The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-12
The PROBLEM
OF FEEDING
fHE FAMILY MAY BECOME MO.
MENToUS FOR THE HOUSE.
WIFE AND THE PRO-
WIDER ALSO.

The problem which besets the
housewife this fall In providing for
her table can hardly be said to be
more difficult than usual but the
same amount of money used in that
way will. buy less. than it has done
Tor years All meats are high, and
consumers have taken to vegetable
diet more largely tnan ever before
The result has been that vegetables
have joined meats in the upward
course.
The hens seem to have gone into
collusion with the bu c'lerg and meat
packers, and the production of eggs
is lower +hGn it has been for years
For private tables eggs arc bringing
% and so cents dozen in the larger
cities, which Is the usual December
price. The production being com
monty plentiful at this season of the
year, eggs usually bring 10 cents, and
sometimes 20 cents a dozen, and the
later price prevails in Cairo. The
scarcity. however, may drive the re.
tail dealers to appeal 10 the cold stor.
age companies to relieve the short.
age, and large quantities OF eggs
which were placed on The ice during
the summer months. when The market
was flooded, may be called out TO
supply the demand
Millions of dozens Of eggs are placed
in storage houses. each summer. ami
they are held as a rule. to fortify the
market in the big Christina rush and
during the Intensely cold ceason when
The chickens refuse TO produce. While
The larger part will be saved for that
purpose this year, indications are a
large quantity will be used before
that time.
Tomatoes, radishes and cucumbers
are getting scarce, and the two lat
ter vegetables are becoming worth
less from too great maturity. Toma.
toes can still be had from the truck
farms, but they are getting high. and
he southern product will soon sup
plant the local supply Egg plant
and sweet potatoes are among the
mainstays of the housekeeper. and
they are being heavily used at this
time.
Among the breakfast dishes peach.
es. apples, pears and grapes Sill hold
the fort, and there is little Indication
of an immediate break in the supply
Endives and kale greens are plentiful
and are selling az new figure New
kraut Is coming in, and many tables
are being hanked With It., although |
he season Is not at its full tide yet
Cabbage is in plentiful supply and Ia
cheap. New cocoanuts are coming 10
on the market and are being used
instead OF the manufactured product |
Pork occupies the highest place !
among meats, but all varieties are ex.
pensive. Lamb is relatively more
reasonable than any o-her, while veal
is correspondingly high. Ham and
bacon are in plenty. and are on the
market at fair values. Beef has not
changed it's position o far as prices
are concerned. and the cold storage
goods are to be had promptly from
the packers indicating little Jiffcul
ty from labor troubles.
Oysters are plentiful. and the pre-
vailing prices are the same as usual
At the seaside and points Of origin
oysters are cheaper han they have
been IN several years. On. that is
attributed to the fact that the con.u-
mers have taken hold slowly this fall
and retailers are not really % re-
luce their prices. contemplating an
early advance Of wholesale markets.