Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-02-24
CURTAIL MARKET
HOURS TO keep
DOWN FOOD COST

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when one could secure a dozen for IS
cents. Meat prices were high. MS seen
by The following quotations:
Sirloin steak. 80 TO 81 cents: veal
chops 30 TO 81 cents roast lamb. %
TO - cents; sliced ham. CSC 20 3S
cents; boiled ham. As 20 50 cents;
pork chops. % TO 81 conts: veal cut
let's, 50 TO 3S cents: porter house
steak. 81 20 35 cents: round steak. 80
TO 80 cents. rump steak. 32 to 35
cents; lamb chops, loin. 40 TO A cents /;
lamb chops. rack, % to 2S conts- rib
roast % To "a coats corned beef IS
To rs cents. smokes. % tO 25 cents;
sausage. Is TO ~ cents
I'm tho fish market prices we're
quoted as follows: Halihut, 80 cents:
salmon, 80 cents; cod. 20 cents; trout.
~ 10 cents; Writings 10 cents;
crocus, 10 cents; butter fish, 10
cents; bass IS cents; spotted trout.
% cents; smoltz, 81 cents; Spanish
mackorcl. 30 cents: rock, 30 cents;
shad, 81: tile, 20 cents; tcrrapin.
So a dozen. kippored Writings. y 10
To 30 cents, kippered herring u TO
25 cents.
In discussing the local situation
last night Mayor Price said:
81. like everyone else. feel the great
need which exists that some remedy
be found TO change tho existing high
prices on almost all ediblos. | have
called the cabinet meeting for this
purpose. and also for the purpose Of
giving relief to the people OF this city.
or course our jurisdiction only ex-
tends TO the city limits. and so VIC
must look after the welfare OF the
people residing within those limits.
We are not looking for any rioting
TO take place i'm Wilmington, as has
been done I'm Philadelphia, New York
and other cities but it rs best TO see
what can be done towards relieving
the situation ia order 10 prevent any
possibility OF disorder on this account.
My only hope is that some means will
be found at the cabinet meeting
whereby the prices at present de-
named may be lowered.
During the holiday season, around
Thanksgiving and Christmas, Mayor
Price told the people of the city that
they should refrain from buying but
ter. eggs and poultry until such time
as the prices would be lowered. lie
was subjected to much criticism ON
the part Of The farmers and grocers
at this time. but his action proved Of
fective.
Around the holidays money was
flowing easily from the pockets OF the
housewives and no strong demand
that the prices be lowered was made.
Following the holiday season. how
over. the people took the mayors sug-
gestion and almost Immediately the
price was lowered. II was at this
same time that the people OF the city
were advised to cat rabbit rather than
10 pay eXorbitant prices for poultry.
! This also proved effective. and in a
short time the price Of various kinds
of fowls dropped almost 30 per cent
I'm speaking Of the excessive prices
being charged for fOodstuifs, one citi-
zen yesterday suggested that mem
bers OF the New Century Club. the
Consumers League and others band
themselves together and boycott the
commodities prices OF which arc high
est In speaking OF this plan, he
said:
III the women OF this town. or
even a small majority Of the women
OF the town. should boycott some one
or two of the articles for even a week