which speak approvingly of or an amendment to 10 the thO article of the Butch Butcher er r 1 ft association made U 51 I days day ay otter after the rand grand Jury Jul bad bij been fI 1 I e together I owel her TIt This amendment pro prohIbit j I hIbit the association from arranging i 1 fl fl d retail prices price Th report port WM WN Bled d by It Atty AUy t Ute late Saturday afternoon 1 In n a i private matter disassociated with Ith the thc food combine it bring bringa l In an R B B H with Ith from fromi i the ThIl Th Detective Agency on Dec Dee 23 2 UM The Th 11 In fun full I a as ao follow JN IN i FULL TIll grand Irand Jury JUIT on Oct ot 1 liT 1110 make thin report of 0 It allun Into Inlo alleged combination among mong Brilliants I and nd Into the prevailing prices pIlM 11 of food stuffs stuff In Salt gaIt Lake City and Ind We W have hae a U aa far a sa WM WN In the Ih tun tini we e hy had investigated the of the th and nd Job lob bert lit I h ht manufacturer who ecU ell their product through the local wholesaler i and nd mailer r 1 la lie and the retail dealer dI i On May liIa 26 25 1907 the tile lilal I Lake Ike Fruit and unil I exchange an n I M aw wa wan organised among mon i the he men and wholesaler i I produce emi anti fruit trull Till This or 01 1 SifI has hu Inee that time eon CIOn lv i i a credit cradit department deportment but ha has hasI f I litH o i undertaken any ny other line of work I th h of ot the organization I Is to toi i fAt the following rule ru to wit witA u 1 All A II bill hili for goods good sold BOlt on credit to Iome dolne within tho Ulft i Unit limit of th the city elt of lit Halt Lake LIIk lu IlK f Sugar HatiM and Murray shall hall l h hINd he e INd 4 due lu Payable I tho the Mon lion ja do euch fluch sale eale and ant an Tell M I before 6 C p in rn on the L Saturday the name namA of tim the person or ori i I firm owing account shall ahall he e re 11 t 1101 1 al at a meeting of the tb board of dl di cl a to be bf held nt at S 8 on each night and any person firm I or or being ng delinquent hU hafl I W bf 1 put on the lb each cal lIt lIst and nd be b nW for rh only When han such euch baA b paid Id all hills bille due by hy n a majority vM of fit f the members at t any regular mettR hi his name mut be 10 remove removed 1 the tho lIt lint of or delinquent No o dl di onta inn are re to 10 be permitted This baa haa a net eat of oWl f fr erM r and I t actively en ed In arr loa ln nt it ut the rules rul above mentioned from ron i he tie h evidence taken laken before u WI us we w have lIaw no u II U to believe that at t any rat mc nIK liR of ot the any n matters matter haw ha teen n d other than credit ani n Oj above mentioned We Weha Weha e eh ha h p n reason allOn to believe that there thre ul allY any combination among mon produce me rne m i i lii I the price on any com eom or that there tb t e an attempt to 1 uniform the th price of any article 1001 t the retailer i i bout 10 14 years year ago 0 of the i hIlIor h i mattered over oer Iho tho ho tate tato or i the Utah lusts Wholesale Groce and aDd thi th ao after rii r became me Uie tite Salt alt Lake and Ogden Oden and Commercial Th lf hJert Jeet of or f tut tide aM aas I la to l more effectively y the advance nelll ud of 01 the grocery In Int inter t tor ter N hy by all mean insane with la I ian Id to 10 promote bonet and correct In trade to puree a live and lUl l H lt iio Ii ve policy The member meet t tal it Ct tl tt 1 h all of their president Occa I they tItOr bar ft met tOM and have dl tile tui m K freight tat rates rale and have protest protect prot M I d 1111 eastern m manufacturer send nd ta at nt the ilIa Into tit this territory to erd dr i r for or good goode Which the Ute local whole Ieru ss Cu 11 liar ItI of at the e t t t MItt un Mit wh wM Ml ua thai UI they tM Mt from one n than Iban from frets Ir mid the Ih retailer tal have been n in III their Ir that they t User I no combination among mone woh Wholesalers tr to in regulate or make uniform the Ute p of f goud In this thin Ihl line lim of bu It I well to tn Ic near hear In mind the tho tact fact that n ft ni firm ith capital Altal In o bj In large 1111 loin I bound to get r from the Ih manufacturer I to his hi nt lit le I ie cot cost and anil anilo to In o b h t Ilie bl to 0 m ll to the retailer at l t a ar r price iwi Irh then than a II that baa lia but bUI Invented end nd expect to k turns turn if It a firm Invest Invent 1110 L In a n carload Arl of It l I is entitled to In tomke mke mk K a larger profit per er rose than lien the th firm thu h 1 buy hus a few fw 1111 Bt at t a time timi All th h can n sWord f tu h mRk n ii better fr I price IrI to 10 nuch uh a buyer buynA Ho So A that 1 ha I when hn hen a In ufa if f fru a II trust ru t that In is I IU him out of we w should hould tInt not Jum it at COH m fl i but should bould look at HI