The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-05-28
TEN CENTS A QUART FOR APPLES
4 Sample Of Prices That People Who
Live In City Flats Have 10 Psy,

| s'"S sn tHy Glhts nave To Fay,
How much for the applesY'' asked
aHarlefn woman of the grocer.
Ten cents a quart. answered the
grocer.
'Jehoshaphat!' exclaimed the
woman's aunt, who had come on
from Maine to visit her. Ten cents
Il quart Why. that's 81. 90 bushel.
tn that's nigh onto eight dollars q
barrel. Whew"
But they are very nice apples,
marin; every one sound and big. "
pleaded the grocer.
"They's just as good apples as them
sellin at dollar barrel down in
Maine this very minute. barrel
throwed in. " rejoined the down east
aunt I'd like to know what bust
ness you've got charging eight dol
lars "A barrel for apples that you can
buy for one dollar barrel p"
But that's down in Maine. marin 81
replied the grocer. "a long ways off
from here.
But it don't cost no seven dollars
u barrel to get 'em on here from
Maine. does itf
No. marin. but we don't git no
apples here for one dollar a barrel
nor nothin like it. Ii we get EN- for
81. 80 Il barrel we do we'll"
We'll. call il S. 50 barrel that
you pay, amt II u little bit bar
barous IN you TO charge morn hun,
dred per cent. prOtitf'
The grocers hadn't thought about
that. lie said Everybody else was
selling ut the same price and no
body was kickin." Then he went on
to explain that people couldn't ex-
peci 10 buy their groceries ~ cheap
~. getting their supplies iii driblets.
and that grEpis couldn't afforl to
put 80 small percentage of profits into
their prices when selling minute
quantities as would Ike ample in the
Sa>c of large transactions.
We'll. what do they want Ia buy
such small quantities for" demanded
the down east aunt For nv part |
never heard of such thing IA a
quart Of apples fore come here
visiting. There nobody down where
live that ever buys less II "A p-k of
apples at "A time. 4 quart Of apples
! wonder villa, lothian Il say Ia that"
Who's Juihaln Z asked the g1rs4r
Why, hes my husband that
who lothian il. and we've got an
oiN'hari with over 3un tree, in II. |
wish ha' th'nt "A quarter Of II righ,
here iii New York Think Of picking
three barrels of appl,-- ofln one tree
and s-rllin en- al ten cents Il quart
Come. Sarcy. said the down east
aunt moving out uf the siorr.. don't
buy none Of them apples Just 20
without aIp'l,-~ TIL | can write down
10 Your Uncle Lothian Ia send You a
barrel
Blu, VIVA; could do with barrel
of apples, answered the niece.
Positively there = uo room for them
in the fat and then If there was.
they Il spoil Il isn't like living in
house with a cellar and luts of stor
age noon The only place where we
can keep anything Is the ice chest.
and that really the reason why we
have 10 buy driblets, quart Of APP
pies, quart of potatoes. a couple of
pounds Of onions one cabbage. two
tuIuips and ~ on al "A time; Jus,
about "A days supply each morning.
Regular hand tomouth business.
mus,1 the aunt.
That's Just II. auntio. and hate
It. but what can dot People who
live IN fats have to take on Eat ways
They may try 10 do something else
At first, but they soon get over i, and
bscomc slaves 10 their surroundings.
could buy more apples n, time.
but Id have Ia put them III the bath,
tub, and the Potatoes, onions and
rahbag,s would have 10 20 along
with them. | hope some time we
may have n whole house of our own
and live like Christians again.
The down cast aunt sand nothing.
She was thinking how nice il would
he If she could buy house and pre-
sent II Ia her niece. "Sairey." n
house with a cellar TO it, in which
tho niece could each fall lay in a
stock Of Vegetables large enough TO
carry her through till the next
Fourth Of July. New York Times.