Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-11

A Sample Of Prices THAT People Who
Live In city fiat- Have 60 Pay.

Sample Of Prices THAT People Who
Live In city fiat- Have 60 Pay.
How much for the appl,~f asked
a Harlem woman oil the grocer
Ten Genes "a quart. answered the
grocer
'Jehosiuphatw exclaimed the
womans aunt. who had como on
from Maine TO visit her Ton cent,
quart Why that's So 90 a bushcl
an that's nigh ogto eight dollars a
barrel whewr
But they arr very uico apples,
marin; every one s0unG ana big
pleaded -he grocer
"They's just ~ good apples ns them
sellin at dollar barrel down IN
Maine this very minute. barrel
throwed in. 50 roioined the down east
aunt. IA like TO know what bust.
ness you've got charging eight dol.
lars barrel Tor apples that you can
buy for one dollar u barrel
But that's down In Maine, marin.
replied the grocer, "a long ways OFF
from here"
But 1t don't cost no seven dollars
n barrel TO gOt en- on here from
Maine. does III"
No. marin. but we don't git no
apples here for one dollar a barrel,
nor nothin like Il II we get 'cm for
So. 30 barrel we do well.
Well call 1t $3.50 n barrel that
you pay. amt 1t little bit lar
baroru in you to charge morn hun.
dred per cent. pruutf
The grocers hadn't thought about
that, no said Everybody else wgs
selling at the same price and no
body was kicisiu. Thun he went ON
TO explain that people couldn't TX.
poet 10 buy their groceries 10 cheap
ly, getting their supple. in driblets
and that grocors couldn't afford to
put 10 small percentage of prohtsintO
their prices whom selling minute
quantities as would bo ample In tho
case Of large transactions.
We'll. what do they want to buy
such small quantities forr demanded
the down Gust aunt. For my part |
mover heard of such thing rs u
quart of apples fore come hero
visiting. There's nobody down where
live that ever buys less'n peck of
apples at limo. a quart Of apples 2
| wonder what Jotham'd say 10 thatf
who's lothian asked the grocer.
why he's my husband. that's
who lothian Is, and we've got an
orchard with over 800 trees in Il, !
wish had nbout a quarter Of 1t right
here IN Now York. Think Of picking
three barrels Of apples oru one tree
and sellin EN- Mt ten cents q quart"
Tome. Suircy.' said the down east
aunt. moving ont of the store, don
buy none OF them apples. just 20
without apples ill can write down
to your Uncle lothian TO send YOU u
barrel.
But whnt could | do with barrel
Of upplcsf answered the niece
Positively there's no room for them
In the Hat. and then II there WIS
they'd spoil 1t isn't like living In q
house with cellar and lots of stor
age room. The only place whore we
can keep anything Is the ice chest,
and that's really the reason why W.
have to buy driblcts, quart Of ap
plies. II quart Of potatoes, couple oi
pounds of onions one cabbage, two
turnips, and ~ ON ut time. just
about Il days supply each morning
Regular hand tomouth business,
infused the aunt.
That's just H. auntie, and | hat,
II. but what can doi People who
live in flats have 10 take on Eat ways
They may try 20 do something els,
at first, but they soon get over It ant
become slaves 10 their surroundings
! could buy more apples at time
but I'D haze TO put thcm IN the bath
tub, and the potatoes, onions unC
cabbagos would have TO go alonl
with them. | hope some time W,
may have whole house of our owl
and live like Christians again,
The down east aunt said nothing
She was thinking how nice it woult
bo IL she could buy u house and pre-
sent it to her niece, "sairey,'
house with cellar TO il, in whicl
the niece could each fall lay in I
stock Of vegetables large enough u
carry her through till the mex