Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-13
HOUSEWIVES LEAGUE
MEETS THIS AFTERNOON
W." No"siuer Complaint rs to Vary
Ing Quotations on Cary
Street.
PRICES HIGHER IN EAST END
storage Eggs Sell There at From II
10 =" Cents. While In Central See
non Retail Merchants Arc Only
asking BIS Cents Per Dozen.

eNcr"t important matters will he
u'ScuHSed this afternoon at a special
meeting OF the executive committee OF
me Richmond Housewives. League
"n,rh was called primarily to consid-
."o progress made by the leagues
noEc"tts against turkeys and eggs
tommtuces will make thnir rcports
showing the decline in prices OF sever
"l commodities. and plans will prob
aoiS ne made for further action by the
league.
mere was no material change yes
'aruaE In the situation. prices for
eggs remaining stationary. with a dull
market and few sales Turkey quo
'aI'ohS also remain tho same. but The
statement was made that the prices
hskcd-2S cents per pound wholesale
were SO high that the fowl had boycott
ted Itself. Markc, reports in Cary
street yesterday showed lieh, de-
nand small receipts and Il general
Guinness. This condition was cxpiain-
e" oE commission men to be the result,
III part, OF unfavorablc weather
irooabiy one OF the most important
matters to be discussed at the cxccu
tive committee meeting This ,<,.r
noon are the charges ,pado 10 ~
iehEue by dealers in the sixth street
MARKET that the merchants i'm tho
wholesale district list commodi,v
prices in the newspapers, and charge
'hem several cents higher than these
puplished quotations.
PRICES HIGHER IN
EASTERN PART OF CITY
reports made by n committee, of tn.
league showed yesterday that priccs
On cola storage eggs In the Church
80 .n 'te''on OF the city had dropped
from 40 TO ~ cents per dozen. and
trcsh eggs from 80 Ia 10 cents These
prices. however, do not prevail in all
sections OF the city. merchants I'm tho
more centrally located districts asking
only 50 cents per dozen for the cold
storage commodity. Fresh country
eggs. however. continue TO bring hiph
prices
PRODUCERS near Richmond have writ
ten numerous letters to The Times
Dispatch. asserting that boycotts do
them an injustice in that the prices
they are forced to pay for the com
mouitieS they purchase have likewis.
made heavy advances and that they
cannot sell their produce at the Same
hgures as last year. The statement
has been made that the farmer benc-
h'ed most through III" prevailing high
prices. the commission merchants
stating that they only receive n small
commission OH the produce they sell.
Mrs. William II. White had inst been
ADVISED that She was named as a
delegate TO the Southern Commercial
Congress. which is holding it's annual
convention at Norfolk this week, TO
represent the Housewives League OF
Richmond, Mrs. White Will probably
leave for that city this morning
Mrs. Norman V. Randolph made a
short talk yesterday afternoon at the
John II. Cary School to the mothers in
that section OF the city on the high
cost OF living. and urged them 10 give
more consideration TO their purchases, /
saying that the housewives were. in |
measure. responsible for the prevail |
inS prices. Mrs. Randolph declared
mat boycotts were distressing to her !
but that she could 500 no other solu-
ton 10 the problem facing this coun-
try