Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-01
AGE HOUSES
REFUSE TURKEYS
thirty Thousand Birds
Must Sell at Loss, Spoil
or Be Shipped
REEz1NG ROOM FULL
Dealers Face Losses Of Thou
sandsFarmers Got Profit,
They Declare

wlsh cold storage hounea hlled 70 their
HetaoIfY and refusing 10 accept more hifuhi
48mmlonIon men and Wholesale turkey houses
Ala fpcinR serious situation today hs 20
lh< dispersal Of 10000 turkeys loft over from
IhApkssiying.
That 4 ths latest development in tur-
kAt Situation that 10 declared by authorities
4 be the most remarkable In the history OF
the business. The turkeys. N not placed IN
the ffoazinE roomH, where they would be At
4tfp temperature, win spoil in a short time.
ff thay aro put on thu market now the low
prices win 20 still lower, entailnG loss
qf thousands Of dollars 70 tho dealers.
Ths local warehouses are paolied 20 tho
limit with butter, eggs and other COM
mobiles. and generally are refusing de-
nanfe for space for turkeys.
Some dealers who stored early yesterday
ena the day before secured small amounts
of aphce for their leftover birds, but a
great many are facing alternatives OF flood
ing the market or sending birds out OF
town.
Mnny arc taking the latter course Com
mission mon are seeking room not only for
tbs stock on hand, but for further con-
ttEumenta that their shippers arc sending,
Acat Of tho shippers have been wired TO
dlsrontlnue shipments. A great number OF
turkeys that were for sale here have been
esilt 70 other cities TO be stored where tho
eongpstion IL not 30 pronounced.
COMMISSION MEN LOSE
Tho conmiasion men. according 90 promi-
nent frma, have been getting Il sin tho
necig' since the beginning OF tho turkey
neaaon, Hardly n firm IN tho city failed
70 experience n narrow escape. while otherB
wefs caught In tho breaking OF the market
and suffered severe losseg The commission
men declare they have had nothing 10 do
with the unprecedentedly high prices asked
for turkeys this ycnr They show letters
49, atN th.I.
prices Of from thirty to thlrty-fiyo cents
rho large packers paid these figures to
farmers through their agents all over tho
country, forcing tho prices up. These
peekere. the largest In tho country, HuB-
tained great loEaea, according to tho COM
lninalon men. In other words, tho farmer
was the person, In tho chain OF farmer
uaiddleman and consumer. that made tho
Ailiing." Tho housewives refused 20 pay
the prices and the commission men were
caught between.
DEALERS HAVE HOPE
Dealers look for a market for tho birds
that nrn being placed in storage now after
the season, or at Christmas time, n tho
market for fresh turkeys In scarce They
agree that tho Christmas turkey, fresh and
the best grade will sell retail Mt about
thirty 10 thlrty-thres cants pound. aver
rims that tlio faTmars will never again"
eet the prlcAs that they did this Thanks"
giving.
A. d. Edison. OF EdHon Brothers large
Wholesale poultry firm. said the surplus OF
turkeys would prnbabiy be sold after the
season to hotala and restaurants lie also
cited the congestion OF the warehouses as
precariouH gituatlon to bo overcome by
the dealers. Htfl bt
Seat erada turkeys are selling today for
&c and 30 cents, other Kraaea 20 as low
4s 10 and 20 cents 49,