| Article Title |
How Food Prices Are Regulated by Butchers' and Grocers' Association |
| Type |
article |
| Date |
1907-08-28 |
| Paper |
Inter-Mountain Republican |
| Language |
eng |
| City |
Salt Lake City |
| County |
Salt Lake |
| Page |
1 |
| OCR Text |
How Food Prices are Regulated by Butchers Butchers' and Grocers' Grocers Association I Lorenzo Jensen secretary of th the tho Retail i Butchers and unI Grocers Grocer's association of Salt SaltI I Lake loft left Ir a profitable business In tn a profitable pro pro- residence district of oC Salt Snit Lake Lake i with Jl 1 l bath bad hal debts that he couldn't collect and has lias been Interested ever l cr since I II 1 1 I 1 the or organization of ot the retail butchers I anti and grocers of or the cl city and tho time men i-dali-men men of ot other oher parts of or the still state He lie le holds all 1 kinds of ot positions In all ull uJ of ot th the I tons amid DIll Is Is Lime be he lug nl force Coree In lii ti the Salt I Lake n association The other are ore completely dominated by him lt He lie manages manages manages man man- ages lh the bureau In the tho Atlas tm block and tel tells the time members o of hl his association what to do do- When hell he lie Il Isn't telling them what the IliN will wi lie ie on this and that hm ho hoIs hoIs Is bUM buxy explaining to reporters that time the Is really raHy a very 11 Or- Or and helpful lo to buyer nod and seller eler alike Mr J Ji-imsen Ji ho lit courts courtR Investigation says sal liS li'S In st l- l lion tion but nn ant ni Investigator is hi 1 led ll from Irom tIme tho point he lie Is after oter through n a maze of if explanations and a row of or hel The enel energetic secretary und and manager Is Js a n genius go- go R at explaining It I was Mr 1 who originated the tIme Idea of oC amal amalgamating tin tim tl Manufacturers r and Merchants Merchants' asso- asso so elation with wh The tho h and Gro Grocers eff It I was his hla hi idea to 10 mako make himself the tho managing managing man titan aging head of time tho 11 two t o organizations In explaining his motives he lie says M he In Intended Intended Intended In- In tended that only tho the working forces Corce should be together In imi 11 the one office the time expenses of ot both organizations be reduced to lo a minimum but bitt hil back backof backof of ot his statement Is seen a or J. J S i t commercial n aggrandizement as 5 c Ct nt as ns a I glorious dream Tho The ulterior motive e In iii II his plan was ns the time sympathetic work of oC two powerful organizations Dont you ou think that me mae two asso ao- alo- alo calon If i combined a as you ou have planned would work h closer In-closer closer harmony h he a was ivas asked 5 You Yes I 1 do They ol ought hl to tn be bo working work work- II ing In imi closer harmon harmony here iii He Learned JI Ills TrU Ih lb or r to to appreciate tao me pan which it he hol haiti Joll out cult Olt It Is ts necessary nry to know Jo time thc creator of or the scheme Secretary Jensen Jonsen has hl learned Jered all ni time the Ins Irs and outs o of cc the the- grocery and m meat meal ol hu business lne s I lift lie knows knowN from Cram his long experience what lt will wi be ht to the lie advantage of ot the tho merchant and ani he is ll folo following out these theRo lines lne of or L thought Ho Ito wants to mako 0 of or tho the Butcher and Grocers' Grocers association a n pow pow- ful ci-ful combination under tinder which the Interests litter Inter eats ests of or tho time merchants will wi he safeguarded To become a n member o of the association I out ono must take tIme the following pledge gt I I 1 agree agre upon m my word of ot hon honour not to anything that happ happens happen n. n II lit at It on any o of the tue meetings of or thi this association Lion tion i 8 Secretary crOLI Jensen Jensn has hns developed eloped n a credit to ft t i high state stale o of efficiency i h through which an any butcher hutcher or grocer ma may learn tho time rating of ot va ua purchaser who HUts credit h he lie inns Ims Installed an nn employment