The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-25
BAD EGGS STORED
IN COLO STORAGE
Statements of a Chicago
Writer Caused a,Creat
Sensation.
(National News Association

National News Association)
CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-Under the di-1
rection of an alleged butter and egg3
trust, thousands OF cases of bad eggs
are being placed in Chicago storage
houses for future human consumption,
The stock Of good eggs in storage is
being constantly increased. while new
laid eggs. which cost the commission
man II cents dozen. go to the house
wife for % to 80 cents. ......
Statements to this effect published
by the Chicago Produce Bulletin
known In the trade as the Green
,Sheet"- nearly caused the author to
be suspended from the Chicago butter
and egg board. He was charged with
"uncommercial conduct"
One of the "uncommerciar things
which Isaac Tuck. publisher and edit
or of the bulletin, did was to predict
. coming break" in the price of eggs
and butter. His other "uncommerciai'
oifense were to decry the storage and
sale Of No. 3 eggs.
Hints at Workings Of . Monopoly.
In the face Of an unprecedented
production, Mr.. Tuck said in his paper.
the price of eggs and butter remain
exhorbitant. Furthermore he limited at
the responsible parties.
Investigations. following the publ
cation of the article, brought out a
general conviction among produce men
that the price board" of the butter
and egg board> regulates the price of
butter and eggsAn was even said that
since the convitiOrN Of New York poul-
try dealers for am identical offense
many dealers have refused to serve
on the price board.
According to few Independent
dealers exactly the same conditions
prevail in the butter and egg situa-
ton in Chicago as prevailed in the
New York poultry market when Is
dealers were sent to the penitentiary
for conspiracy in restraint Of trade.
Here 10 the Article.
The Green Sheet article, which
nearly brought about the suspension
Of It's editor. follows:
Nearly every one in the trade had
hoped that by the middle of August
the receipts Of butter and eggs would
be very much below the same period
one year ago and below the point of
consumptive requirements.
"The butter men have met an ex-
traordinary condition. Ed. Ray, of Ar
Kansas City. Kan, was IN town this
week and reports that condition in
Oklahoma and Kansas are extraordi-
nary. He states that he made more
butter in July than he did in June and
10 making IS per cent more butter now
in August than he made the first half
OF July. This would undoubtedly hold
true in all the Kansas and Oklahoma
creameries which furnish large part
of the firsts and seconds in creamery
that arrive on the Chicago and New
York markets.
"Hay which was selling in east Ok
.lahoma on July Is at $22 per ton is
now freely offered at IS per ton. Fall
feed throughout the United States is
undoubtedly the best that Is ever has
been in the history of the business.
This should mean an enormous make
OF fall and winter butter. and with the
low price OF butterine the butter men,
~ . rule. feel that the prospects are
much more favorable OF loss from 8
to 10 cents pound than profit OF
from one to two cents per pound
should they attempt to market the
Vtock which at present il held In cold
storage and which Il being constantly
added to.
Unload Damaged Butter.
about the only good which the
drouth did In the early part of the
season was to permit the placing on
sale and into consumption the large
amount Of damaged fire butter, which
has been pretty well cleaned up. SC
far as Chicago's end of the deal is con
cerned
1.-THE production throughout the
country since the rains have relieved
the drought situation has constantly
increased. The FIRST half of the week
IN Chicago the receipts were $4,000
cases more than were needed for con
sumption and about $4,000 more thar
were needed for consumption In New
York. Well posted operators claim
that from the present outlook suffici
emit eggs will be produced for the mex
30 days to take care OF the trade with
out drawing on the storage and an,
eggs removed from storage will be i'm
mediately replaced by September ant
October stock. Prime firsts can earl.
be bought In Chicago. Ane new stock
Ane harvest eggs. full and sweet, grad
cd season, and Of most excellent quail
1ty at from II cents to 17h cents. Al
these eggs do not carry with the cole
storage flavor they are much preferret
by consumers.
"ouys Unsit Eggs"
There 10 also held in Chicago
lArsA amount Of Kansas City No.