The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-03-26


/ The following letter received few day,
since by shipper Of eggs from Woods
/ town from his commission merchant. w
/ c. Garrison, Of Philadelphia, although not
written for publication, las SO many good
points that we give it TO oar readers:
DEAR SIR II received your postal
saying you had shipped to-day six crates
Of eggs to arrive here on Monday morning.
which | will sell at best market prices.
Oar market has not advanced any to-day
selling at IA and - cents per DOZEN but )
cents is hard to get in a wholesale way.
The prospects a few days ago looked as
if they would 90 up to II or IS cents per
doZen but New York and other markets
being low, it influences shippers to send to
this market, and the retailers here are sell
ing at - to Il cents per dozen. When we
try to advance the price on them, they Will
not buy 50 freely, therefore ii checks the
demand, and it being the time of year for
eggs TO come forward very freely. they
will soon commence to accumulate on us
and buyers see it and hold off buying any
more than they can possibly help, SO ! do
not think it advisable to hold eggs this
time Of the year. Things have changed
very much Of late from what they were
few years ago in regard to all kinds Of
y
ing letters from some one wishing to know
prices Of some kind OF produce, whatever
they may have to ship, and asking advice
whether to ship at once or to hold for bet
ter prices. am always glad to receive such
letters. and TO answer them, but when |
answer ''in good demand, ship at once
two out Of three will hold on for while,
thinking prices will 20 higher. That is a
mistake on their part, for they must not
think they are the only ones who have
such to ship, for we have railroads ali over
the country to bring produce to this mar
ket If our prices suit it will soon reach
here, and our markets are soon supplied. and
as soon as the market is on the downward
tendency, then they are anxious to ship.
and if it gets here and we are compelled to
sell at lower figures than what | quoted
them, they blame me for it. saying did
not get what | quoted them. Some peo-
pie have produce that is not prime and il
their neighbor should have the same kind
of goods that is prime, and should get
higher price, they find fault and we get the
blame for it. A prime article is always in
demand, and will sell at some price, let it
be high or low, when poor article will
set around and will hardly sell at any
price. Some people, if they have both
poor and good goods. will mix them to-
gether, thinking then the poor Will bring
as much as the best. That is mistake
for whoever the buyer may be, viii see it
mixed, and will want to buy it for what
the poorest is worth, and he will sort it up
and have the benefit of it SO. therefore.
| advise any one who has any kind of
goods to sell, to put the good by itself,
and that will bring as much as the poor
and good mixed, and if they ship the poor
by itself it will bring something and what
ever it does bring will be that much extra.
Now have in my store at present lot Of
potatoes that were shipped me to sell on
commission, and they have never been
sorted. The large and small size are all to-
gether and the man writes me he expects
the best market price for them. and all |
can get for them is about IS cents per
bushcl. If he had taken the small size
out, | could get 40 and 30 cents per bushel
for them and the large size would bring
% to so cents per bushel | suppose there
is from l J to , bushels Of small to every 10
bushels Of large size. | think it would
have paid him better il he had divided
them and shipped them separate. It pays
always to have goods nice and in good
order to send to market. We have great
deal of trouble in butter the same way,
Some people send us very good butter and
get the highest market price and some
send lis very poor, scarcely fit for table
use, but find fault and think they ought to
have just as much as their neighbors who
make good.
Respectfully,
w. G. GARRISON.