employment employ employ- ment tnt Inn Gail through u n m member of orthe the association ma may engage o help and anil ano 1 the the M system stem Is perfect jn In Ill r detail i on iii 11 Two 10 1 0 n 7 I is 1 1 i How Food Prices Are Regulated by G Grocers Groces oce 8 and Butchers Butchers' s Association I t Continued I iii from front PH l' l One jj Nothing goes gOCR on oum In tIme a association unlit unless it IO goes S. S through the tIme office In which the fi secretary sf Is the tho presiding There have r been no failures In Soil Salt Lake Lak In the last five fiVA years In our a association asso asso- so- so elatIon laUon be lie says Ras as us an evidence of or the lie o of the he system Out Omit overlie over th OIl lie state there thero have been lIeen failures at ata a 11 rate that tho would paralyze hll business in iii Salt Lako Why h are art prices cheaper over the ute tate Ill I'll trill tell you you OI ho said Raid At Mur- Mur car cuy for or Instance you OU may hu buy meat meal than at nt Salt Sail Lake because r there thereN I N i. a grater ater demand for Cor cheap meat U hite rule loins are sold soul hero here at nt fancy prices s. il tte ev Y are aro not hOIl bought hl a ail as generously there Th same vamo I Is said o of other places whore p PI p. epIc II living In small town towns cu cant can't nt afford if V. huy buy th the heat best merit meat of oC tho the be beef heer f. f Tit Thin loin of or a b beef ef brings the thC hi big price In Salt SaltI I she alee and the UIt lie cheaper l kinds o of hoof beef Ar are not in m demand because tho the Salt Lake pee peo- I pl id want only the good meat meaL You Vou think Salt Lake Jakl has a richer ap appetite lp ap- the petite then than other towns Yes I do 10 The Flue loci Nothing ll You dont don't mean to say 50 that all oil of oC the cheap hc meat Is wasted In Salt Lake am and f that there Is no profit for or the butcher r. r o. No oo The other meats are aro u used ed In Ir ii several forms l and all nil o of the hoof beef Is 15 util I I This Is hi actually what the secretary said ald and he went 0 o nto lI figure ur In various ways how the higher prices price in Salt Lake were governed h by natural conditions rather than hy by the office of of ot which he hp II Is th i head Secretary Jensen Jehsen admitted however with reluctance that hat the it members 01 of 1 the association are aro called tiled from the office offic 1 and notified what prices to charge for th tho meat and groceries Later he said ale that thai L time the butchers and grocers are notified h by the wholesale m men n who deliver er their products prod prod- hOts to 0 them theta H HP lie said t that an any merchant would then lien have sense e enough to make an un Increase In 10 the retail price when he II Is b notified of oC a a. raise raie Jc In the tho wholesale price The rhe hio regulation of or the time prices from Crom thEoffice the theoffice office orfice o of the al association means nothing less than that there Is a general fixed t i all over o Salt raJ Lako e. e A member 01 of oC r the association who charges less leso than hail another member r Is I liable to lo lose e cast enst with the organization Take nIce the CAS ease case of oC Toots the tho State Stat street t merchant who advertised Fern Pert I soap manufactured h by Peet lect for or sale nt ni L 10 0 bars for tor or a quarter Other dealers In iii I 01 be thin ame were selling seven hart bars i for or or a quarter A protest was Vl math made 1 through Secretary Jensen to th the man alan and the result was that Tent I could not hu buy on any moro more soap of or Peet because Jc patrons of oC the soap snap factory factor said paid they would not hu buy huy at a 3 ale 1 figuro over pr the retail n figure lIr set sot h by That Is where the nd anta advantage p. p of or th the closer harmon harmony between the time manufacturer wholesaler r and retailer comes in Secretary J Jensen admitted that a L similar similar sim sim- ilar lIar Instance came from Logan TI Thim same l kick lck was cis made through the he as association s- s It ua