Show t PROOf PROBE IN I Ih h t fOOD COSi I Department of Commerce anc ane Labor Finishes tion in Salt Lake After Fortnight of Close Scrutiny POOR BUYERS SHORT WEIGHTED federal deral deraI Agent AgentS Finds ButterI Butter I Flour and Other Othe Commodities I ties S Sold ld Under Subterfuge I Cost of Living Comparison rison EAVES FOR THE COAST N INVESTIGATION of the cost of living in iii in Salt Lake City by bye e United States department of and m labor which will win have reaching ir-reaching r l' r aching effect upon the future of the thc city eity along ill jal al and aId financial lines has just leen been included m The Thc agent of the govern govern- ia the prosecution of this gaLlon gation tion which was made with every ery r reca ca tion of secrecy and thorough thorough- ess S was a demure young oung woman iss ss Edith M. M r. r Miller g graduate adu tc in the of f domestic c economy clerk to toie ie IB Lodge congress congressional onal co commit m tt lee ee on of high hihi cost of lh living ng ine in iii ine ie e United States and aud one of the exert cx- cx ert rt statisticians connected with the federal deral government go I. I The Tho investigation covered cred two weeks I Ind nd d was marked by br a rare display of or college girl Irl tact personal winsomeness anti and nd Miss Millers Miller's ability for a wonderful wonder wonder- ful mi ful jugglery juggler of or figures percentages averages and detailed Items which has lias captivated grocers meat dealers and dairy dalry keepers and dispelled their ity ILy ty to a comparison of their prices for tor food ThOd commodities b by the United d States government o The investigation of or the c comparative prices 1 ric s of ot foodstuffs in various arlous cities nd localities in the United States b by bye lej e bureau of or labor of ot the department cC and labor Jabor is an outgrowth the Lodge congressional probe j jid id ld results will be he made public through 8 Sprinted printed report by the thc department on March 1 In cities visited b by Miss dIss lIss Miller to whom the prosecuting prosecuting- of the investigation in we wet western rn cities was entrusted en- en trusted she has has has' hasma ma made l arrangements with local retailers of foodstuffs to report monthly to the department on price fluctuations so 50 that the government govern govern- ment mil may in the future make month month- I jay Jy y reports on the cost of living JIving in any section of or the United States 1 Miss Miller who has been a familiar famUlar figure gure in man many a grocery an and meat market in certain neighborhoods in the city for several days arrived In Salt Lake two weeks ago To avoid tho light of ot publicity which she dreads the she made her home at a private resIdence resIdence res- res In ID North State street eschew eschew- Irig tr hotel accommodations Many Man and various are the methods by which Miss Miller completed her herI I report of food conditions in Salt Lake Lalee a report which when It is Js included in the he general report of the department I III be ha used by br manufacturers who ay be looking toward Salt Lake as n industrial field fJeld Investors In whose loney oney is tempted to Salt Lake exploit exploit- tion and families seeking homes In hS he west who may be listening to theall the tho all Jill from Utah In Modest NeIghborhoods Neighborhood When sh she arrived in Salt Lake Miss lIss tiller filler quietly visited the different of the city segre segregating I or her fD investigation tho those e districts represent the homes of families of lof moderate Incomes and those resl- resl kents to whom econom economy is not nOl such an necessity Groceries meat shops I Continued on Page Two |