Show C WAR W hidE nG PRICES R CES J Wo We hope ho hio the efforts of the ladles ladies who have undertaken to bring butter down will be l e crowned c with success s and if C they thoy are determined to do without rath rather er Cr r than paying an n exorbitant they thc will come very er near acco their object And to todo do without Is a 0 perfectly legitimate mode of ot warfare against tile the high prices of o combinations and trusts But what a the tho high prices on o other other commodities m Wo We w can cannot canno cannot not no do without everything 0 Salt Sait Lake City has the reputation of or orbel f being bel the the most expensive city In the tho Union In which to live That Is tho Verdict of travelers to that effect cap enn bo hoard ear ot jt hotel l res u rants ranU and In railroad cars and it Is 19 probably true Tho laboring man es Cs especially Knows how ho difficult It is tp make both ends meet notwithstanding steady st ady employment and reasonably highs high wages wa s It IB is f a shame h e that th City should have acquired this reputation It would be a mistake to blame blamo the tho grocers groc s or retail dealers deal for the he pre pe cost of Jiving living They Ibey hoy would w uld Just as soon IOn sell seii their goods cheap as ss B not Salt Lake shares with the tho rest of or orthe the country countI the tho conditions entailed by bythe the of as an it hn linit been called and n d in addition to that the peo pee people people pl hero here have to support on nn adminis administration administration administration that hog ha proved itself utterly incompetent I and reckless fn In ii expendi expenditures expenditures x tures Such an administration costs money hIt money is i tan taken n out ott o othe qC the earnings of tho the consumers It is paid for in the form of higher rents ren ts increased prices on on putter butter pm and eggs IJ S meat clothes and other othorn life The house owner oVner tho the banker tho jho grocer r he the butcher otc oto are arc made 1 aa as it Il Iler er the agents o f American Amed an party to collect from their patrons which to pay for tor an aneX ex extravagant v administration Tile The o Jand d lord te s a taxed but ho bo adds that tax to the the renters pay him hint The merchant is taxed and he adds the tho tax tn to the cost of the goods he sells The grocer and Dd butcher butch r as all ahl other busi business ness noss men are taxed exorbitantly the amount is added to the co t the heM It is necessarily so It t can be way ay But that is the tho reason reBOn why Salt Like Lake is 1 more expensive to than other cities The Tho people pay for an Rn ad administration administration ministration that cares s nothing for tor the tho th people except as they thO can be used as much cows i J J We hope the war Wal against high prices will wm go 0 on If It therefore trusts and ille lile illegal gal lal hey bee b ex exposed posed and punished But first of ot all tho of ot tho administration should e hek d J a c irp administration n t to o of rd would Old Q l 1 j reduced perhaps ps per cent |