Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-09
WHAT Two GIRLS HAVE DONE

Two girls are making In my town q
rather novel success in buying and ship
ping eggs, writes NJ. NJ. johnson OF Clay
Center, Neb,. In Country Gentleman. l
Will tell you what these girls are doing
for the reason that | encouraged the un-
dertaldng, and they have sort OF father
y respect for me.
These girls were too ambitious and too
sensible 10 Kill time at their fathers exc
penso. one day they called my attention
TO a gr0Ceryman packing eggs. We took
In the sight without his detecting our
curiosity. OLD weather bea ten cases, be-
gmeared cardboard dllers. eggs all colors
sizes and shapes. dirty eggs clean eggs
ana eggs with feathers sticking TO them
The girls came to my Office next day and
stated their plan for my criticism. Theil
plan was this. They would rent room
and go to buying eggs, paying the cash
etc, ana hoped that the farmers would
appreciate the cash enough TO induce
them "a bring their eggs to them instead
Of TO the stores. The plan worked. The
farmers took to the idea In no time, and
the grocery stores are now compelled to
get eggs for their town customers from
ihrSe two girla. Not an egg goes to the
stores from the flrmers Just another
proof that people ike 10 help those who
try W help themselves.
NE find no dirty filthy cases or fllers
at9una lhlg cgg establishment Every
egg "a washed and wiped dry. They arc
assorted In four yafieties-thc white
sheled ones, tho deep brown and light
brown, and general Gull grade which
catches the runts OF the other three
grades. The runt grade catches the doubt
tuls In Cuudling They have "A market for
cullB at nnrkct price, because they are,
on account Of being clean, preferable TO
9 mixed lot Of dirty oggH. They have a
fancy market for the perfect eggs In
handsome cartons holding one dozen each.
ana market for them In clean new
cases. The three perfect lots are stamped
with a rubber stamp.
They buy all the eggs that come to this
town and two other towns Yesterday
they called my attention TO a case Of eggs
that farmer brought In. They were all
one color and needed but little washing
That, = the Kind everybody should have"
sild lhey' we can easily pay that man
a cent more than we can for eggs that we
have TO scrub ana SORT Today they
showed me letter frUm a grocoryman
at famous western resort II stated
that he wanted two cases each day In.
stead Of one. ANA he voluntarily raised
the price y encourage the girls 20 make
an extra effort Nice clean eggs In hand
some little cartons did II,
II seems TO me this dirty-ogg question ia
costing the poultry raisers too much
money. They can't AFFORD H. The real
narket8 Tor eggs are Tie towns and cit
les every city and every town Of any i'm
portanee has people that will have moth
ING short of the best, and In many in
stances few cents more per dozen only
makes them that much more attractive.
We must figure fads IN this country and
work them, It's a fad with some people
to buy nice things because some "blg
gun gets the same brand etc
ln duo time these girls will buy, fatton
ana dress poultry and force a fancy mar
ket for their way OF fixing up dressed
poultry, The plan Is not fully matured,
but am confident they viii make II 60.