Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-12-20 | Page 3 | Butter and Eggs Are Soaring in New York

BUTTER BUffER AND EGGS ARE SOARING IN IM NEW YORK Insurgents Gain Control of El Elgin Elgin Elgin El- El gin Board Board Will Will Abolish Quotation notation Committee s New cw York Dec 19 Butter Dutter Butter an and e eggs ss are arc selling in New ew York 1011 at tho the hl highest prices registered In ten years Dealers and warehouse men amen point to the prices as a Justification of or the cold storage system contending contending that the threatened legislation a affecting cold storage Is one of the principal causes for tho the high i prices I Retail prices of eggs range from 48 to 75 cents and tind butter butler is sold at al from 40 to t 50 SO gents from producing sections point to still sun higher prices Elgin Ill Dec 19 Control Control of at the 1 Elgin board of or trade e. e whose butter qu quotations fix tho the standard for tor the time country has Mas passed p Into the hands hand of ot Chicago o and VI Wisconsin creamery men I elected eJected on en a producers ers ers' ticket The quotation will be abolished as In violation of ot the Sherman antitrust antitrust antitrust anti anti- trust law That the victory o of the insurgent members of the time Elgin board of ot trade In carrying the annual election Is the first step on tho the part of tho time Chicago o commission merchants to abolish tho time thoI thom I m lagin ln board hoard Is the belief of ot members of the regular ticket today Indications point to a a. spur split when the new board J of directors meets on Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- urda to org and elect officers