Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-10-26 | Page 1 | Bacon Now at Highest

BACON AT PEST (Price Is 35 Cents a Pound Sliced, in Chicago Chicago. Oct. 2U In the face of a steady d'-cline In the price of hogs and the corn, on which they are fed. ChicagoanK who desired to eat bar. n yesterday discovered that they were compelled to pay the highest price, ever obtained for the salt meat In times of peace, 35 cents a pound, sliced. slic-ed. If the housewife was willing to cut It up herself, she might hnve reduced this figure to three jKound fur $l."i, hut that was the best she could d.-It d.-It was up and, to all appeorame, I would stay at Ihi.n record smashing figure for some months. The sole reason for tliiJ situation, according to C. W. Foster, veteran provision pro-vision dealer, lies In the shortage of bacon producing hogs. No nmtler what the facts might seem to Indicate, said he. the difficulty lies In the ability of the packers to buy the porkers. This situation, he f-a Id. would changed in the Interest of the public und lower prices Just as soon as h new yield of In.gs coul 1 be produced from the cheaper com.