all the Ih cur ur U from a bul bu mi tH lOPS d point of view viI AI A TO The Th salt I Lake IAk Butchers A IN is a corpor corporation atlon organized In iti 1 1503 03 inci UK its It or 1 It has hall ha Iud at to lit persons and nd and at t this time there Ihre are of tt H Hmm iti members member mm actively engaged In bu bUill no In this city the difference between these thelle two numbers number to wit W U re lre re the t h number n u lit of members who wh have gone out of ot business or 01 left th Ui The total number of ot butch era are and nd grocers now doing dol doIi business In Inthis this city I is about aboul 29 no so 0 that a larg proportion of the now actively engaged In III are not member of the association BOOST NOT At the th time of ot It organisation the charter chartr members member copied verbatim the articles article of incorporation and nd the Ihl by b taw laws of the and thee th original article of ot Incorporation and bylaw bylaws have ha remained without amendment up to Dec tHc 1 I 1107 What Whatever ever ver the HIe article may my IIA say ay of the ob oh object obJect loot of the Ule corporation It I plain from the conduct of Its Ita la affair by br the th mem member ber bore at t their meetings meeting that the great ret majority of ot the member have hae en ell endee dee dea devoed vOled to operate t along legitimate lime They have il frequently subjects of f great Interest Interact to retail deal dealer er era such uh as 1111 the method of preserving and handling a certain C commodity the method hod of ot detecting dt Impurities In food fOOtt foodstuffs stuffs which they the are art handling and method of f handling economically per goods good By fly these thee dl discussion cu and by b lectures l upon thee theBe subjects a great 1 deal of good Iod ha hR been be n acom om pUshed among the member members of ot the th a as association TillS THIS 18 IS LOVELY The Th secretary of the association up to the th day dRY of ot November 1907 wee wax a salaried officer It I is hU his duty to 10 con cnn conduct on duct the th rating department to 10 keep kp the thi th book hooks of ot the associatIon end nd to b be al Rt althe atthe the office of ot the durin during business bune hours hour to tn attend to whatever er budneK the th members member of ot the a as require of o him Th The rating raun department ha hU has been a great reat n It vantage to the dealer Hitch ch member of the oel Uon 1 I required to give 1 the secretary a list lIet of the th persons who have hse been bean dealing with him who have failed or refused to pay py their bill within a reasonable time If a cue cus customer U tomer for credit to 10 the dealer delu deluIn In a particular section of or the lilt city the dealer dalEr Jake the IIII name items of the applicant hi his former address add In the city and the storekeeper with whom he II ha kaa been n dealing This Information la is communicated communicated to the and the secre Cre secretary cre tary after Investigation reports report to the dealer upon the financial standing landing of the applicant Till TIlE MEDDLER The lh secretary of the th up to July 1507 1107 wa w W V J 1 Donnellan Since then Lorenso Lorenao Jn ha has h held MId the TheM Thees Th two men leon have un undertaken to meddle In matter mattEra for tor foreign torel eign el to dull and d entirely outsIde U the coop or of the Cb be assocIation In M rev V nce thoy have acted unwisely and nd In a way ay that u us In condemning them In the Ille strongest terms term The organization ling has maintained a paper known a the Retail Merchant which I the official organ oman of ot the lie Ite t tall II of or the State of o Utah Visit This Th iper la is pub published limed In Salt Sail Lake City In the Interest of retail retell dealer delera generally It I Is IB de devoted devoted voted to matter of Interest to retail dealers dealer and Imd In n the paper IIA has heon beon maintained a Il department entitled Price Current which purports to b ba 1 a lIt list of or retail price prices current In Salt Batt Lake City ity Utah From the worn sworn evi evidence vl dence ne of many retailer In this city end by Investigating through person pea sent Milt to Inquire ut lOt the stores th the price prk of ot different article we have hav failed to lo find a single dealer In this th thit city it who I ii conforming to lo this ached ule The editor of the paper r suree re rethe the information for this department by Inquiry among the tb different merch merchants ants ante In the city and ha has been assisted by the secretary of the association THOUGHT IT The Th Tb list Hat serves no purpose he be because cause each dealt r baa hal hi his own owl Individual ual problem to work out Each one know kno what hi his goods good cost coat him Some Borne buy lIr better thou than other Bach Zech one on knows know what