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Show I LIMIT PROFITS I ON FLOUR SALES H Federal Fair Price Commis- sion Sets Margin on , Selling Price fl ,v SALT LAKE, May 13. The federal ' fair price commission yesterday de-termlncd de-termlncd that Uic miller's profits on Hour should not exceed 3 1-2 per cent oC the miller's sellingprice, f. o. b. cars at the mill; that the wholesale or jobber's mnrgin should not exceed 5 per cent, and that the retailer should bear all expenses between the time iihe flour arrived at his uoor aim time it was delivered lo the consumer on a 10 per cent margin. This decision was reached in accordance with the Lever act. . The action was taken after the situation situ-ation had been discussed jn detail. Henrv H. Blood, as president of the Ttah-ldaho Millers association, was present to present the point of view of the flour trade. I The commission lent ns hearty in-1 ! dorscment to the project presented by I Tt. T. Aguirro from the United States quartermaster retail store at San Francisco, who explained the plans toj ' sell government beef in Utah. This beef is a frozen product, and is from the armv surplus oblaiued under contract. con-tract. While it was recognized than frozen beef must be handled in a manner man-ner slightlv different from that in 1 which chin'ed beef is sold on the mar-, mar-, ket, it was also recognized that the 1 meat offered is of prime quality, and that many of the best hotels and restaurants res-taurants prefer the frozen product to the fresh. At the same time, the price at which it was being offered formed a considerable inducement, Mr. Aguirre asserting that the government bee: , sells from In to 20 per cent lower that ! the fresh product. Beef carcasses, j without either shanks or neck, are ' offered at $13.25 laid down in Salt j Lake, as compared with $17.50 to ?10 a hundred for prime beef at the present pres-ent market to retailers in Salt Lake. I Mr. Aguirre asserted that the government gov-ernment beef is the corn-red product ! of the middle west, and is of first- grade, as compared with the grass-fed ' steers which usually top the market in Utah. Mr. Aguirre, who represents Colonel ' "Max A. Eiser, superintendent of the TT. S. army quartermaster stores, Civic Ponfor ?nn Vmnoisco. will take orders I for the U. S. army beef in carload lots. He slates this beef was frozen in March, April and May of last year. Mr. Aguirre says carload lots have already been ordered by many California firms ana put on sale to the general public 1 'n a number of cities. |