Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-11-23
THANKSGIVING DINNER DEAR
Many Will Find 1t Cheaper to
Dine Out This Year.
Turkeys Higher Than Evcr-Ncnriy All
Thanksgiving Vegetables Up
Cranbcrrics about the same
Hotels Buy mt Wholesale.

I,,s an onen question this year whether
il won't no as cheap for the average fam
jlv tn dine out as to eat their turkey at
home II will cost housekeepcrs more for
every item of the dinner than 1t did last
yenr, and the only way IN winch they can
save on their buying will ho by using the
same bird Cor several successive meals.
Take turkey. he chief dish The retail
price will be 80 cents a pound while fancy
Vermont turkey will not 20 under -. Lo-
cal butchers can get turkov from Mont
real at 70 cents a pound, but with a cent
duty, a cent transportation, the shrinkage
In size OF 10 per cent. or more owing
to the fact that they come with their
heads and wings on, etc, their cost viii
not diner much from that Of western and
southern birds. Tie latter, nj last ac-
counts, are fairly abundant.
with other fowl it is different Chicken
will sell at 30 to 81 cents. fowl at 25.
ducks at %. but with only small nuan-
tity on hand geese. in SIN fewer nun.
bers, at 90 Prices of venison nuctuate so
that they are unprcdictab'e. It may he
no higher than last year for steaks and
roasts. but the supply is so small that
anything may happen. Those who pre-
fer pork will have to nay % per cent.
, more while fish will run from % to 81
per cent over last year Mince meat is
% per cent. higher.
Vege' ables. generally sreal;iug are also
| up Potatoes are s. cents reel. as com
pared with 30 a wear ago Hore-gro Nn
! onions are selling az - cents a peck as
against 40 las Tha nksgivinr day Canned
| tomatoes-unless grocer has laid in a
! supply. which is the only execution nos
! sihe i'm any case-arc t. cents a can. five
cents abb We last years price All canned
/ or nGc I r.,
cause quantities are being shipped abroad
! to the countries busy with war and be-
cause labo: is costing more The best
corn costs - cents as against Is last
year. The same is true Of tomatoes. II
| they can be gotten. The wholesale price
| of canned soups has risen 10 cents a
dozen, but the retail price has not We,
been increased Canned beans Of any
1 l'ind-white, strin-ed or green have
risen y to 25 cents dozen cans whole.
| sale, and the time will not he long before
the retail price will 70 up, also Pickles
are up two to four cents bottle over 4
year ago Al kinds of nuts have adj
varced % per cent; raisiNs and driel
fruits, II to 20 per cent. Oranges and
manv other kinds of fruit an. .p = to 3,
Der cent Arnles and cranes are tn,
same, and the supply and quality are sat
isfactory. Pumpkins are IMPOSSIBLE r.
get as a rule except tNe canned article
Squash is about The sar~e
Everybody knows about 0our, hut il;
march upward has not cease1 and nov
the standard brands are selling retail a
sl2 "A barrel That ought 20 mean hirhe
bread, and il frequently does. hut in tow
the ten-cent loaf has been retained as ,
rule, although the fve-cent loaf is nov
at six. Sugar is two cents more a pound
wholesale, but rrocers have kent the rric
down for various reasons: As an accom-
mediation to old customers, many Of whom
can't understand why they should pa
more for an article they have alvay
gotten for certain price: to keen .
draw trade in general: because the reta
difference is small.
CranherrT sauce, which neIt TO tt!rl;e
itself is the thing which would be Mise
most from a good THANKSGIVING dinner. i
about the same. thank YOU. Cranherrio
are as cheap or dear as evel accordil
as Won look at it.
Sweet potatoes are GOOD bit hichcr
HOTELS NOT HIT so MUCH.
Hotels and restaurants have not bee
hit so hard as housekeepers for they ca
buy at wholesale and as cheaplv, as
rule, az the stores and markets If
hotel happens to have biz SUNNY q
-four or sugar or whatnot on hand il
all the luckier for its margin of profit
higher But take it by and large. tn
hotels are paving 50 per cent more f.
their supplies than they did a year asc
This difference they are able to win
away to some extent if patronage ]
brisker, for the average cost is lowere
of course. Figuring the cost Of a ,nea
supplies alone considered. by the amour
Of supplies used at the prices paid. IN
average may vary 80 or 40 per cent.
ALL IMPORTS Up.
Cheeses from abroad are sky-high
they are available at all. So are wine!
, imported olives are in the sane category
California olives, which ordinaril
cost more than the green one
from across the Atlantic. are no'
lower. The steward in leadin
hotel in the city tas cancelled rocnuefol
cheese from his bill of fare indeinitel,
Even American cheese costs, at wholesal
prices, 30 to 80 per cent. more than
4 did a year ago. Many of the Europea
deicacies which have long been deeme
, indispensable in the best hotels, are ne
to be had at all.
, With canned goods being shippc
! abroad, homegrown produce is in grea
! err demand and hence costs more y
dairy products are up. even local milk an
butter and egg. Butte - i've cen,
more y pound MIX is cent or tw
more quart. Egg are out Of sigt
again the best at So cents dozen