Evening journal., 1915-11-30
Delaware Grange
HAS BEST corn SHOW
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comes along and asks the price and
Mrs. A quotes fifty cents. Miss Custo-
mer says that is rather high, isn't it?
well that is what the market peo-
pie down the way are charging. Here
again: Was or wasn't this market
woman charging a fair price. Con-
sidering these points: The buyer has
the eggs to carry home, and upon US
ing the eggs finds that some of them
are spots. She has no redress for
she does not know from whom she
has bought the eggs. At that price
she could have bought good eggs at
first class store and had them de-
liyered, and then II they were found
not good she could have had some
redress.
Getting another example, chickens
sell for about the same price at the
best stores as in the curb market
What does one gain at this rate when
one considers that the chicken needs
70 be carried home besides paying the
big price for it? Time, strength and
money and quality enter into the
economy Of the purchase. Still an
other example: Brussels sprouts were
selling for twenty cents in the curb
market. At the best stores the price
was twenty cents for superior
quality, and the delivery was in
cluded.
These examples have given the
buyers grievances. Now then, to
cite the opposite: About a week ago
a woman was selling tomatoes, fresh.
at a ridiculously low price; a custo-
mer came along and asked how much
one tomato was. Mrs. A said, oh.
guess one cent. The customer looked
the tomatoes over in the basket and
selected another She then asked:
How much are these two? Mrs. A
said: Oh. I guess you can have them
for a cent. The customer then look
ri the tomatoes over and took an
other, and then asked how much the
three would be. Mrs. A said: Oh,
guess you can have those for a cent
Then the customer looked over the
carrots, and eventually bought two
for a cent. This seance went on
until another customer, who had
been watching this performance out
burst forth with wrath and said to the
market woman: Why, you do not
know how to sell; you are selling
your vegetables for almost nothing.
Here, then. is a case where the mar
ket woman needs some one to instruct
her-to fix the prices for her.
Herein then comes the work OF the
granger Isn't it possible for this
body OF ambitious workers to get to-
gether and adjust prices so as to net
a fair profit and still sell to the con-
sumer at such a price that will be
within the reach of every house
keeper
"Will not you who are here tonight
take this thought home with you and
become the pioneers in this propa-
ganda of adjustment of food prices.
In this era of scientific farming there
surely are not many grangers who do
not have a systematic system of book
keeping of how much 1t costs to pro-
duce a dozen eggs. bushel or pota-
toes. or a dozen ears OF corn, or a
pound OF butter, and so on. Knowing
this data, why should 1t be necessary
for Mr.. A TO go to Mr.. B TO find Out
what he is charging for his wares
before he can fix his price.
. Leaving this for a moment let us
turn to the sanitary phase. At pres
ent the method of displaying food ma
terials. such as meat, pickles, jam
etc, is thoroughly disgusting. Not
only is this food exposed TO the dust
and dirt of the street, but TO the gar
ments of the shoppers. These gar
ments that reach over the foods with
out question contain more OF less ol
germs Of various kinds. It is in these
exposed foods that these little william
ous germs seek cozy nest Much
OF this exposed food is bought by
those who do not think of these
things. And then when they find Il
necessary to call in the doctor fol
one sick child after another they won
der where these children could have
caught this or that disease. wher
really the mother brought it home il
her market basket
MAY | not appeal TO you as |
body Of grangers-of intelligent. righ
thinking people, to make a strenuous
effort to cooperate with the con
sumers in this important work o
securing cleaner markets and a NOR
liberal adjustment of food prices. b.
doing this you are not only helping
the community, but you are putting
YOUR state on a higher plain--lik
other States that are doing thing
along this particular subiect-doin
so much that other States are follow
ing their example. let us make tn
State OF Delaware an example 10
other States to follow"
County Farm Agent l.. II. Coco
made a few remarks in which he con
graduated the grange on the success
OF the show.
A lantern slide talk on the GROWN
OF corn and the selection of see
corn was given by G. #. Preston, fsrr
advisor Of Chester county, Pa.
At the conclusion OF the show
buffet luncheon was served by the VIC
men of the grange.
The judges were: Fancy work. Mis-
Mclaughlin. supervisor OF sewing j
the Wilmington schools; came
goods, fruits, vegetables and cakel
Mrs. c. II. Hammitt; corn, c. f. Pres
ton. farm advisor OF Chester county.
The first prizes were medals and th
second and third prizes, ribbons. TIL
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