The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-06-24
Young Men From Nebraska
Reduce the Price Of
Chickens.
Carload Shipments Bring
Prices a Cents Below
Average.

Another one OF seattle'H trusts
has been dealt solar piexus blow
The combination OF iobbers which
has maintained the price Of chick.
ems and poultry At exorbitant fig.
urea for years past Is now on the
run~and all because a couple OF
Contemplating young Nebraska men
saw chance 10 smash prices. aud
incidentally take little money for
themselves
Chickens are now selling AZ some.
thing like a reasonable price. Ice
q pound. dressed. "a the consumer.
The members If the trust are sore.
the two aforementioned truHt.bukt-
efa ffam Nebraska are inbIiant, aud
Ars writing their friends what
gladstone country this Puget sound
f.. and. IN the language Of the
cufbstono orator. everything ID
lovely
The story Il not long one. but
II affords much food for thought on
the part OF tho public.
Had Corner on Trade.
The bulk OF the poultry sold In
Seattle has hean handled for years
b. three OF four iohhlnE houses. Al
Thanksgiving aud Christmas there
has been considerable side selling
b. the farmers. but ON an average
the few recognized leading whole
nalera have had the trade pretty
well bottled mp.
And Il IL a remarkable fact that
on the average all kinds of poultry
has for years been held at prices
which made that class of food a
luxury for the average family. II
h very seldom. for instance. that
dressed chicken has been reiailed
at any ieas than zoe pouns. and
usually the price has been several
uotehes higher.
Public rss Seen Bunkoed.
The public has always been led
90 beilsse that n cost more 60 rniHe
poultry here than elsewhere. And.
even At that, about half the dressed
poultry sold has been cold storage
stock shipped out In bulk from the
east and middle west Hut the cry
Of the wholesaler. whenever II was
remarked the prices seemed TO be
high. was that they had 90 pay
equally as high prices To the pro
Queer
Several weeks ago the two men
from Nebraska came TO Seattle and
looked over the poultry situation.
They Immediately sas the word
opportunity" written In large let
tsrn on the horizon. and In a short
time = car OF live postrY Was en-
route from Nebraska 10 Seattle.
This car contained 5000 chickens.
In good shape. and local poultry
dropped several points when the
consignment reached the street.
undsrseiI tire Trust.
Another car followed on the long
trip overland. aud Nebraska pro
ducena have been selling an average
OF car Of poultry q week In this
city since. They sold their chick
ems NJ from 4 TO cents a pound
cheaper than the local trust" and
with the alternative Of sither re-
duclsE prices or tohlhe theif uane
altogether the local Iobbers quickly
fell into line.
Dressed chickens are today sell
lng at about rs cents a pound. and
Il looks as n prices would remain
In that neighborhood Nebraska
has aided another good consuming
section TO her list Of available sales
territories. and the Seattle public
gets the benefit
TIE question naturally arises ae
Ia whg Ii was the trust always sold
chickens and poultry at such high
figures when poultry can actually
be- shipped half across the CONT
nent TO this city and sold from I
To ! cents cheaper, and still allow
the lobber a good profit.