hat his hla hi are Soma rent Ori I Main tain In street where rents rento and delivery expense expanses SpeD are high hi some come own their own property tome some must mu hire hi all II help belp while other have navo moat of the help ni necessary nI 1 In their own family So Ic In each ease the per pr rent cent that must mut mu be added to the theco rot copt co t of the tile goods good to pay expanses and nd make a fair tr I is Ia different TIll This list of ot current retail tall prices price should Mould be IN dis discontinued lit 4 continued The price committee commit of the th lion llon was waa w originally used for tor the th pur purpose pose pome of 01 seeping keeping track of prices price At different tInt tins since the tb or organisation of be b association the u price committee c ha has Investigated tile the ability of the th members member of I be tM association lion tion buying buln certain commodities In car carload carload r load lot lots Iota from Missouri river points and haa Itu reported to the association lallon up upon on oil these the matter matisse n sOMETHiNG ON oz Within th tb the last lut veer vr and nd a half hlf the th of retail prices price ha h has been pi by lr the thc report of this corn mitte milt tine Une has ha h been brought lo to I our attention where the tho grievance i of the tb association reported imported that a member of the th association tion was cutting culling cu Un prices price end and thereby In tittering with the Ih business buln of other othet of th the In the be u I The Th tr r Inot whom horn tb thi was mad Iliad do wa was In Inin in 11 meeting to ti how ho he could afford to 10 sell 11 the Ih III at t the tho price h put upon I It Hi H explained that he wie WI comp front bor bi Cod and nd that It wee wua to nil i ll 11 ul CI his bin hi price Irle In unI to do d no 11 Hi Iii II war WI 11 pi permitted i milted lo to continue This ThU dal dala Was waa a an Sal I carrying it Ii I of i I l good wI lIe ile II ui uJ to soil wll 11 hl hi his SH iia ut lit tin tIe II pric lied d dby by b himself sod and lId has h not 1101 bad his hla price t tIM HAC itA I AT Ar JENSEN The Th mad mj to Iii ua us u that hll S 4 bet 11 u Ii bint his cc c hiDe im IIII d iT curr Irr for fr fi the Ib most part Int ilor hid In Is 1 ti 01 or p oUo B oh bought In Job jub iota lota lot UK a the Ih v urr HII Cr gm gell rally 1111 callI lal 1 i Ih it U be b auld 0 lu in dIr didars go Ioda da Thin Th dialer to lo sell wll 1 tin Iti I article la a Iad or f UKal Hour lur ui or I suits annii 01 other standard ui I is He lic I eg o 0 hI hl leader luader at t a rl which It coat d 01 uj I below hw cm I t and lud brings bring lu bi t hla him store atom tor each ah h of f whom boU will wil also aleo 11 buy and an take tal sway away 8 some of the th damaged good o that t could nut not be b wM cold 1 at I t all In itt II any aY other oler way On lb hi good 10 such uch u I dealer 1 er will wil from ro M 50 to lo IO 1 ear r c elIt ni lt prose den ef at this u p sort the lb 0 sat tI t a luster 1 r a ap I p that t allows 1 t 5 I F tail l price r below bIow 1 UP the r T MM to toIk t 0 the t questioners questioner Lad Aral An w Ik I M NI In m Instance steno stance the tr c of t tM the tl Ire IreA A Grocers Orre M MM a tA n H l up upon up on o himself hIm m in 1 go to 50 t the tl wholesaler 0 aM inS enl to tibet him hll that If it k l he sells sell the th particular dealer 1 who h Was waa advertising alna In that way wey It will wi probably Interfere With Oth th the Ih Wholesalers with w the t member mm rl of nf tb I l ac sc action lion tion on 01 the part of if the th secretary l shows chow that he h haa hs ha very vry r little IUn appreciation of 01 the Ih Importance and n dIy of nf hi hil his po pa I n for It I ha bUs the Ih 01 i In i a criticism that a as 1 not nt justi NEW IW MADE MADEi W Vr i hn tin vi S been hern able t to tn find any al InI where an In established etI dealer ha h been re ru r lul to In the Ihl price 11 of any corn com that thet li h lie wita Wi WC A number of C grocer non of nf ii th I h sap clet Ialo h hi e ap l d hotot h to UK uc u end and under stated Mated Ul lh that t they Ih fix Mx Mice for and that they Ih huv hll come n In with the b a Ilon and have hav hII tot not In Iii II any an way been tsen D with wih ith by tho the On i the night of or o the Ih 2nd d da cIa y of nf De Dc D comber 17 at a regular meeting of the Ih association an amendment to tn th the bylaws byI was waa 1 passed This amendment pl 11 had bad been discussed for several weeks week by the thi Ih member of the Ih association wl and It I Its purport wa aa fully tul understood by a all al of the thi th members mm It I warn wan passed by the b unanimous vote of all members member J pies pres present ent and reads read n Ra ire follow J his 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