Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-21
iHPgSsIAS TURKEYS
DOWN TO 81 CENTS
-, of Holiday Bird Consider
NV Lower Than Figures Just
Before Thanksgiving

r,.-t.su,aa turkey. larger, fattcr and
~ y. syerv way than the Thanksgiving
tt..I .iti cost the housewife about thirty.
l,r,a pound this year. This II tho
..s ryiee and the market is not eN-
rss :, 90 either higher or lower. as
.,s 10 a ggod supply With proportionats
i.mnnd, ~ -,
ns.vvss At twenty-nlne 20 thirty-one
round. with most sales going nt
.0s. ssrfs This dealers point out. should
~. retail price down TO thirty-four
~ ,e,,t,.ave cents The retail price.
in...tIne 10 a partner In the flrm Of Ed
nrothsrs, large wholesale poultry deal
I, roverncd largely by tho amount the
..n ts.Isr wishes 10 make a pound on his
- SOME dealers, he said, are satisfied
~, nront Of three or four cents a pound
~ ,holesale price. while others, usually
n. maintaining places incurring large
....sd expenses sell at a profit OF eight.
~ ara sometimes twelve cents n pound
49, these conditions. he said. tho whole
". r,en have no control therefore It is no
s-c,mmos thing to see turkeys selling At
,1lr,v.eleht or forty cents In ono place,
rsis right around the corner the same
,.a. biri can be bought for thirty-twu
s,s hut on the whole, N tho buyers arc
..,tfnl no said. they will get turkeys. the
- grade, this year at thirty-four to
.,,,,v.dye cents. II tho consumer pays more
y, the bird. he added, he is simply getting
1sld up"
PRICE BELOW THANKSGIVING
p,ees for turkey this week arc lower
=, far thnn those OF Thanksgiving before
4. aensational break In the market that
tr.eked the bottom out OF everything. ac-
-.rs,nr TO Robert b. Lehman, head of
cawford q Lehman. poultry dealers. Early
Fhanksgiving turkeys were selling Mt forty
49, 10 hfty cents This was caused, said
" Lehman. by the large packers going
lia the southern and western producing
Aids and paying the farmer unheard OF
rrces Some prices paid for turkeys "on
IA hoof' were as high as twcnty-one cents
round Add to thi1 the expense OF kiling
,hipplng and other Items incurred before
lAo turkey reaches tho wholesalers hands
NJ Lehman said, and the reason for the
hieh prices is easily shown. Needless to
nv. after the break thousands Of birds were
"a al loss while others were put IN the
fssrers until the fresh crop Is exhausted.
but this time. however" continued Mr.
Iehman. 'the packers and commission men,
REMEMBERING their recent lesson, refused TO
tay the higher prices. with the result that
IN wholesale price ia lower, and conse-
fnently the retail'
No STORAGE TURKEYS
Dealers were unanimous in declaring that
fAere will be no storage turkeys dumped
a the market during the Christmas season.
Fhase birds will be held until late In the
winter and summer, when the fresh orop
Exhausted. They will bring n good profit
fhen whereas now. II they were released
hey would not bring twenty-five cents.
( win fresh turkeys obtalnabe. according TO
ans dealer The storage birds were bought
Il an average price OF thirty TO thlrty-two
cants Wholesale. Later, when the fresh
crop Is exhausted. they will bring as high
Is thlrty-hve cents and thrty-eight cents.
the dealers said today. so that a profit may
ut Be made on them.
There Is no danger OF the storage turkeys
AeinS released and sold under the law al
hwlng them to be distributed as fresh
stock. II they have been in storage under
iaenty-nIne days, dealers pointed out, be-
tanss OF tho plentiful fresh crop.
Dealers deny that there is any chance
Or a recurrence OF the Thanksgiving break
The market Is strong, they assert, as tho
mppy IA sufficient 10 meet the demand The
demand, however. IA getting n little heavier,
slhes the lower prices have lifted the house,
wives unorganized boycott OF a month ago.
RULING PRICE 90 CENTS
Turkeys are selling in the smaller stores
n tiferent parts of the city for 80 cents.
tlne OF the larger chnln stores are adVer-
lEnS them as low as 80 cents, In the Read
tg Terminal they are bringing as high as
y ssnts, Most OF this seasons crop are
nlarby turkeys, coming from Pennsylvania.
Virginia. Kentucky, Tennessee, Delaware
srd Maryland.
Edson Brothers Crawford & Lehman and
n r. Aiken were among the large whole-
~ dealers that quoted their price at an
asefage OF 80 cents pound, and stated
lliir belief that the retail price would be
tbcut four cents higher.