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Show SUGAR PIES ARE FLUCTUATING 1 "What's lh- matter with tiic rcail price ol Bugar? Everybody seems to be nuotlnc different prices every day in the week," assert? Mr. James, of 'he Russell James company "Sugar today is selling ior Jess mon ey lhan it should. The jobb rs are silling the retailers f t ditfereni pr ces everj day and at prices they can ill afford; just because the jobbers are at loggerheads with each other," Bays Mr. James. "The present price of sugar as regulated reg-ulated by the goveitament, in Ogden, should be $11.08 to the retail grocers, and then the government allow; them $1 a bag additional for expenses in handling it The grocers seldom ifl pver, make a margin of $1 a hag Most of them prefer to sell at pnctlcailV cost as sugar is in such demand, so sugar is resold to the consumer at t ost to the grocer plus handling charge' "Under present conditions, the dealer deal-er is allowed to buy only f n r sacks of sugar at a time from the jobber. This, of course, limits our service to the consumers, and in addition, (he selling price to us hac changed every !a so that our retail price, naturally has been $11.75. $11 25, $10.85. ;tnd ?10 so. Those are ali prices of this w i k and a long as the jobbers can fiord to lose money on supat, the retail re-tail prices will wabble around indefi nitely." |