The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30
VEGETABLES NOW
At minimum PRICE
POTATOES GLUT In THE MARKET
BUTTER CHEAPER THAN EVER
CABBAGE Low.
MEATS STAND STILL
BERRIES HAVE DRorT,ED OFF THE
MAP, nut MELONS FROM SOUTH
MAY DE HAD AT REASON
ABLE PRICE.
MEATS STAND STILL

Housewives and others on Satur-
day could have filled their pantrie=
and ice boxes with all kinds of -lto-
vender had they taken the advan-
tage of going to the city markets.
Cheese WAS selling at ten cents.
which is pretty good for cheese. but
ter, of the gilt edge sort, was or the
market waiting for people 20 come
and get him at 25 cents. VITA cleo
and other concomitants 1t looks pref
ty good for the real butter.
You can get oieo for less than
20 cents II you want IT.
Snaps were 40 cents per bushel.
Cabbage was going at almost moth
ing. Mhen the markets closed Satur-
day night there were many heads CT
cabbage ansold. These same heads
Kill-be presented TO the -Leople on
Monday morning, and they Will be
called upon any time from O'Clock,
when many people want 10 sleep to
purchase the heads OF cabbage.
Plenty Of Products.
The market was flooded with pro-
duce today" said Superintendent Gar
rison. land the prices We're, Ct
course, at q minimum. SNAPS were
selling at 40 cents bushel; cabbage
went at CtlLtS Il HSdU. tOiiiAkNE'
were plentiful from Hanover and con-
tiguous counties, and were goiag OF
$3.50 a bushel, which means that to
the consumer. local tomatoes should
have sold at about 10 cenrs n ql,ar-
ter peck. And they did.
Onions were so cheap that II is
hardly worth the while to mention the
price. You could get them-as many
as you wanted for 5 cents IA nd beets,
why beers were ut cents bunch,
and there was no telling no " many
beets there were In tho bunch.
Potatoes" said Superintendent
Garrison, '.are flooding the market.
There are so many OF them that the
dealers do nor know what TO do with
them. They Will probably do what
any business man would 10. Potatoes
are Just as good in the winter as the
summer, and what is left over VIII
be goos later on.
Look Out Tor Peaches.
Then You take peaches Few peo-
pie are taking them on account OF
the price, but the price Is not so high
after all. None of the peaches that
are being sold around the city are
free-stone. They are all clings. The
free-stone peaches will not be in until
next month. The cling stones are GO
Ing at q reasonable price. but do not
let the itinerant huckster tell you
that you are getting free-stones, I'M
less you try one of them and see
They are not here yet.
Melons are scarce, The Georgia
fellow is coming in. and Ia being dts
posed OF at a price that should not
be shuddered at.
Meats are holding their own. but
in doing so they are not rohbing the
people, for you can get beef from ter
cents up. and veal and the others are
not increasing in price.
Meats Are Firm.
There will be some change in tbs
price Of meats after the nominations
have been pulled OFF, but no change
in the vegetable line, for those who
control the vegetable line are In nc
way effected by politics"
In word, Superintendent Garrison
suggests that those who eat, and there
are a few who do not, should eat veg
etables. for they are cheap. and heir
the farmers, who raises the vegeta-
bles. and TO eat as little meat as pos
sibie.
"Of course" says Mr.. Garrison
there are many people who canno'
get through meal without having
some meat Then let those people
buy the meat that they can get from
our own producers, and they may pro
badly get 1t cheaper"
There was no celery and no aspara-
gus in the market on Saturday.