Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-11-25
TURKEYS ARE
REPORTED SCARCE
and the Turkey Trust Sends
the Price Skyward for This
Thanksgiving Bird.
PRICES ON OTHER GOODS

Turkeys ior The rhaAkssivne am.
ner viii cost "a CENTS nouua aud i
Is possible mat ihey VIII ioaea a.
even hiFhor figure This d the TOR
notch rrice fof years past ias, year
when they we're being foianed vt is
und 80 cents q pound b aas Thought
ihat turkeys were being quoted up
from the top ~ q skyatfapef hni 4
story or two has been added since
Then The year before chat thry
were reiAilod No i5 cents a usHnd
T Tho packiug and commission houses
are already eentiuE 0us letters io tha
trade Informing them of the flight
crop ui turkeys The weather hao
leon unfavorabie 10 raise sucfesafui
brpodH and IN addition % this fewer
FARMERS are dovotlne their attention
% tu4kebsl rhey are Too troublesome.
This is the story they tell
Chickens iepringl are not quoted
much below the price Tor turkeys
ava they are retailing az % cenia a
pound Hens are bringing " conta
Turkeys for New Mexico Thanks.
giving dinners come from mo south,
wcatcrn part ~ Kansas. where me
large packing companies have branch
houses for poultry alone. The best
grade NJ turkeys comes from Okla.
homa, The season d iafdy over there
and the turkey can become harder
and % larger size IN time for Thanks
givinR han his brother up IN Kaneas,
where the weather "a not 20 favorable
and no does not advance 40 rapidly.
TITS q funny thing abnut turkeys"
said q prominent retailer yeStorda5.
"lut Il "a simply impossible ~ sell
turkey during the warm weather. It's
nos like selling chickens You can cell
them al the year round. There a.
constant steady demand Tor them.
But the only time that the ilWkty "a
popular with the MASSES q around
Thanksgiving time II Is l5se aentl.
ment 81 the occasion which prompts
them and Il q sentiment which rules
the stern realities Of business IN that
degree. us tho same way with Gran,
oerries. IN the beginning ~ the sea-
son they are sold cheaper than any
other time. The closer Il gets 70.
wards Thanksglvlng the HIGHER the
price goes. That il the only irlnt
fbat ! know Of where Il - cheapest
IN the beginning Of the season
Cfanberfiea. from late ndvlceA. will
be Just double the price asked last
year Though the Increase mas not
been felt here yet. n viii reach here
inside ~ week
The wholesaler "a paying more for
groceries than b. has fuF seyerai
years slight advances have boee
made In a great number Of The staple
aud fancy groceries. Ia most of these
he advances have hcen sufficient 10
call for a raise on the retail pngchRE.
er bui an additional ralae. winch y
not an uncertainty VIII cause the 70.
taller 10 dig down In hia jeans
Canned tomatoes are higher now
than they have been for 70 years
past. Al baltimore, which n she
center Of the tomato market for the
United States, they are being quoted
Wholesale At $3.50 q dozen cans. This
~ rlae of from 90 a. 20 cents. a
short crop "a given % the explanation
for the boost IN prices. Tomatoes arr
atill being quoted IN Albuquerque ~
two cans Tor Is cents. hat u n simply
matter ~ a few days until they
will feel he effect ~ the rise IN The
cast.
The cheap grades of coffee have
also gone up. Where they formerly
nold at IS cents ponnd they are
now tagged az 20 cents.
We can't give any very good rea'
son for the Rise" said ene prominent
rrocer. "The coffae market IL sub.
/ iecfod 10 10 much speculation. That.
more thar ANY other on the prnduce
exchange Il made al object ~ epeeu.
iaiion an tho part 81 tho Wholesale
dealers and importers. The HAN
Trndes of c0ifees are remaining firm
AZ the pflcesWhseh ruled last year"
Cereals of All kinds have allIfenaa
20. The two great controllers Of the
7 breakfast food dishcS. the Americaa
Cereal company aid The Great West.
eFn Cereal eOmpanY have reached an
agreement again and arc not cutting
the prize This D only one ~ the
many similar uccHffonrca which have
taken place ~ the pasl. They fight
and then make up II IS tho make %
time COW aad the ordinary plug cltl
een has % open Hp hia pocket book
4 little wider
california canned fruits arc OK
peclcd 20 be- higher The quotations
are not given nHt, but u n generally
Anderstood that bacterial adgaace
I VIII take place OWNS 80 The short.
sesF Of me fruit crop lhrOneh0ut the
middle west and inc east Dried Cali.
( fornla fruils wiii advance Ahnnt 10
peg eeHi over the present ruling price.
Sugar y costing the grocer mora 10.
/ day than 70 did iasl year ut thia time.
a s. nov quoted. Tor cane. a. 4ssI
hundred pounds. and fotafis from a.
70 Is pounds fof 81.
Canned goods tho best comics from
MAMA 4. 80