Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-01-27
STORAGE PLANTS
KEEP UP PRICES
Continued from pnge oneJ


last April, purchased Mt about "a cents
per dozen and released during tho past
two months to be sold at from NJ to 81
cents per dozen as strictly fresh eggs"
1900 cases OF fish tof different varie-
ties). from one wear TO three years old.
500 barrels Of app,es.
2oo.OoO pounds OF meat held I'm storage
for seven months.
cAN,,r tocr nx ,,n rccs
mere mas hcen Dig eau for eggs
ieceh,'E' inc enipioNo SAID surveying
'"e spacious ro"ni' which is kept ~ q
"'"'e vi ~ "eer"eS '"roustou' VIC
S',,' we cases IN mere reached 10 mo
''''S ""'' d SNORT ''tne ago Most VI
we 'sSS came from the west last Apr'l
una May ana cost the buyer ABOUT -
ceh'S uo"en' hes selling en- now FOR
~ "a" 'oSe on eggs II 'heE
."' CIV my are broken ny ana sol"
'',,o "'o"s """ II s"o"
IVY wv H.
wv s' '''e way 10 announcer room MT
~ WV" 'o" sa''o" ana TWO sa'oh cans
anu !" W''c" '"e temperature was only
,on. wore cI,.d r,,,, ~, a,u ,.,,,..,
and the smaller with the "whites." lie
said that eggs in some Of the cans
were five years old and the contents
came from China.
a man who participated In the tour
" inspection and who formerly worked
IN n ctld storage plant told Of the top
of one Of these egg Gems being knocked
or in handling The stencil, he said.
no II
fused 10 handle the can. Eggs in this
form are known To the trade m "eggo-
line" and are used extensively In the
making of pound cake and other pas
tries
Two huge storerooms filed with meat
which hung in a temperature of six de-
grees above zero were next visited.
Beef veal mutton lamb and other
meats of a total weight of 10000
pounds had been In storage for seven
months. 1t costs quarter Of cent
n month for storage charges on this
meat. which is purchased during the
spring and summer at the lowest whole
Gale prices and distributed when the
public is COMPELLED to buy at famine
figures.
FISH Ar L>nt.p c1,>-,rc por->-D
Tho roo,,s .os.r,oa ,a. es, ,,o,, o,,o,
to their capacity. In exclamation OF this
the employe saidI
These fish are picked no when the
market is glutted about June They
cost, we'll say, about four cent n pound
in 1000 pound lots They are brought
here and dumped down a chute into watts
of water, where the blood is washed of
Then they are placed in pans and frozen
until a glaze forms In this State they
are packed In cases and held in this
room at a temperature only slightly
above zero. These fish will be placed
on the market now as fresh. The pub
lie don't know that they were taken
from their native waters year to three
years ago.
housewives will pay about 20 cents a
pound for the bluefish and up to 10 cents
a pound for the sturgeon, and believe
they're getting fresh FISH, We charge
three-quarters or cent II pound for
freezing and the storage charges for a
year ornE the price of four-cent fish up
~ 'ehts ana the dlHerence is what the
punlfc pays INTO the pockets OF the mid
"Ie'hah'
SELLS 81 APPLES FOR ST.
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!, met tho s.r,o 40 .ho ,,,hIi, ". I
81, .t,rooa ,.ra : 900 ,,,,...,,- = .1..
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