The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-04
Plan to Interest Every Woman
in City in Movement to Ham
mer Down Price of Barn.
yard Product
DEALERS DENY CRUSADE
HAS HAD ANY EFFECT
Say Arrival of Supply From the
South May Cause Slump in
Local Market

NJ To spread its boycott on eggs, untii
the price drops to 80 cents dozen for
Rthe storage article. the Detroit House
Ewives' league has inaugurated an end
ess chain. Each member OF tho
league will get Ave others TO refuse
to buy eggs. and 80 on and on until;
every housewife VINO cares anything
ut all about egg prices Will be enlisted
n the movement
The endless chain plan was an.
bounced by Mrs. Alfred U. Dunk. pres
ldent OF the Housewives league. Wed
nesday morning.
I'VE shall be satisfied II We can re-
luce the price OF storage eggs TO ~
cents q dozen." said Mrs. Dunk. III
people want fresh eggs. let them pay
he price; but storage eggs ought not
% be more than 80 cents.
Il am neither surprised nor disap-
POINTED at the report that our efforts
have not caused drop In the price OF
Eggs. Ii took the women OF Chicago
week to make any impression on
he market. We shall continue TO
plead with the women Of Detroit to
refuse to buy eggs until the price
Zones. down."
Grocers and commission men refuse
% admit that they have felt the effect
pf the boycott. Eggs are selling at
nany different prices. according to the
hge Of the egg and the disl bition or
he grocer. Storage~eggs can be OBJ.
lot
Fresh eggs are bringing AZ to 81 cenO
Peter Smith Il Sons company Is sell
ng cracked eggs, damaged In ship
pent. at rs cents. storage eggs at 33
ents. and fresh eggs at AZ cents.
David Wallace & Son are asking 80
tents for storage eggs and so cents
Or fresh ones.
And l sell five dozen fresh eggs
pr every dozen storage eggs" said
Ar. Wallace.
Two things, according to Mr.. Wal
hce. are likely to drop the bottom out
the egg market One would be the
nccess OF the egg boycott In the big
astern cities; the other. th carnival
Astern cities; the other. the arrival
"The entire egg surplus Is going
hto the eastern market. to take ad-
antage OF the higher prices there,
70 said. III that demand ceases. be-
huse Of the boycott, those eggs will
ave to seek another market. and De-
roit will probably get enough to force
he price down.
Zone Of our greatest troubles Is that
be eggs sold by commission men are
ot what they are represented to Le
We bought some eggs the other day at
b cents a dozen which were repre-
ented as fresh. When We candled
hem, we found too many that were
ot, and we sent them back"
Robert G.. Rudd. of Charles w. Rud6
Son. No. 81 Woodbridge-st. west.
pmmission merchants, said that the
pmmission men are having their
+oubles with the farmers.
very few eggs are coming In from
be farms. and those that come are
pt reliable" said Mr.. Rudd. The
krmer usually waits until he has a
considerable quantity OF eggs, before
e brings them in. At this season.
sometimes waits Ave or six weeks
lie sells them, or trades them in. as
lesh eggs. Sometimes he's too good
friend to be turned down. and the
bmmissiOn man takes the eggs at
ss. We are doing very little bust
eSs in eggs, just now. because W.T.
pint like the situation.
II do not think that the arrival OF
buthern eggs will make any great oil;
rence in the market. They uspany
PINE about January; and they will 90
here the prices are highest. The
klahoma producer doesn't care TO
apply Detroit II he can get higher
ice In New York"
]. &. Currie. jr., No. 693 Woodward
re-. said that he had not noticed the
fect Of the boycott. He Is selling
orage eggs at AZ cents--"guaranteed
pril eggs"-and new-laid eggs at 81
Ants.
william Koenig, No. 1168 Beaubien-
:. said that he also Is nnanected ny
e boycott.
People have got to put up with the
kture of the hens" he said. I'VE
INIT change their constitutions or
eir habits | know. because I've got
bout four dozen myself. and I'm only
citing two or three eggs day. They
light to be worth Is cents apiece.
state Food Commissioner Helme
kys that the April cold storage eggs
ere bought at about 20 cents dox-
,, and could easily be sold at ~
ents.
II am going to try to have law
Aysed In Michigan similar to the one
PENNSYLVANIA which requires sto-
ge men to place on the market, with
six months, eggs packed In April
IA NAV The storage men are re-
lired to report to the commissioners,
lch month. the number Of eggs they
i've placed in storage and the num-
br they have on hand. persented
bch . bill to the Legislature. last win
y. and It was lost by few votes,
pcause OF the influence Of the COM
ercial interests"
OLICEMAN AND MAN
HE SHOT RECOVERING