Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-10
NIX KPRICES TO JUMP
|oNE CENT THROUGHOUT
Gyy. DEALERS ASSERT
.roose will Affect All Grades
e product-Already in
Force in Germantown
and Overbrook
BRIT BLAME ON THE WAR

III Grades will advance one cent
hhk o An philadelphia before Novem-
P# o..a,ordlnr 20 statements issued today
W findback. president OF Abbott Al
>{ y ~ Nna,r,es and G. Henderson Supplee.
4 ne supplee Dairies'
-. constantly increasing shipment OF
~. Ln..-,d,,cts 10 the Allies. the high price
nnk ~ the war and intrusion OF New
ca "a baltimore dealers into the Phila-
I.,.s,a milk zone were given by them as
aFIn.. eor the proposed Increase. Mr..
f>sso, declared that n German subma-
Iano,,sr s,'.srade Of American ports would re-
rnr ~ situation, because, he said, such
Ns.s ssaae would stop shipment OF sup
.a Europe and bring down the prices
rhes " country. Mr. Supplee said such a
y ssaas ss'a would be good thing for the
.se,.r as well as for the consumer.
-. -. can, A bottis increase in the price of
", NJ i. belng paid by consumers In German
- .s, and verbrook today Five cents
Wv" Wv. .nd nine cents quart Is the new
rln1 - these two districts, and In few
trcs ,hsse prices will prevail throughout
ths city "a, A. ,t,ah..h 90,
~. vrowlnR more tense. We dealers
e. 80, 10 raise the price or 60 out OF
R business
-. Allies are gobbling up all the milk
-..s,,r,s they can grab in this country. The
t.srsrs are getting such high prices TOT
a,,. nroducts from England, France and
s naln ,hat they are selling the great bulk
hu h.s,s N manufacturers of condensed milk.
q ~ and butter They have jerked up
snee ~ ..,ces 10 the dealers. and II we won't
ns ,hsss prices they just laugh and say
~ can get right prices from the cheese
..sa.asnsed milk and butter manufacturers.
esn,. yssterday. when / tried to buy car
n VAy Aa said. You Will
M Mn.u - nav ten cents per quart for II or
n. n- a., I want 20 know how dealers can
-, ,sn cents per quart for milk and retail
- sight The very impossibility of this
4 obvious.
..rhs war is raising prices of supplies
<.us only today received notice OF an
srsrsas. OF eight cents per thousand for
rsrrr caps we use OF our milk bottles. Last
~, bought 5000 steel milk cans at s22O
s,acs Today the manufacturers want 81
.r,scs for these same cans Feed has gone
- trorn twenty TO forty per cent, and milk
ss.,les from fifty to seventy-five per cent
~ vas saving to my associates last night
All n would be a good thing for the dealer
"a the consumer II feet of German sub
rrsr,nes would lay of our coast and STOP
sblpment Of supplies TO Europe. The situa'
non is going to be most serious before the
srst OF the year. Prices will soon exceed
those Of the Civil War.
I'VE have raised prices in the Overbrooi
and Germantown districts because the cost
Of delivery there is fully "a half cent pei
quart moer than IL is in the central section
q the city. This is because residents OF
Germantown and Overlook want service
These residents want their milk placed or
their back steps instead OF the front steps
% we have to keep two men on the milk
wagons"
Mr. Supplee said:
"Ihe farmers are raising the price all
the time. They can get their price by deal
Ing with the manufacturers. who are doing
land-office business shipping condensed
milk cheese and butter to the Allies. The
price OF cheese has advanced from fifteen
ssnts to twenty-one cents per pound. MILK
b selling in Washington and Richmond for
ten cents per quart, and the dealers in those
sections are reaching into the Philadelphia
milk zone for their supply. We nave got to