was carried to the tho manufacturer manu r and as a re result the merchant t who hail had erred to the extent of or ower- ower lug Ing hl Ills huit could get no more mor good The Time The tendency then or of till Ii association sO t managed ell b by Mr Ir Jensen Is to 1 age the lowering of or prices of any commodity rom com encourage the lie elevation of the thi market an as high as It Ii can n 1 ho hi If k kept pi Three of ot the hue association i u t appointed a as a 3 price irIce committee Th Tb Ir duties arc are varl varied lt and anti cn effective flu y dont don't publish their doings any more than the r m members of oC th the n a who are arc sworn to tn secrecy The Tho e rl e committee are ore W W. S. S f of or th tb Price Grocery Grocer company compan John Thorup rf 1 f the Z C. C M. M t. t I. I and anuI Prank Frank CJ lon ton of or Castleton Brothers The Butchers Butchers' and Grocer tI m ii resents Interference with its IrR lna It courts investigation If Ir the th ti- ti gallon gation Is IH not riot along a line that will ul dl divulge e things thing's for Cor the tho public It dominates domi donil- nates Its members and compels them to tollo follow Instructions upon pain o orlo of or f lo losing the great t ond nimit glorious lI benefit benefi t t tf that accrues from an nn a association on o of f men amen gathered to together to advin 1 a m i- i Interests t The Salt Lake JaJe Real T q Ion Mt stepped upon the toes of the U U. and G. G when It opposed Its Us union with i the time Manufacturers and Merchants Merchant Tb- Tb Retail Merchant n t. t Is Issued u cd th I rp n-c le lea k I says a The Heal Real E Estate tate association po poses poe q 1 a public spirited hod body boly or organized cd a ar and rill d operated for the good o of time the people an and lf l for Cor the thC advancement of oC the Interest Interest- ot o othe of oC f r the city lt Its preten pretenses P are false as 1 fals Calso e can be This aggregation Is In Iii lar lal larg measure composed of a Ll lot of or Jumping g jacks and amid grafters who for Cor year s l i been making a more or Ip less s pre u un ar s living at the expense of the public o on tin n about tho same plan as OR th the lock trl 1 k kand and card sharp gen gentry tr who play o othe on n the gulli gullibility bill ty of or the thC at t d The number of or fake city n addition addition- q suns and I In lots and swamp lots lot that P b hn e r-n r n work worked cd oft off on the unwary unwar under 1 h auspices of the Real Henl Estate and by hr 11 Its members Is Ls n astonishing Some of oC tho those e frauds have r be n ra raw raI I enough to warrant tho those who oril- oril them being placed behind h fl hI e bars In fact If 7 75 per cent of the members members mem mem- bers of or the association won were s sent nt i ito lipto up lip p to the hilt hill to hoard board with Warden Pratt Prat t for Cor a while the tho public would be he th the e gainer The Tho meanest nn and worst butcher butche r or grocer In the city Is nn an honest hont n g-n- 1 In comparison with a goo noa l man many members of or the thC Real Hal E Estate r t r- r we could name Ho HC at least leas t makes a living by br hard worl ii hilo bil e they live by h their wits Tho Time official organ o of the association asod n published a list lIt of Prices Current which Includes only a small part of tb articles on ou sale at the stores s Serve Secre Secretary rc tary tan Jensen explained that ft t wa wa-i a general rule in the n association form m m- m bers to charge about IS 15 cents mor more morn o oa on n ona n na a sack of oC flour than the wholesale price and a n proportionate profit wit WAS s made made- on all other articles Th The ThC na margin mar sr r- r gin girt between en the wholesale and reca retail ll price is general anti and I If there is cv- cv lla a raise the members of or the as association n nf hear o of It over the phone from the tho of office f- f nee flee in the Atlas block |
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https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tm882d/3909978 |
