The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-18
NO INDICATION THAT FOOD WILL
BREAK ANY AVIATION
RECORDS.
TURKEYS PLENTIFUL
PRICES ABOUT THE SAME AS LAST
yEAR-E6Gs STILL SOARING
UPWARD AND APP
PIES, TOO.

With the approach of Thanksgiving
II is Just ten days distant the minds Of
the housewives and those, OF the aver
age individual az we'll turn TO things
to eat and If the prices for the neces-
sites are lower then there is true
Thanksgiving. At the present time
dealers state the markets are In a
normal condition showing the prob
ability of plentiful supplies and slight
ly lower prices for the season.
Market men report that from
present indications turkeys will be as
plentiful this year as last and that
prices will be about the same. Yes
terday they were quoted at twenty
five cents a pound, dressed. II is said
that the Thanksgiving prices will
range between twenty-eight and thirty
cents but there Is a possibility of their
not exceeding a quarter. The mer-
chants expect large shipments OF
fowls from Hanover and upon these
will depend the low prices as western
fowls will range somewhat higher.
Geese Absent from Market.
Geese are absent from the presen'
market and have been during the
greater part of the present season.
There is nothing 10 lead the market
men TO believe that they will arrive
here in any qualities for THANKSGIVING.
Ducks are expected to sell for a dollar
and a dollar and a quarter, according
TO size. while chickens will probably
be somewhere between twenty-five
cents and thirty cents pound, dress
ed.
High prices on eggs are expected to
continue especially for those guar
anteed strickly fresh. The strickly
fresh are Hanover and Henrico pro-
ducts and are listed at forty five cents
other eggs stand steady at thirty
eight cents.
With the exception of lettuce and
apples other essentials for the feast
day celebration are expected to be
plentiful. The apple crop throughout
the country has been had and accord
ing to dealers the fruit will be scare
and high Oranges are coming in
freely and a quantity Of them are ex-
pected for Thanksgiving, with the
{ prices somewhat lower than usual
Celery and cranberries will be plenti-
ful with the prices normal
Effect of the Tariff.
Except on meats which are one OF
! two cents cheaper, prices of food
products are no lower than at this
/ time last year, as the result Of tht
/ downward revision of the tariff. Deal
ers point out, however, that the ad
I (
on for years steadily has been stopped
/ 1t was never expected that the opera
/ ton OF the new tariff bill would re
duce prices within the year, but a
predicted by Oscar Underwood durinl
the debates on the bill, il has hat
some effect in checking the advance
as shown by the quotations. Wheat
potatoes and other farm product
which are exported rather than i'm
ported by this country, of course ar
not affected and feBr expected tina
they would be. The duties wer
placed on them as a matter of bluff
in the first place, the idea being L
fool the farmer into believing that h
was being protected along with tn
manufacturer, Placing the dutie
had no effect and removing them wa
merely ending a bluff.
However. whether the tariff be re
sponsible or not. the indications
furnished by present quotations. ar
that Thanksgiving prices this yea
will at least. be no higher on. III
average than they always have beer
Eggs are an exception. the prices thi
year reaching to the skies. TIL
scarcity is the cause of the ayiatio
stunts of fresh eggs, but the increas
in the price OF cold storage eggs
more or less artificial, being create
because of the scarcity Of the fires
kind. on the theory Of charging "wha
the traffic will bear" and is not in &C
cordance with the law # supply an
demand as in the case of fresh eggs