Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-20
LOCAL DEALERS QUOTE FROM 8
TO CENTS A POUND ABOVE
CHICAGO MARKET.
GENERAL TENDENCY FOR
EVERYTHING Is HIGHER
Vegetables, Fruits, and Nuts Are All
Up Over Prices Year Ago, Dealers
Say Even tho Common Peanut
Costs More Money Market Well
Supplied For Thanksgiving Trade.

I'm anticipation Of the general cpl
demic of indigestion that will prevail
in this country late next week. dealers
have prepared to take care of their
contribution to the cause locally by
supplying the market with toothsome
dainties that will go toward making
UP the annual Thanksgiving spreads.
While the general tendency in prices
is upward over what they were a year
ago, foodstuffs appear to be uniformly
good in quality. Vegetables, fruits, and
nuts are all higher than year ago,
dealers report.
Turkeys Cost More Than in Chicago.
Despite the old argument that it
costs less to live in the country than
in metropolis, turkeys promise to sell
for less money in Chicago than in Mar
shalltoWn.
The associated Press carried to its
newspapers Tuesday dispatch quot
ing Chicago commission men to the
effect that the average retail price OF
Thanksgiving turkeys in Chicago would
be "a or % cents. In MarshalltoWn
Wednesday two out Of seven dealers
quoted turkeys at 2S and 80 cents per
pound The other five did not know
what they would sell at, as they had
none to sell as yet
Fine Selection Of Vegetables.
The housewife will not lack Tor
vegetables for her Thanksgiving table
One other, aside from potatoes, is gen
orally sufficient, and this one may be
selected from California caulifiower,
at from Is to % cents a head; Spanish
-. . YSr
carrots, 35 cents a peck; turnips. 20
cents a peck and rutabagas. cents
pound. In the way of relishes there
NAV be had Florida tomatoes at 20
cents a pound; cucumbers, 10 cents
each, New York head lettuce, 10 cents
a head: radishes at cents bunch;
California celery, 10 cents pound, or
Michigan celery at 10 cents. The lat
ter crop Is short. however. owing to
freeze that caught nearly everything
Green peppers sell at 20 cents dozen.
Potatoes still continue high. and are
sold at IS cents to 81 per bushel &C
cording to quality. Nearly everything
on the market is from either Mime
sofa or Wisconsin.
The hot, dry weather Of the summer
months is given as the cause for the
general advance in prices Of vegetables
over a year ago.
Oranges Within Few Days.
Within a few days, possibly tomor-
row. California naval oranges will be
In market. They are from the ,rthern
part of the state. strange as this ma"
seem. Their sweetness will not be
known until they are sampled, but the
price will rln from 80 to 90 cents
dozen. according to size. Florida
cal1inc at the
same prices.
Apples continue to hold high, Bald
wins are commanding from 90 to SO
cents peck, or $3.50 per barrel. Fancy
Washington apples Of good size, In
boxes, are selling for $3.50. The boxes
contain about rs apples.
Turkish figs at % cents, and better
grade at 30, are on the market. as are
also California figs at 10 cents PEI
package Of th-ee-quarters Of a pound.
Persian dates are selling at 10 cents
in bulk. Fancy dates are commanding
Is cents per one-pound package.
Grape fruit is coming in good, and
is retailing at from 10 to 10 cents and
two for 25 cents Prices are not likely
to be lower, as the southern croo was
short this season. California ToSay
grapes at Is cents and Spanish Ma
lagaS at 20 cents are popular.
The Winter Nellis, a California russell
pear that is luscious, is bringing from
80 to 40 cents dozen, according to
size.
All Nuts Arc High.
If you notice that the peanut vendor
gives you smaller bag FOR your nickel,
remember that the same peanuts that
cost the vendor cents a pound whole
sale are now costing him cents.
All nuts are higher, and nearly
everything in the nut line sells at %
cents a pound. The California crop OF
English walnuts was short. and they
are correspondingly high. Brazil nuts,
the cheapest, ordinarily, to be had, are
also commanding rs cents per pound.
The same ''niggertoes" cost 20 certs
a pound wholesale. Pecans and ILL
berts are in market. at % Genus
pound.