Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-26
Thanksgiving Dinner This Year
Will Cost a Little More.
TURKEYS UP TO % CENTS
Vegetables a Trife in Advance Over
Figures Quoted Year Ago.
MEAT UNCHANGED, HOWEVER
Dealers Express Belief That There
Will Be No Advance Along That
Line for Some Time.

| Washington houSekeepers who do their
| marketing today or tomorrow for the
| Thanksgiving dinner will find that while
| the general average of prices is a little
| higher than at this time last year, the
| big feast will not cost a great deal more
| than the ordinary Sunday dinner. POul-
| try prices went up few cents all around
| yesterday. Meat prices, however, re-
| main the same as they have been for the
| past few weeks, and vegetables are only
| a. little higher. Supplies in all lines are
| abundant and no additional price in
| creases are expected before Thanksgiv-
| ing.
Fancy dressed turkeys went up to "
| cents a pound yesterday. the cold weather
and the nearnesS of the great national
feast day contributing to the rise, which
always comes a few days prior to Thanks
giving Ordinary birds, that bear out
ward evidence of coming from cold stor-
age. are to be had for ~ to % cents a
pound. Fine. plump dressed hens and
roasters are 20 cents, while broilers and
frying chickens are - to % cents. But
who vans fried chicken for Thanksgiving
dinner?
Rhode Island ducks are up to 25
cents from their last weeks price OF
q cents. and nearby Virginia and
MARYLAND ducks are obtainable in
abundance at % cents, geese being
about the same in price. The market
contains plenty of game, quail bringing
about so cents each. or $3.50 to IS a
dozen: pheasants selling at $3.50 each,
and rabbits 30 to 40 cents apiece, ac-
cording to quality and size.
Meat Prices Remain the Same.
No changes whatever are noted in
the prices Of fresh meats. though lamb
prices are subject to considerable daily
variation. as a rule. Beef and pork
remain at last weeks levels, and veal, |
while very scarce. els unchanged from
last weeks prices. Smoked meat |
prices are unchanged since last weeks |
quotations.
Vegetables are to be had in wide |
variety and of superb quality. In this |
material change since last week. all |
products being just about where they |
were last Friday and Saturday. The |
same is true of fruits of all kinds. |
while the various sorts of nuts that top |
off the big feast that comes each year |
about this time are at the usual prices. !
Dealers are united in expressing the be- |
lief that no further advance in prices is |
to be expected for some time. Meat
prices, they say. are as high they are
likely to go, unless further increases
should be demanded by the packers. Re-
tail prices of meats have not increased I'm
Washington for several weeks, dealers
declaring that their trade will not stand
for prices any higher than at present. As
the winter advances it is to be expected
that prices of fresh vegetables will creep
up. and the same probably will be true
of fruits. Butter prices are also expected
to go still higher than the present eX-
orbitant scale. and the beginning of Lent.
ii is stated, will see the price of all kinds
of fresh and salt fish soaring skyward.
Aside from these items, however. all OF
which are prospective and not to be con-
sidered as an immediate contingency.
table supplies are expected to remain
around the present price levels. which |
is an additional cause for thankfulnesS.