Show fi R C belr t S AND BUTCHE a ysa r RICES the following Is a defense of tile the prices charged by the butchers and grocers of ogden W A james who signi ilg coin communication m un le atlon Is general manager of tho the kussell hussel company and a reliable business mau man editor standard in reply to the 1 tribune I r abune article e published in the standard of the permit mo me to say a few words t the writer Is evidently ignorant or actual conditions or he Is wilfully trying to make trouble for the retailers that ahat any one who knows conditions call the butchers and gro grocers cers of ogden holdups hold ups and robbers Is nara to bel jeye the actual conditions show that there Is less money made in their business than almost any other and gro cars and butchers work harder lor for ahat little money there Is in the business than almost auy any other class or of people tho the article in question Is nearly alt all false turkeys from tho the east cost the retailers here 24 cents per pound they sold in ogden at 27 12 1 2 cents thus thua rt a 10 pound turkey would give a of 36 35 cents or about 13 per cent it costs the retailer about 15 to IS 18 per cent to do bu business so that instead ot ol making any money on turkeys there was an actual loss banners Fan ners got get tor for potatoes 75 to 85 cents per hundred jhb retailer from to not butter costs tho the retailer 34 cents there Is a butter that can bo be sold for 1 loss ats money made by tho the same people it is made during the summer when cream is more plentiful and kept in cold storage but tho the people of ogden do not want that kind of butter fresh eggs when they can bo be obtain edsell at 40 cents tho the retailer pays tho the farmer 10 40 cents bonts in trade tor for 1 them thein thus thas th as they must soil sell tho the go oda twice to make ono and hat a cry small one cranberries cost 13 12 12 1 2 cents per quart by the barrel can the retailer sell them tor for less than 15 cents ho he ought to have 17 11 a 1 cents nearly every ono knows that goods ra ran n be shipped from tho the cast to pacific coast points at the same rate an ani some borne things at a less rate than they can bo be shipped to ogden tho the price in san francisco tor turkeys was 3 ah cents not 22 cents somo some of tho merchants however bought too heavily they sold their turkeys at the last for whatever they could get tho the same as aa in salt bait lake ake l and nd ogden 11 some things aro high very high c entirely too high but for heavens sake hale dont place the blamo blaino on the poor retailers they have too many troubles as it Is signed W A JAMES |