Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-12-26
CHICAGO EGG WAR
IS INAuCuRATEO
Women Offer Hen Fruit for
Sale At "a Gents and Re-
tailers Quote % Cents.

chicago, Dec. 21.-Chicago's club
women became egg merchants today.
ahey planned to sell 100000 eggs at
e cents a dozen lin. their campaign
.s.S,it the high cost OF that conf
modify. Thirty stations were opened
throughout the city where eggs could
De purchased from to 10 cents cheap
er imam the same product has been sold
Dy the retail grocers. They will be
sold IN three, six and nine dozen lots.
me bargain day sale" Is being con-.
uucled under the auspices of the Chi
~ carloads of eggs Sales OF butter,
meat and vegetables will be arranged.
Retailers Cut Prices.
AS soon as the women opened their
sale retail grocers plastered tho front
or their stores with signs Offering eggs
at ~ cents a. dozen, 2 cents less than
the price asked by the women The
grocers advertised their product as
guaranteed April storage eggs" the
same quality sold by the women.
The man behind the 24-cent storage
egg sale is a Chicago wholesale egg
dealer He made public his connection
with the crusade last night after many
Inquiries as to the sources of the
finances behind the movement had been
made.
Dealer Backs Crusade.
He said he became associated with
the women in the fight against high
priced eggs in the. hope that certain
dishonest wholesalers and dishonest
retailers" might find 1t impossible to
longer boost produce prices when con-
ditions did not warrant it. If there
be any loss as a result of the sale, he
said. he alone would stand it, as the
club women have not contracted to
sell any certain amount of eggs. They
will pay him 20h cents for each dozen
they sell and the 80 cents profit will
go into the league treasury.
The public sale had little If any eff
feet on the wholesale price of the prod
uct. There was an advance of a "
cent a dozen for strictly fresh eggs,
while the price of storage eggs re-
manned the, same.
Campaign is Success.
Mrs. John C. Bley, president of the
Chicago Pure Food club. said reports
from the different selling stations
showed the. campaign had proved a
down town district We're crowded with
customers soon after the doors We're
opened and scores of clerks We're kept
busy wrapping up packages of eggs. 4
The campaign Is. a success in every
way" said Mrs. Bley. I'VE have eng
phasized the good quality of our eggs
rather than the lower price and in this
way we have overcome the effect of
competition from retailers located near
our selling stations. The sale will
prove a great benefit to the consumer
and we hope to teach, the retailer a
wholesome lesson II
PLAN is PRACTICAL If
!, 1T is MOT SCIENTIFIC
Philadelphia: Dec. Another cut
in the price Of storage eggs was de-.
cided upon by the Housekeepers1 League
here and today the product is being
sold for % cents a dozen. 1T was de-
cided to hold. a. mass meeting early
next month to discuss. cooperative
schemes for buying and selling other
necessities. a
A feature of the campaign I'd reduce
the high cost of living was debate to-
day between Mrs. Derr, leader in thl
movement, and DR. Clyde l.. King; pro.
fessor of political economy at the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania. ~
DIR. King declared the selling of eggs
or other commodities by volunteers
was not economically sound and of no
particular benefit as prices would rise
when the supply is exhausted.
Mrs. Derr defended the action of the
league as practical If not scientific.