The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-11-01
CANNED GOODS TO
ADVANCE IN PRICE
Predicted Locally That 1t Will
Amount to Twenty-Five
Per Cent.
VEGETABLES AND FRUITS.
WITH PRICES CORRESPONDING
LY HIGH-IRIsH POTATOES RE-
MAIN NORMAL.

Canned goods of all kinds will under
20 an increase in retail prices of at
least twenty-five per cent within the
next few months, is the assertion of =
local groceryman. He said that the
increase would be effective both on
canned vegetables as well as fruits In
the fruit line, peaches show an unusual
shortage and it is freely predicted that
tie prices on these will go completely
beyond the reach of consumers. To
The great shortage in the crop this year
the scarcity is attributed. Canned to-
4natoes will be high as the frost cut off
The crop. Just as soon as the home
canned products begin to disappear, the
demand for canned goods Of all kinds
will increase and consequently Gamers
and retailers will probably take adVan-
tage of this condition and boost the
prices. Large quantities of the new
pack of canned goods are arriving on
IN local market at present.
The scarcity and high price of fruits
of all character is responsible for the
unprecedented increase in the price of
3ranberries. a Thanksgiving delicacy.
Many of the larger grOcers in Rich
mond are now selling the berries at
the open season prices, but this is be-
cause they engaged large quantities at
the beginning. The wholesale price
of this delicious berry has advanced
in the past few weeks from $3.50 per
barrel to $1,000 and the smaller deal
ears are demanding unusually high
prices for the edible.
AS people could not secure fruits at a
reasonable price, they began to pur-
chase cranberries In large quantities
when they first arrived in Richmond.
The big demand is also responsible for
the increase in price.
The supply OF fruits is now good, but
prices will continue high. AS the
weather gets colder, fruits Of all kinds
will be harder to handle, consequently
the steadiness in the retail price.
Irish potatoes remain about normal
Thousands of bushels of spuds are
consumed each year in Richmond This
season the supply equals the demand
Uniform.
Winter vegetables are now being sold
In large quantities. The provision
market at the present time affords but
little variation, If any, from the mar
ket of the past several weeks.
Eggs are scarce as they always are
at this season. Local retailers are
having very hard time to meet the
demand for hen fruit notwithstand-
ing the fact that they are paying
twenty-three cents per dozen. Coun-
try butter is more plentiful than for
the past several months. Farmers re-
port that their COWS are giving more
milk which is of better butter max
ting quality. Retailers are paying
swenty-three cents per pound for good
country butter.
The old fashioned breakfast foods
are rapidly disappearing. But few of
the original foods are now being sold
on the local markets.
The supply of poultry is good. AS
The season advances chickens become
more plentiful and of better quality.
Chickens are almost as cheap as any
other meat and are meeting with
great favor as Sunday dish.
Lovers of cheese will have to pay
more for it than they formerly did
Cream cheese, that variety which is
generally sold by the grocers of the
city, has advanced two cents on the
pound in the past thirty days.